Secrets at Fox Hollow Farm

The Life and Crimes of Herbert Baumeister

De: Mark Stokes

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Herbert Richard “Herb” Baumeister lived what appeared to many as a comfortable, unassuming life: successful businessman, husband, father, proprietor of thrift stores, and respected member of his Indianapolis community. Yet beneath this respectable facade lurked a chilling secret. In the early-to-mid 1990s, Baumeister is believed to have preyed on vulnerable gay men—luring them from gay bars under false pretenses, then murdering and burying their remains on his sprawling Fox Hollow Farm estate. It was a terror hidden in plain sight, masked by privilege, wealth, and the very trust people often ascribe to those who seem harmless.

Secrets at Fox Hollow Farm unpacks the horrifying trail of discovery: the missing men, the mounting unanswered questions, and the forensic nightmare of identifying victims whose remains were fragmented, burned, crushed and scattered. On Baumeister’s 18-acre property, police unearthed over 10,000 bone fragments among the woods, with only a handful of victims identified initially. The narrative follows the investigative missteps, the witnesses who came forward, the forensic breakthroughs, and how Baumeister—despite becoming the subject of suspicion—evaded arrest until his final, tragic act of suicide. It is a story of both monstrous violence and the painstaking pursuit of truth.

But this is not just a chronicle of horror. It is also a sobering study of how societal bias, secrecy, and the invisibility of marginalized lives allowed evil to flourish. Secrets at Fox Hollow Farm amplifies the voices of those devastated—families of the missing, the overlooked, the traumatized—and shines light on the haunting ambiguity that persists when justice is never fully served. Harrowing, meticulous, and deeply human, this account demands that we remember—not just the bones discovered, but the men who once walked among us and the community that long sought to be heard.