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The following episode involves scenes of sexual

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abuse that some may find disturbing. Parental

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discretion is advised. There

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was once a place deep in the rural

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hinterland of Bavaria in southern Germany,

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Positioned half a kilometer to the west

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of the village of Grubon. It sat

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quiet and still alone in the

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fields, surrounded by thick

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pine forest. A farmhouse

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made of stone and painted white.

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The farm, known as hinter Kaifek,

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had passed through many hands over the years,

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all of which had, at one time or another

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worked the rich, dark earth that

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surrounded it, sewing

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it, tilling it, and pulling

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from it. Fingers plunged

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deep into the black of it, and

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all had, in one way or another, left

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a piece of themselves in it too. By

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eighteen eighty six, the property had

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been passed to Cecilia Assam and

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Andreas Gruber, the pair

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having taken ownership of it shortly after

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the death of Cecilia's first husband,

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Joseph, for Cecilia

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left to run the farm and raise two

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young children alone. Andreas

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was an apt partner, a farm

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laborer with an intense and quiet disposition.

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His hands were strong and his shoulders

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broad enough for them all, not

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that Cecilia's weren't also, and

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so in April eighteen eighty six, Cecilia

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Assam became Cecilia Gruber,

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and together she and Andreas

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worked the farm and the surrounding fields,

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maintaining a fine and stable business.

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In eighteen eighty seven, new life

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arrives in the form of a baby girl named

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Victoria. She is joined

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by Sophie two years later, and

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for those first few years joy

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threatens to reign a hint kaifek, But

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the joy is short lived. Like

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almost twenty percent of children in

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the local district at the time, Sophie

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does not live to see her second birthday.

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And now a cloud is descending over

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this stark white property, cast

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a drift from the nearby town and

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seeming to move further away with each

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passing day, the forests

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surrounding it seeming to grow ever

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denser, and the trees looming

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ever taller. It

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is a natural habit of humans to project

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onto all that we see, and no more

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so than with our interpretations of the

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forest. For

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some, the forest is foreboding

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a locusts for unknown dangers that

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lurk deep within. But

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the forest does not think itself foreboding

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the forest just is, And

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yet for hinter Kaifek, it

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is hard not to read those tall, thick

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pines that surrounded the farm,

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and the gloom of the forest beyond, as

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some kind of psychic projection emanating

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from the darkness festering inside

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that white stone building, a

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darkness that would one day come

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to define that land in more ways

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than one. How

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fitting too that the patch of woodland

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closest to the farm should be called

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hex and Holtz, or the

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Witch's forest, the notion

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of the witch often being just a projection

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of our own innate fears of the other, but

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also two, as woman's suffragist

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Matilda Josly Engage once noted,

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the fear of women. But

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perhaps it isn't just fear that manifests

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this patriarchal image of the malevolent

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witch, but guilt too.

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You're listening to Unexplained, and

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I'm Richard McClean smith.

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The couple looked happy enough as they

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stood reciting their vows under

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the watchful eyes of the priest. As

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they stepped out of the church arm in arm.

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Some say, for a brief moment, the

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clouds above parted and a ray

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of sunshine slipped through. Perhaps

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the bride are now twenty six year

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old Victoria saw it too,

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and perhaps for a moment there was even

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the hint of a smile as she looked

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into the eyes of her new husband, Carl

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Gabriel, and saw there

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the hope of a better future, a

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future safe from harm

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and full of warmth for the child that

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would surely come. But

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such thoughts were never kept long in her

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mind before the sight of her father,

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Andreas Gruber dissolved them

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instantly, that unmoving,

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impassive face, ever

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present, always watching

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the sight of him, never failing to catch

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in her throat, congealing like

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thick black tar. There

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had long been rumors about the man, about

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how he regularly beat his wife, Cecilia,

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now sixty four years old and nine

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years his senior, but

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that wasn't all. It

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was said to be common knowledge amongst the local

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farming community and in the village

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of Grubon de Tandreas

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regularly raped his daughter, although

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it wasn't called rape at the time.

