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Matthew Hoffman and his House of Leaves

🕑 Added 2022-03-20 18:59:01 +0000 UTC

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Angela Ha

I think this is one of my faves. This and the vampire kids, cannot remember the name of the ol video.

Rebecca Smithey

To each his or her own, I live in East Tennessee in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I can't see me going to Ohio for nature but then I didn't have an aunt or uncle living there. If I did I might feel differently. All I know is I watch a great deal of true crime and it seems every other case is in Ohio.

April Hughes

Ohio is okay. I spent lots of weekends in Batavia, OH with my Aunt and Uncle. They lived about a mile from the river. This is back when it was a small town. I always loved going there because I loved nature. It was a picturesque place.

Lisa Lovatt

Made me sick this one, super freaking odd & sick

murmurzz

I don't think it was a burglary at all. I think that it was used to minimize or somehow rationalize what he had done and make it seem not so goddamn awful. Not to mention the 2 grown women but he murdered a young boy - and then kidnapped the boy's sister and did who knows what to her .... to cover up a botched robbery? Why not kill the girl too? Oh yeah, because she was likely his target all along. Yes, he's human. Yes, he certainly has issues. And yes, he's an absolute dickwad. His attitude makes me loathe him even more *shudder*

Rebecca

if it was a burglary and he killed the mom then panicked and killed the others as they arrived, etc then why did he also kill the dog? it seems like he went there with the intention to kill them and take the daughter

Trisha Doran

That guy was messed up!

Candice Ros

WTF is up with the leaves? That’s one sick dude!

Dave

I’m so glad I gave this one a go, this one was really unique

Christina Lanham

Always a pleasure watching your videos! Thank you Mike 😊

Found Girl

Thanks Mike..this story was fascinating and terrifying! Makes you wonder where this guy came from..what?why?

Natalie Smith

Thank you Mike

jojo

Hearing killed the dog did it, life in prison or death (preferred).

DeAnna Tyler

I’ve seen this case quite a few times but I enjoyed watching you tell it. Thanks Mike!

Chap Stick

For dismemberment.

Joy Chester

Thanks for continuing to bring us intriguing, new content. You are amazing! Luv ya!

Angela Ha

This episode is so unique and odd. Man, how do you find this stuff?

Sarah Parsons

Hey Mike!

Travis McIntyer

Lmaooooo

Donsconsin

Never seen The Sopranos - what is the significance of the bath tub?

Rebecca S. Smithey

To be honest, Ohio scares me half to death. I nearly moved there but changed my mind once I read about all the very strange crime that goes on there. I'll just stay right here in East Tennessee where the crimes are typical and he killers leave the bodies where they fall instead of hiding them in the leaves. As always, loved the video. You're amazing. Love ya and take care of yourself!

Devin Michael

Yet again, you set the bar incredibly high. No one does true crime like you (except for those who attempt, and fail to, copy you), or can even hold a candle to your skill with storytelling. Another great video!

Brandy Michelle

Wow, how creepy! I had not heard of this whole strange tree fetish before.

Kerri Docherty

I’d love to, it was a snowy windy -7 Celsius here, 20 F

Laura M.

this guy is very very scary... very.... not there at all...no rehabilitation in sight for him...i feel sorry for the cops that arrested him.. he is probably impossible to forget...

Hailey Mccurry

*jo hand gesture* He certainly looked like he was closed off to me hon. He is still human, no matter the horrid shit he does, and it certainly is something to always keep in mind. Everyone has the capacity for 'evil', even you. You just don't know what will bring it out, yet. And yes, I was speculating and conflating it with certainty, but you don't know either :) All we had here is snippets, after all. And why the fuck would he claim mental illness? His actions point very obviously to catastrophising, what with the whole 'please shoot me in an escape attempt' thing which, as someone with major anxiety, is something I could see myself asking for if I was ever somehow in that situation. Again, let me remind you he is human and therefore has human emotions and acts on those emotions.

Nikki Ganley

not sure I believe all of his story about it being a burglary that went very wrong. Yes, it's believable that he killed the mum in a panic, then got surprised by the neighbour, but he could have taken those bodies away before the children came home from school. Also, if you're killing people 'in a panic,' why kill the dog? I believe it was small, and their house looked pretty isolated. It was hardly going to bark the house down and warn someone nearby, which is the only 'rational' reason I can think of to kill a pet. It's not going to dial 911 and identify the killer. Maybe he was after the teen girl all along. Poor child. Hope she's ok.

