Episode 102: THE LEAF KILLER Matthew Hoffman
Murder Coaster14 Mai 2025

Episode 102: THE LEAF KILLER Matthew Hoffman

What comes to mind when you hear the term "tree-hugger"? Most likely a hippie free-spirit and lover of nature, not a deranged psychopathic killer, but that is what we have today.

Matthew Hoffman was obsessed with trees and leaves, spending his days perched on a branch in a tree, and his nights sleeping in piles of leaves he brought into his house, to the point where it is said to have become a bizarre sexual fetish that festered in his mind, a condition known as dendrophilia.

What blood was to Richard Ramirez, the Sacramento Vampire, trees and leaves were to the sick mind of Matthew Hoffman, the leaf killer.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is his story.

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Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.

REFERENCES:

THE HORROR INSIDE THE HOLLOWED TREE YouTube Documentary: The Horror Inside the Hollowed Tree

The Girl in the Leaves by Larry Maynard, Sarah Maynard and Robert Scott. Berkley (December 31, 2012) ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425258828

10tv.com May 21, 2013: Surviving Victim Of Deadly Knox County Kidnappings Receives Protection Order Against Father, Step-Mother | 10tv.com

The Columbus Dispatch: Father, stepmother charged with assaulting Knox County kidnap victim

WBNS-10TV Staff April 3, 2017: Former Knox Co. Sheriff died from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound | 10tv.com

FEATURING THE SONGS:

“Crossroads of Galahad” by Austin Moffa courtesy of the Free Music Archive Deed - Attribution 4.0 International - Creative Commons

“Garden Eyes” “Godless/Mindless” and “Unbeatable Arcade Machine” by HoliznaCC0 courtesy of the Free Music Archive

“Awkward Meeting - Supernatural Haunting” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100574 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

“Apprehension - Supernatural Haunting” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100327 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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