The Villisca Axe Murders

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In 1912, a family of six, along with two young girls who were spending the night with the family's children, went to bed after church. That night, someone came into the house and murdered all eight of them with an axe. Word got out and everyone in town busted into the home to see what had happened. By the time detectives arrived the crime scene was wrecked.

Some believed it was the Reverend who was in town at the local church the night of the murders. He was tried twice for the murders and never convicted. Others believed it was the work of a hired murderer because of a business deal gone wrong. Numerous other names arose as suspects, but the tragic case is still unsolved to this day.

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