A woman recounted a disturbing experience she had more than ten years ago with a well-known pornographer and his son inside their Philadelphia residence, which investigators have linked to multiple cases of missing women.
The encounter took place in 2012 when the woman, who was struggling with homelessness and substance abuse, met Raymond “R.C.” Horsch and his son, Eugene. After learning of the house’s connections to seven women who have vanished or remain unidentified, she recognized the duo immediately, as reported by WPVI.
“When I saw this story break, I was like, ‘Oh my God, I know who that is,” she shared, though she chose to remain unnamed.
She introduced herself to the father and son in Camden, New Jersey, and later went to their house. After using drugs, she lost consciousness and woke up to find the deceased R.C. Horsch, who had infamously authored a book titled “Memoir of an Empathetic Serial Killer,” hovering over her while taking photographs.
“I was terrified. I thought he and his son Eugene were going to kill me,” she said.
In a panic, she escaped from the Chew Avenue home, but things took a turn for the worse when Eugene threatened her again weeks later in Camden.
“Eugene was like, ‘You know I can kill you right and nobody would ever find you,” she recalled.
Now sober for ten years, the woman indicated that others in the area warned one another about a man they referred to as the one-eyed guy.
“We would say, ‘The one-eyed guy, don’t go with him.’ Girls would go missing, and we’d wonder, ‘Do you think it’s him or the other guy?’”
In 2009, R.C. Horsch was apprehended for attempting to abduct a 9-year-old girl, which led investigators to uncover an eye patch, binoculars, photo equipment, and a condom in his vehicle.
After the incident, the unidentified woman spoke to Philadelphia detectives and discovered her image was among more than a million files, including disturbing videos, found at the house of horrors.
“They were interested in what Eugene said when he threatened me and if I thought other girls had been out there. I spoke to one girl’s mom, Gabby’s mom,” she noted, mentioning Gabrielle Amarando’s mother.
Additionally, she provided names of women she worries may be missing and could tie into the ongoing investigation, which started in June after authorities discovered an alarming scene with dangerous chemicals, weapons, and writings about serial killers in the home.
“A lot of us are afraid to come forward, but I’m only doing it so the other girls have a chance of getting some type of justice from this,” she added.
Cops disclosed that they found images and videos of two women—Maribel Frieses, last seen in 2018, and Amarando, last seen in 2012—that appeared to show them deceased.
Authorities have also listed Blair Tonzelli, who disappeared in 2023, along with Amy McHale, Horsch’s ex-wife, last seen in 2016, as part of the investigation.
McHale’s family stated that her last known location was the Horsch residence.
“Something happened to her in that house,” McHale’s mother, Gloria, expressed.
R.C. Horsch passed away last year, and investigators believe he is one of five urns taken from the rundown brick home.
Eugene Horsch is currently facing firearm charges while authorities continue to examine the cases of missing and unidentified women.
