Go Villistic: The Villisca Ax Murders

Macabrepedia: A Marriage of True Crime and the Truly Bizarre

English - April 18, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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Who committed the Villisca ax murders in 1912 Villisca, Iowa? This unsolved case involves the bloody murder of two adults and six children while in their beds. Was it a local senator? A cocaine addict? A reverend? The main from the train? We speculate in this entry.

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Ref:
James, B., & James, R. M. C. (2017). The man from the train: The solving of a century-old serial killer mystery. Scribner.

Magazine, S. (2012, June 8). The AX murderer who got away. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved April 17, 2022, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ax-murderer-who-got-away-117037374/

The suspects in the villisca axe murders. The Suspects in the Villisca Axe House Murders. (n.d.). Retrieved April 17, 2022, from https://www.villiscaiowa.com/the-suspects.php

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