Horsch shared the home, which has been dubbed a “house of horrors” by some media outlets, with his late father Raymond "R.C." Horsch, an erotic filmmaker and photographer whose work depicted sex, violence and death. No human remains have been found and Horsch has not been charged with any crime connected to the women. He is currently in federal custody on weapons and drug-related offenses.
Newsweek contacted Eugene Horsch's attorney Jerry Brown via email on Friday. Brown previously told CNN that Horsch plans to enter not guilty pleas. Horsch was arrested on June 19 after police found him parked illegally near Independence National Historical Park.
He had a woman in his car, who produced an ID bearing her photograph but the name of another woman who had been reported missing. A search of the vehicle uncovered firearms with obliterated serial numbers, other weapons, and fake Drug Enforcement Administration credentials bearing Horsch's photograph, police said. A subsequent search of Horsch’s home, 417 West Chew Avenue in the city’s Olney area, found items including narcotics, unidentified chemicals, a “home-made laboratory” in the basement, and the vast collection of digital material across various devices, police said.
Five urns believed to contain human ashes were also found, one bearing Raymond’s name, who died in May 2025, aged 82. Police said in a September 16 press conference that some of the recovered images and footage appear to depict injured, unconscious or deceased women. Investigators have so far reviewed about 30 percent of the material, with the help of the FBI.
They said that one video appears to show Raymond placing a zip tie around a woman’s neck until she appears to become unconscious and “lifeless.” Police have cautioned that analyzing the footage is tricky as some of it appears to include staged videos made by Raymond. So, that’s the part, where you know, some of this is play acting, and some of it we believe could be real.” Authorities said they have identified 58 people in the material, of which 25 are co-operating with police and 16 are not willing to speak with them. To understand the world Eugene grew up in, it is important to know about his father, Raymond "R.C." Horsch, who lived with him at the Chew Avenue property until his death.
An erotic photographer and filmmaker, Raymond’s work, produced over a five-decade career, depicted sexual and violent scenes and frequently featured women struggling with drug addiction, according to an extensive investigation by The Philadelphia Inquirer. He was also a self-published author, whose novels include stories about an “empathetic” serial killer who kills drug-addicted women to end their suffering, the paper said. Raymond also had an extensive criminal history that included convictions for counterfeiting, methamphetamine manufacturing and marijuana cultivation.
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