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Perhaps Carl knew this too when he

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married Victoria, and perhaps

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there was a hope that their marriage might put

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an end to the abuse. Or

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perhaps, as some have suggested the

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union was more pragmatic than that

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that it merely offered a buffer for Victoria

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and an opportunity for Karl and

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indeed the wider Gabriel family

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to gain access to a successful, if

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modest business. Only

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a month before their wedding, Andreas

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transferred all the rights to the farm to his

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daughter, making her the sole

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heir to the property. By

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marrying Victoria, Carl had guaranteed

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that any children of theirs would inherit

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the land. But

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for some possessions,

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or at least what they consider to be their

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possessions, are not so easy

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to let go of, and no matter

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where they turned nor what time

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of day, there would be Andreas,

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who, along with Cecilia, remained living

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at the property, standing watch

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stone, faced deep in thought.

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Barely weeks after the wedding, Carl

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moved back home to his parents,

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complaining that he was being bullied and

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that the fierce and uncompromising Andreas

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had even taken to starving him. But

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just as Andreas cast his shadow

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over hinter kaifek So two

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were other larger shadows being

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steadily drawn across the land. In

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late June of nineteen fourteen comes

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the news that Archduke Franz Ferdinand,

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heir to the throne of Austria Hungary,

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has been shot dead. The

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rickety, stumbling wheel of human

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civilization takes another lurch

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from the path and wobbles inexorably

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toward war, and so

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the men are summoned by appeals

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to duty and valor. Perhaps

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it is with trepidation that Carl packs

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up the few belongings he'll need and

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marches out of the farm toward Munich

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to sign up, leaving behind

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and now four months pregnant, Victoria.

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Or perhaps at the sight of the stone

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faced Andreas, pausing briefly

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from his work in the field to nod

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goodbye to his son in law, it

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is with relief before

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long. It is December twelfth, nineteen

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fourteen, eight hundred

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kilometers to the northwest of hint Kaifek.

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A crow swoops down above a

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field just north of the town

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of Arras, coming to rest, and what

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remains of an old beech tree in

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the field below, freshly scarred

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and pockmarked by shelling, there

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lies a body, its

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forehead split open and the lower

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jaw obliterated, its

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pale vacant eyes staring

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up toward a slowly darkening sky.

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The crow cause and swoops down

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for closer inspection, but a

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hand quickly shoes it away. Joseph

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Bickler, a farmer from vadeh

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Hoffen, a town close to Gruben, stands

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over the body, recognizing it

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instantly as that of his old school

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friend Carl Gabriel. The

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following week, back at hinter Kaifek,

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a now heavily pregnant, Victoria watches

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from the window as postal worker

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Joseph Meyer draws near to

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the house. With him,

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he carries a copy of Andreas's regular

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paper and a letter addressed

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to Victoria written by Joseph

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Bickler, informing her of her

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husband's death. But

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Victoria has little time to grieve when

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three weeks later she gives birth to her

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first child, whom she names Cecilia

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after her mother. But

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still the rumors refuse to go away,

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as many in the village are left wandering

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is the child karls or

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is it her father's. At

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some point in early nineteen fifteen, a

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complaint is brought to the local police

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that Andreas was committing incest

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with his daughter. After

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a formal investigation, rumor becomes

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fact when on May twenty eighth,

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Andreas is convicted for the offense,

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with the court deciding to limit the period

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of the crime to the year's nineteen oh seven

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to nineteen ten, when Victoria

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was aged twenty to twenty three.

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This was most likely an arbitrary decision

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to avoid looking into accusations that

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it had in fact been going on much

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longer than that, and thereby allowing

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Andreas the opportunity to escape

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the accusation of child abuse. He

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is sentenced to one year in prison. Such

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was the attitude of the day. Victoria

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was considered to be a willing participant

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in the abuse, and as such was

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also convicted for the crime. On

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January tenth, nineteen sixteen,

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a day after her daughter's first birthday,

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Victoria was taken to Neuburg Prison

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to spend the first of thirty days behind

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bars for

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one relatively blissful year.

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Victoria and her mother Cecilia run

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the farm with help from their maid kretchens

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Raiger. Together, they manage

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all the livestock and harvest the fields.

