
The Hinterkaifeck Murders
Dark Histories
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The Grobber Family
Andreas Grobber was the patriarch and father who lived with his wife Cecilia, his daughter Victoria and two grandchildren. The deeds to the land had passed to Cecilia, Sr in 1885 and after their marriage in 1886 Andreas took co-ownership until 1914 whereby his sole ownership was passed down to their daughter Victoria. He is spoken of as a helpful but at times vicious man who was rumored to beat his wife and children. A statement given to police in 1922 by Crescent's Bikla, a local farmer who occasionally helped out on him to Kefek said: "I'll tell you frankly the people were not good"
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