Christmas in Texas was supposed to be peaceful in 1927… until Santa walked into a bank and everything went to hell. What started as a harmless holiday costume turned into gunfire, chaos, and the biggest manhunt the state had ever seen.

In this episode, we dig into the unbelievable true story of the Santa Claus Bank Robbery—where a gang of ex-cons, a stolen car, and one very un-jolly Santa turned a small-town Christmas into pure pandemonium.

References

⁠https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/santa-claus-bank-robbery⁠

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus_Bank_Robbery/

https://www.fwweekly.com/2007/12/26/santa-got-a-gun-and-a-rope/

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He killed more men than Dahmer or Gacy — yet most people have never heard his name.

In this episode, we uncover the chilling true story of Herb Baumeister, the seemingly ordinary Indiana businessman, husband, and father whose idyllic suburban life hid a nightmare. While his wife Julie raised their children on an 18-acre estate straight out of Leave It to Beaver, bones were scattered just beyond the tree line — and young men were disappearing across the Midwest.

We trace Herb’s life from his disturbing childhood obsessions to his carefully crafted adulthood mask, his rise as a local entrepreneur, and the unraveling of his double life as bodies began piling up on the property known as Fox Hollow Farm.

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• The skull Julie’s son found in the woods
• The horrifying discoveries that followed
• A near-victim who escaped Baumeister’s deadly sexual sadism
• The possibility that Herb was also the long-suspected I-70 Strangler
• And the chilling new questions raised by the 2025 Hulu documentary — including whether Herb may not have acted alone

Despite at least 25 suspected victims, Herb left behind no confession, only a suicide note blaming business troubles — and families were left with decades of unanswered questions.

This episode shifts the spotlight where it should have been all along: on the victims, their lives, and the ongoing efforts — using new DNA technology — to finally identify those found on Fox Hollow Farm.

Because every one of them mattered.And every one of them deserves to be known.

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In the final chapter of our FLDS deep-dive, we uncover what happened after Warren Jeffs seized power — the moment faith turned into fear, and a community became a controlled kingdom of silence. We break down the suffocating rules, the destruction of individuality, and the psychological warfare used to keep followers obedient and terrified.

This is a story of control, manipulation, and survival — but ultimately, it’s about courage.
If you’ve ever wondered how something like this could happen in modern America… this is the episode you need to hear.

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of abuse, including physical and sexual violence. Listener discretion advised.

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References:

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Jeffs⁠

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna30016991⁠

⁠https://www.deseret.com/2006/8/29/19971153/the-rise-of-warren-jeffs/⁠

⁠https://local.sltrib.com/charts/jeffstimeline/timeline.html⁠

⁠https://www.deseret.com/2006/8/30/19971276/from-nerd-to-flds-chief/⁠

⁠https://local.sltrib.com/upload/2010/11/1288813415awantedman.pdf⁠

⁠https://www.netflix.com/title/81292539⁠

⁠https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/preaching-evil-a-wife-on-the-run-with-warren-jeffs/8910741537945005112⁠

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