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On Sundays, Victoria makes the

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short journey to the village of Vaidhoffen

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to attend the trade fair, and on

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occasion joins the church choir

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to sing. She is

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praised widely for her voice and

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is known by the nickname the Lark of

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hinter Kaifek. But

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in February nineteen seventeen, Andreas

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returns, and though Victoria

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continues to sing, something of

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her voice has changed. In

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nineteen eighteen, Victoria

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begins a relationship with Lorenz

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Schlittenbauer, her neighbor from the

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next farm over who is only recently

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widowed. The affair is

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brief, with some blaming the presence

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of Andreas for Lorenz's reluctance

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to pursue the relationship. However,

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by the end of December, Victoria

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discovers she is pregnant again, and

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Lie nineteen nineteen, gives

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birth to a son, whom she names

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Joseph. Now

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a single mother with two young children,

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Victoria is convinced that Lorenz is the

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father and approaches him for financial

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support. In response,

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Lorenz, who suspects the child

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might instead be Andrea's, reports

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her and her father again to the police.

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With Andreas Julia arrested and awaiting

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a second trial, Victoria

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pleads with Lorenz to drop the charge and

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claim paternity of the child to

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help put an end toward the salacious rumors.

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Lorenz later said that despite

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agreeing to the claim, Victoria

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paid him to say it. Meanwhile,

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Cretans, the family's maid, is

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growing increasingly anxious. At

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night, she hears unusual sounds

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in the house and what seemed like

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footsteps moving about the place. Sometimes

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her door even seems to open on

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its own accord. One

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morning in the summer of nineteen twenty

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one, after pulling up water from

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the well, Kretchians is walking

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across the courtyard when she hears a

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strange noise coming from the barn, unlike

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any of the usual animal cries. Moving

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slowly into the barn, she catches

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sight of something in the corner and recoils

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in horror. It is Andreas

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raping his daughter, who lies motionless

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underneath him. Kretchians

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leaves the farm the following week. The

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winter of nineteen twenty one is especially

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cruel, with freezing temperatures

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lasting well into the following year. By

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mid March, there is still no end

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in sight, with frost and snow

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a frequent occurrence. One

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gray afternoon, Victoria is

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walking across the courtyard when she

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is distracted by a movement to the south.

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Looking up, she can just make out

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a lone figure standing at the edge

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of which is wood, that appears to

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be watching her. Looking

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away for a moment, she turns back

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to find that the figure has gone. A

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few days later, when postal worker

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Joseph Meyer arrives at the property,

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he has met by Andreas waving a

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paper around a damp

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and muddy copy of the munich Zeitung.

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He'd found it while out in the field, close

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to which is wood. He wants

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to know if Joseph has dropped it, perhaps,

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but Joseph has never seen it before, and

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neither has he ever delivered one like it. Whosevers

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it was, he suggests, was not local

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to the area. It

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is early in the morning of March twenty ninth

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when Andreas is disturbed from bed

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by what sounds like footsteps

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shuffling about in the attic above. Grabbing

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his rifle and a flashlight, he

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makes his way through the darkness toward

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the attic stairs and climbs

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up into the opening above, each

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step creaking as he goes. Pointing

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the light into the roof, he could

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see the whole attic stretched out in

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both directions, empty

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save for some old patches of straw that

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were scattered about, and the pieces

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of meat hanging in the smoke house above

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the kitchen. On

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the morning of Thursday, March thirtieth,

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Andreas heads toward the engine room,

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where much of the farmer's heavy equipment

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is kept. The room is located

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at the southwest tip of the L shaped

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farm, tacked on to the end of

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the barn. The snow

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is still thick on the ground as Andreas

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approaches, to find that the padlock

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on the door is missing. What's

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more, there are two sets of footprints

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in the snow leading inside

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the building, but none coming

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out. A confused

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Andreas stares down at the tracks

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and then up toward which is wood

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where they seem to have come from.

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Andrea shouts for whoever is inside

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to come out, but there is no reply.

