The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground Of A Serial Killer, now streaming on Hulu and directed by Alex Jablonski, is a four-part docuseries that examines the quest of Jeff Jellison, the coroner of Hamilton County, Indiana, to identify the victims of Herb Baumeister, who was thought to have killed over a dozen men and scattered their remains in the woods behind his house at the Fox Hollow Farm estates.
Opening Shot: A shot of trees, and a voice saying, “I’ve already asked for death from the devil. There is no resolution.”
The Gist: In 1996, close to 10,000 human bones and bone fragments were found in the woods behind Herb Baumeister’s home in the Fox Hollow Farm Estates in the Indianapolis suburbs. The search began after a tip from a man named Mark Anthony Goodyear led Indianapolis police and other law enforcement to Baumeister’s property. But Baumeister committed suicide in Canada before the investigation got the point where charges could be filed.
The first episode starts in 1993 and describes the gay club scene in Indianapolis at the time, when the city was much more conservative and intolerant. The scene revolved around a handful of bars…
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