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You Think You Know Me
- The True Story of Herb Baumeister and the Horror at Fox Hollow Farm
- Narrated by: Steve White
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
In the fall of 1994, Erich Baumeister (13), was playing in a wooded area of his family’s estate, when he stumbled across a partially buried human skeleton. He presented the disturbing finding to his mother, Julie, who inquired about the skull to her husband, Herb. He told her that the skeleton belonged to his late father, an anesthesiologist, who used it for his research. He said he didn’t know what to do with it, so he buried it in the back garden. Astonishingly, Julie believed him.
Over the course of 18 months, Julie became increasingly concerned and even frightened by her husband's mood swings and erratic behavior. In June 1996, whilst Herb was on vacation, she granted police full access to her family’s 18-acre home. Within 10 days of the search, investigators uncovered the remains of 11 bodies.
Once news of the findings at Fox Hollow Farm was broadcast, Herb disappeared. He was missing for eight days when campers eventually found his body inside his car. In an apparent suicide, Herb had shot himself while parked at Pinery Park, Ontario. He wrote a three-page suicide note explaining his reasons for taking his life, which he attributed to his failing marriage and business. There was no mention of the victims scattered in his backyard.
Herb Baumeister would later be alleged to have killed at least nine more men along the Interstate 70 between Indiana and Ohio, and coined the “I-70 Strangler”. It is entirely possible that he was one of the most prolific serial killers in history, but because of his perpetual cowardice in the face of scrutiny, the world will never know.
In You Think You Know Me, best-selling author Ryan Green assumes the role of Herb Baumeister and attempts to fill in the blanks on one of Indiana’s most mysterious serial killers.
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- Karen
- 01-07-18
A Great Listen
Part fact and part assumption. I loved this book, and find it slightly scarey how the author seems to have got inside a serial killers head.
I feel that the story is unfinished, not due to the author, but due to Herb's suicide without ever speaking about his crimes, and I feel for any families that have unanswered questions, that they will never get the answers too.
It also made me look at the people around me, and question just how well can you ever know someone?
I was given this book in exchange for an honest review
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- Ostfeld
- 27-05-18
Powerful !!
“ Powerful !!! “
Ryan Green has done it again,
The way he writes is amazing you can totally feel everything that’s going on in his style of writing and not only feel but also understand which is not an easy feat to accomplish.
There is so much you can learn about people and even yourself reading his books.
You don’t have to be gay or a murderer to understand how growing up, under which circumstance and even your surroundings do effect your personality for the rest of your life, Ryan Green explains it perfectly in his books.
Steve White completes it beautifully with his perfect narration.
This book is Fully recommend.
For an honest review I’ve accepted this Audiobook for free.
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- Emily
- 02-05-20
Good
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
I think what Green did really well with this novel was portray how normal serial killers could be. Baumeister could have continued killing for years more if he'd been able to maintain his mask of normalcy. What I found quite interesting in this book was the author's idea that Baumeister was able to separate his personality so he had light and dark which is how he managed to maintain his normalcy for such a long period.
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- Elizabeth Frounks
- 14-08-19
Chilling
Ryan Green is fast becoming one of my favourite horror writers. Him and Steve White (the narrator) do such an amazing job with these types of stories.
If you didn't know better, it is easy to think that Ryan managed to get a conversation in with Herb Baumeister, it is just so realistic and the thought process shown feels so true that it is crazy to think that it was all Ryan's doing. Ryan, who I will recommend to anyone, does a wonderful job looking into these stories.
*I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- deafmick
- 03-04-20
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As all ways 100 % I hope there is a lot more to come 100 %
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- Rosemarie Cawkwell
- 20-05-20
A lesser known but prolific murderer
That was quite a ride. I'd never heard of this particular serial killer, which is unusual, because I've heard of some really obscure ones. Incredibly sadistic and prolific, Herb Baumeister raped and murdered hitchhikers and gay men he picked up in bars. He was only caught because parents and friends of victims went to a private investigator who wouldn't let go. Only one survivor ever escaped, and he went to the investigator with his story. Together with the only detective willing to help, from the missing person department, they tracked down the address where he'd been taken and found out the name of the owner.
This is a case that clearly illustrates the concept of the 'lesser dead'. The victims were runaways, hitchhikers, sex workers and gay men, considered to be engaging in a dangerous and deviant lifestyle, so the police wanted nothing to do with them.
Well read as always, although the narrator gas some very idiosyncratic pronunciations of fairly common words. Pp
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