Richard Estep on Fox Hollow Farm: Inside the Serial Killer’s Mansion
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Tony Brueski
4.2 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we sit down with Richard Estep, paranormal investigator and author of The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm, to explore one of America’s most disturbing true crime stories.
Fox Hollow Farm, located in Westfield, Indiana, was once the idyllic suburban estate of businessman Herb Baumeister. But in the 1990s, this home became the backdrop for a series of murders that shocked the Midwest. Young men from Indianapolis’s gay community vanished without a trace, until investigators discovered the horrifying truth: the remains of at least 11 victims, and possibly 20 or more, scattered across the property.
Baumeister’s double life — successful entrepreneur by day, predator by night — unraveled in 1996 when police searched the estate. Shortly after, Herb fled to Canada and took his own life, leaving behind no confession and a chilling legacy.
Richard Estep’s book The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm, co-written with current property owner Rob Graves, dives deep into both the true crime history and the paranormal phenomena reported at the estate. In our interview, Estep shares insights from his research and investigations:
- The chilling discoveries investigators made after Baumeister’s death.
- Survivor accounts of Baumeister’s attacks.
- The eerie activity reported by the Graves family and tenants who lived in the home after the murders.
- What Fox Hollow Farm teaches us about the lingering impact of violent crime.
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| 1:05.0 | In the late 1980s and early 1990s, men in Indianapolis's gay community began to disappear. Most were young |
| 1:16.0 | in their 20s or 30s. Last seen at nightclubs or bars on the city's north side. For years, |
| 1:22.8 | the pattern was noticed by family and friends, but largely overlooked by law enforcement at the time, |
| 1:29.4 | in part due to stigma around missing gay men. Behind these disappearances was Herb Baumeister, |
| 1:38.9 | outwardly a family man, husband, and father of three, and co-owner of a successful chain of |
| 1:43.8 | thrift stores called Save a Lot. |
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