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Pulling the door open, he's relieved

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to find the place completely deserted and

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everything as he'd left it. Later,

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however, he will find one of his

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two house keys has gone missing.

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Later that night, after a violent

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altercation with her husband, Cecilia

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Gruber is found to be missing, prompting

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the rest of the family, including seven

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year old Cecilia, to search or

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knight for her. Concern

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that she may have drowned herself, leads

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the family to the banks of the river par

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a kilometer to the south of the farm, but

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there is no sign of her in the dark, icy

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water. The seventy

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two year old Cecilia is finally

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found sitting silently on a tree

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stump in the forest and is eventually

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coaxed back to the farm. The

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following day, with things appearing

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to have abated, the family are joined

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by forty five year old Maria Baumgartner,

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who arrives accompanied by her sister

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Francisca, to take on the roll

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of a living housemaid. Francisca

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had helped secure the job for her sister, who,

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due to her learning difficulties and the slight

18:56

physical disability of having one leg

18:58

shorter than the other had often struggled

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for work, her most recent

19:03

job in the nearby town of Unterwittelsbach

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having been terminated simply because

19:09

the town's mayor deemed her too unsightly

19:11

for the local community. And

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though Franciska had heard much about

19:16

the Gruber family and what was

19:18

rumored to take place at hint Kaifek,

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it was an opportunity too good to refuse

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for Maria. Even

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still, it was hard not to feel a

19:27

little trepidation when, after

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helping her sister settle in, she

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made her goodbyes and headed out

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of the property. With

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the wind picking up and thick

19:38

storm clouds beginning to gather in

19:40

the sky above, Franciska

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was approaching the main road when she

19:45

heard the voice of her sister calling

19:47

out from behind her. Turning

19:50

round, she saw Maria racing

19:52

toward her for one final good bye

19:54

before they parted. After

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a brief hug, Maria asked

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her sister to visit again soon, then

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turned and headed back to the farm.

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It is late the following night when

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local carpenter Michael Plockell trudges

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past the property and spots a fire

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burning in the outdoor oven and

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smoke billowing out of its chimney.

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Perhaps it was the nauseating smell like

20:26

burnt rags that caused him to

20:28

stop, or perhaps it was just something

20:31

in the quiet of the night. But

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as he stares, he is taken

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aback by the sudden movement of a figure

20:38

stepping into the courtyard. Michael

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watches as the figure slams the

20:43

oven door, shut, points a flashlight

20:45

in his direction, and then begins

20:47

steadily making his way toward

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him, Frozen

20:52

with fear at first, as the figure

20:54

draws closer and closer, Michael

20:57

finally pulls his hands from his pockets

20:59

and speed off in the opposite direction.

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It is two days later when Joseph

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Mayer arrives at the property to deliver

21:09

Andreas's paper, only

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to find the place completely deserted, with

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no sign of Andreas or anyone

21:16

else for that matter, to be found. The

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courtyard unnervingly quiet save

21:22

for the gentle lowing of the cattle coming

21:24

from inside the barn, assuming

21:28

they're out working the field somewhere. Joseph

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leaves the paper on the kitchen window sill and

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heads off to continue his round.

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It is sometime around midday on

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Tuesday, April fourth, when machinist

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Albert Hoffner arrives at hint Kaifek

21:45

to make repairs to the family's threshing

21:47

machine. A

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cold wind whips around him

21:51

as he pulls up to the courtyard gate on

21:54

his bicycle, Surprised to find

21:56

that it's still locked. After

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waiting unsuccessfully for over an hour

22:01

for someone to meet him, Albert

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makes his way to the engine room.

