The Ruinerwold Farmhouse Case
Why did a family believe they were the only people left on Earth?
4.4 (23)
47 mins
Explore the Ruinerwold farmhouse case, where a father and his six adult children lived in a hidden room on a remote Dutch farm, cut off from the outside world for years. Discover how they survived in isolation and why the family believed they were waiting for the end of the world. Learn about the shocking 2019 discovery that exposed their secret and raised questions about what had happened inside the farmhouse.
Ep 1:
A Stranger Walks Into a Bar
A disheveled young man's desperate confession over five beers sets off a chain of events exposing a hidden farmhouse and a family erased from existence for nearly a decade.
Ep 2:
The Messiah of Ruinerwold
Trace the twisted origins of Gerrit van Dorsten's messiah delusion and the loyal carpenter who built the secret prison that trapped his own children underground.
Ep 3:
Ghosts in the Ground
Behind the farmhouse walls, children face brutal punishments, a mother's preventable death, and a paralyzed tyrant whose brainwashing outlasts his own body.
Ep 4:
Escape, Divide, and a Hollow Verdict
As Israel finally breaks free, the family fractures into believers and survivors, while justice for their captors proves painfully, frustratingly incomplete.
Discussions (5)
Horton
Level 3 · 3 weeks ago3 years for Josef is a joke. He built the whole prison and gets out in 3 years? Come on.
Griffin
Level 2 · 3 weeks ago9 years locked in bro damn
Marcus
Level 5 · 3 weeks agoFive beers in ten minutes is actually the most Dutch thing ever
