In the early 19th century, many young women from a certain town kept disappearing. No one had any idea what had happened to them.
In this same town, there was a banker who had promised his daughter, Anna, to a 1 man. The girl, however, did not like nor trust her new fiancé.
One day the 2 invited Anna to come to his place for a dinner party on Saturday. She tried to 3 by saying that she would be busy, but her fiancé 4, "I have already invited guests for that day. I want all my friends to meet you," So Anna finally agreed to go.
On Saturday, Anna's driver took her deep into a dark forest to her fiancé's house. He 5 at the door.
Anna told her driver he could leave and 6 in three hours.
Anna had arrived early. She stepped inside the house. Surprisingly, it was silent, and 7 was to be seen. She slowly walked around the empty house until she 8 in the kitchen. There, she found a woman's shoe in a corner of the room. Nearby, on a chair, she saw a dress 9 with blood 10.
At that very moment, she heard some footsteps and loud voices, so she quickly hid in the shadows beside the kitchen 11.
Soon, some men came into the kitchen 12 a young woman who was tied and 13.
"I"m hungry, let's have our soup now," the fiancé said loudly. One of his friends began chopping up vegetables and said to the young woman "You'll make a nice bit of soup after we chop you into pieces."
The men, however, were so drunk that they decided to 14 dinner till later, and they all took a nap right where they sat. The 15 young girl had 16 from fear.
After what seemed like hours of silence, Anna came out of the shadows, careful not to awaken any of the men. She took the bloodied dress and managed to 17 the back door. There, in the 18, she was horrified to see a pile of human bones. She ran from the house as fast as she could.
Running down the road, she 19 a man on horseback. She 20 and showed him the dress and told him her story.
The man put Anna on his horse and rode into town 21 They told the townspeople what had happened to their missing daughters. The townspeople were so angry that a 2223 the house, 24 the other poor girl, and beat the men with shovels, clubs, and axes until they were all dead.