The Kinterkaifeck Murders: Terror in the German Countryside

by D.A. Chadwick

On March 31, 1922, on a cold, snowy night, five members of a German farm family were murdered along with their new maid. Days before the crime, Andreas Gruber had complained to neighbors that his house key was missing and there were footprints from the woods behind the house up to the barn, but no prints leaving the area. Police would find roof tiles moved on the south and north sides of the house where someone could watch the family activities and indentions in the hay loft where the killer stayed before butchering the family. Over a hundred years later the Hinterkaifeck murders of Andreas Gruber, Cazilia Gruber, their daughter, Victoria Gabriel, her two children and their maid servant are still unsolved. It is a disturbing story that still fascinates fans of true crime and horror.

223 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 18, 2023

About the author

D. A. Chadwick has also completed several screenplays. Red Water is a quarter finalist in the Hollywood's Next Success Screenwriting Contest 2002. Red Water is based on Blatherskites: The Frazer/Gibson Murders Red Water is also a Top Finalist in the BDR2000 New Millenium Screenplay Contest 2002. Black Velvet is the tale of Pam Dinker, a Boston hooker with an unusual past and unusual enemies. Black Velvet has received Honorable Mention in the 10th Annual Writer's Network Screenplay and Fiction competition 2003. A third screenplay, The Grass Widow, has placed as a quarter finialist in the Hollywood's Next Success Screenwriting Contest 2003. It is the story of a young woman, Bethel Erwin, whose adventures during the Civil War include fighting for both sides and rising to the rank of assistant surgeon in the Union Army. The Grass Widow has also received Honorable Mention in the 10th Annual Writer's Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition 2003. D. A. Chadwick has also completed several screenplays. Red Water is a quarter finalist in the Hollywood's Next Success Screenwriting Contest 2002. Red Water is based on Blatherskites: The Frazer/Gibson Murders Red Water is also a Top Finalist in the BDR2000 New Millenium Screenplay Contest 2002. Black Velvet is the tale of Pam Dinker, a Boston hooker with an unusual past and unusual enemies. Black Velvet has received Honorable Mention in the 10th Annual Writer's Network Screenplay and Fiction competition 2003. A third screenplay, The Grass Widow, has placed as a quarter finialist in the Hollywood's Next Success Screenwriting Contest 2003. It is the story of a young woman, Bethel Erwin, whose adventures during the Civil War include fighting for both sides and rising to the rank of assistant surgeon in the Union Army. The Grass Widow has also received Honorable Mention in the 10th Annual Writer's Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition 2003.

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 1 out of 5]

A story about the murders of a family at an isolated farmhouse. I was interested in learning more about the story, but I do not recommend this book to do so. It's oddly formatted, beginning with a description of the crime, then interviews of the people they investigated which brings up things not mentioned in the original crime overview that probably should have been. Then the formatting issues were very distracting - there were terrible page breaks and the dates were written any which way the author thought of. I got halfway through and have lost interest in finishing.