Tracey D'Arcy-Wright

Well I've learnt something new today. I'm not sure tree love was the thing I needed to learn, but here we are!

Laura

Wow, Hailey, that's a long list of diagnoses you have there. Any evidence for any of them? In particular paranoia? Schizophrenia??? Any actual signs of anxiety or depression that compromised his life? All of us have tendencies toward any number of things: if those tendencies don't affect our functioning: they're not diagnosable and may not even be problems. Except for hoarding leaves & wanting to fuck trees: which are fetishes: this guy had no overwhelming signs of any of your "mentally ill" list. He is evil. Broke in to a house, murdered 3 people, kidnapped the 4th. But he didn't subject her to his fetish. Showed no signs of anxiety, paranoia, or schizophrenia during questioning or trial, never claimed a defense based on mental illness.

Laura

Come visit us in SW Florida: upper 80s today! Glad we both got to enjoy Mike's upload

Oslo Zeimantz

yerp. never first but here. ty in advance Mike....

Tyler Brayton

That last line just ends the video perfectly!!

Maria

LOL!!! "Goodluck finding trees there, dickhead!!!" Luv ya Mike!

Capt. Rick Allen

Thanks Mike. It's always worth giving your video's a Goo.

Jane Pohl

Thanks Mike

Jade Wooding

Me four!!! 💜

Caroline Evans

At first I figured he was using the leaves to add insulation to the house which would be like hay bales, as some people do. Thought he was broke and could afford no heat or something...but nope, it was something else. We can bet he isn't going to adapt well to incarceration.

April Hughes

I'd bet he's pining for some leaves. When the judge offered him a plea deal for his cooperation, Matt said oakey-dokey. He was relieved to get segregation, even if he would be board. It's a fact that other prisoners don't like paedos or child killers. They would be delighted to beat him to death. If he's beaten senseless, , and the guards are quick, he maple through the beating. I don't know about yew, but I think the pos should rot in prison. Death is too good for him.

Eileen Fothergill

Thanks for upload Mike. My god he was seriously disturbed . Think his lawyer was mortified having to give his ' it was a terrible tragedy speech ' . I hope the little girl goes on to have the best life..

the Necromancer1987

Yeah this guy reminds me of a weirdo vilain in a movie

sam pittman

gives a new meaning to the word wood. Nutjob

Carla

I started watching Matthew Hoffman’s interrogation…. This was far better!!!

Hailey Mccurry

He's very obviously mentally ill with major anxiety, paranoia, depression and i'd hazard a guess at the beginnings of schizophrenia. Considering his past with burglary it definitely makes sense that he was burglarising the house, and then when tina came home he panicked and ended up killing her, then when panicking and trying to figure out what to do, the other woman came over and he felt no choice in the moment but to murder her as well, etc etc and it all spiraled out of his control. He probably kidnapped the girl because he thought he was already in enough shit, might as well. I always love when the cops say stuff like 'We WILL find them!' when statistically speaking, do they??? And they would almost certainly have never found those bodies since they were stuffed in a fucking tree of all places.

Diane Hering

Thank you Mike!

James Herington

What a nice surprise, like always. Mike is always on time. Thank you

Tessa Jones

Does anyone else just LIVE for the words…”let’s give it a goooo?”

Paula Bernardes-Silva

Really, really weird, this one! And mean, too! No onne kills almost an entire family and kidnaps the one that survived because of "a burglary gone terribly, terribly wrong"... To me, it seemed even his lawyer was embarrassed for having to make that statement... Thanks, Mike, as always. Have a wonderful week, even if it is raining. Love ya!

jennifer h

Dammit Mike you are so damn charming and so damn good at telling these stories!!!! Your true calling. How lucky one can be to find that so young. Thankyou for your time Xx!

Zebra

Really interesting. And Wth! Weird.

Rose Tyler

Oh my lord poor Sarah I hope that she is able to get passed this nightmare experience. Not get passed it but maybe more like heal from it. It can’t have been easy to lose your mom and brother in such a brutal way and be kidnapped and tied up in the psychos basement. At least he has no chance of getting out and hurting anyone else not that that comforts Sarah and her remaining family. Thanks Mike for always bringing us high quality content!