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In 1922, a farmer found footprints in the snow leading directly to his home, but none leading away. Days later, his entire family was brutally murdered. But the most terrifying part? The killer didn't leave. Welcome back to Storyteller's Bucket. Today we are investigating the most infamous and chilling unsolved crime in German history: The Hinterkaifeck Murders.Six months before the horrific events, the family's maid quit, claiming the farm was haunted by footsteps in the attic. When a new maid arrived, the family was lured into the barn one by one. But the true horror was discovered days later when police realized the killer had stayed in the farmhouse for three days, eating their food and feeding the cattle, while the family lay dead just feet away. Who was hiding in the walls of Hinterkaifeck?