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Grateful to find the lock is broken, he

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lets himself inside and sets

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to work on the machine. Four

22:13

and a half hours later, there is still

22:15

no sign of the family. With

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the work completed, Albert heads

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into the courtyard and notices for

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the first time that the barn door is

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wide open. I'm

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sure if it was before. He moves

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toward it, calling out for Andreas

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or Victoria, but has met

22:33

with only silence. Peering

22:36

into the darkness beyond, he sees

22:38

only the cattle inside and some

22:40

hay piled up in the far corner. Hearing

22:44

the dog suddenly barking manically,

22:46

he wanders round to the front of the house and

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finds it tied up by the front door. Ignoring

22:53

its cries, Albert cups

22:55

his hands over the glass and peers

22:57

inside to the kitchen, but sees

22:59

nothing untoward. Turning

23:02

back, he takes one final

23:04

look at the empty field to the

23:06

stretch of forest beyond, then

23:09

heads off to find his bicycle. It's

23:18

just gone five pm when farmer

23:21

Michael Pearl, another neighbor of

23:23

the Grubers, here's a knock at his

23:25

door. He opens it to

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find a nervous looking Lorenz Schlittenbauer

23:30

and their neighbor Jacob Sig waiting

23:32

for him. After hearing

23:35

about Albert Hoffner's strange experience

23:37

at the farm, Lorenz had grown

23:39

increasingly concerned about the Gruber

23:41

family and his apparent's son Joseph's

23:44

whereabouts. With the young Cecilia

23:47

not having been seen at school since Saturday,

23:51

all was eerily quiet as the three

23:53

men stepped into hint of Kaife's

23:55

deserted courtyard, the silence

23:58

only becoming more deaf when

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their desperate cause for Victoria and

24:02

Andreas brought no reply. Finding

24:06

all doors to the property now completely

24:08

shut and locked up save for the

24:11

engine room, the men made

24:13

their way inside from the back, only

24:15

to find that through door to the barn had

24:18

been deliberately blocked from behind with

24:20

a beam of wood. After

24:22

finally managing to dislodge it, and

24:24

with the light quickly beginning to fade,

24:27

the men carried on into the barn beyond.

24:31

The sudden appearance of a cow wandering

24:33

freely around inside startled

24:36

them momentarily as they continued

24:38

forward into the dark, feeling

24:40

for obstacles with their feet, when

24:43

suddenly Michael cried out,

24:46

Hey, there's something here. Michael

24:50

pulled back and realized with

24:52

horror it was a foot.

24:55

Whoever it was, was lying under a

24:57

large plank of wood that had been put

24:59

on top of them.

25:02

Together, the men pulled the wood to the

25:04

side and revealed the body of

25:06

Andreas Gruber underneath,

25:09

dressed in trousers and undershirt, thickly

25:11

matted with blood and crudely

25:14

covered over with hay. Pulling

25:17

the body out, the men recoiled

25:19

at the sight of its face. The

25:21

right side of it was completely smashed

25:23

in, its cheek, bones clearly

25:25

visible. But then

25:28

Lorenz saw the other limbs, all packed

25:31

underneath together. Pulling

25:33

out one after the other, the men

25:36

revealed the bodies of seven year old Cecilia,

25:39

dressed in her night skirt, her

25:41

mother Victoria, and her mother

25:43

Cecilia, both fully dressed

25:46

and hideously mutilated, their

25:48

clothes and faces black with

25:51

blood. Michael

25:54

and Jacob wretched at the sight of

25:56

them and stumbled back into the courtyard,

25:58

desperate for air. A

26:02

moment later, Lorenz appeared

26:04

in the yard, having opened the front door

26:06

to the main house from inside, and

26:09

beckoned for the other two to help him

26:11

search for his son. They

26:13

found him in the stroller at the foot of Victoria's

26:16

bed, his body partially covered

26:18

with one of Victoria's jackets. He'd

26:20

been killed by a heavy blow to the face. Finally,

26:25

after almost missing her at first, Michael

26:28

noticed a pair of legs peeking out from

26:30

under the bed in the maid's quarters. It

26:34

was Maria, her clothes

26:36

and face also soaked black

26:38

with blood. As

26:41

Michael and Jacob struggled to make sense

26:44

of it all, an eerily calm

26:46

Lawrence returned to Victoria's

26:48

bedroom, and, having found a candle,

26:51

sat down quietly on the bed and

26:54

lit it. Outside.

26:58

All about the and was silent

27:00

and still, save for the gentle

27:03

rustle of wind in the pines and

27:05

the occasional wail of cattle coming

27:07

from that solitary white stone

27:09

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