{"id":295274,"date":"2026-09-28T00:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T00:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/295274\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T00:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T00:34:13","slug":"olney-neighborhood-around-house-of-horrors-to-see-disruptions-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/295274\/","title":{"rendered":"Olney neighborhood around \u2018House of Horrors\u2019 to see disruptions \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The neighborhood around a house in Philadelphia’s Olney section<\/a> will see disruptions beginning Monday and continuing through mid-October as investigators prepare to conduct an extensive examination of the property, Philadelphia<\/a> Councilmember Anthony Phillips said Sunday.<\/p>\n

Detectives could return to the property on Chew Avenue as early as Monday, carrying out another search for evidence after investigators recently identified several missing women in photos and videos recovered from the home, Phillips said following a community meeting Sunday.<\/p>\n

The planned search would mark the latest phase in a sprawling investigation that began in June, when Philadelphia police and federal agents first searched the property. Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, a known erotic photographer and snuff-film maker, owned the property until his death in 2025.<\/p>\n

Detectives plan to focus on specific areas of the home shown in those photos and videos, searching for physical evidence that may have been missed during earlier searches, sources said.<\/p>\n

According to law enforcement sources, detectives could remove walls, floorboards and other parts of the structure if evidence uncovered during the investigation gives them reason to do so.<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, investigators announced they had identified five missing women <\/a>in photos and videos found on digital devices recovered from the house. Police said they believe those women are deceased based on the digital evidence.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNBC10’s Lili Zheng has a look at the latest details after officials provided an update on the ongoing investigation into a home along Chew Avenue in Philly’s Olney neighborhood that investigators have tied to the cases of, at least, seven missing women, five of which are believed by police to be dead.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Phillips spoke to NBC10 after a community meeting where residents and business owners were able to ask questions about how the examination of the home, which is linked to seven missing women, will affect their daily lives.<\/p>\n

“They are going to have to move their cars, there is going to be street blockages,” Phillips said. “There is going to be updated information on how their sanitation will be collected.”<\/p>\n

He added that police will bring in “machinery” with assistance from their federal partners. Over the summer, police and the FBI dug up a pipe leading to the home.<\/p>\n

The examination will likely continue until about Oct. 16, Phillips said, though investigators will remain at the site until all evidence has been collected by the local and federal agencies involved.<\/p>\n

Despite months of searching, sources tell NBC10 that police have not found biological evidence confirming a homicide inside the house. Authorities also have not recovered the remains of any of the missing women connected to the investigation.<\/p>\n

Horsch died at age 82. He was never charged in connection with the disappearances of the missing women.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to call Philadelphia police at 215-686-TIPS (8477). To speak directly with a homicide investigator, call 215-686-3334.<\/p>\n

The NBC10 Investigators can be reached at david.charns@nbcuni.com<\/a> and ali.ingersoll@nbcuni.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The neighborhood around a house in Philadelphia’s Olney section will see disruptions beginning Monday and continuing through mid-October…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11099,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-295274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-olney","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}