Echoes of Villisca

It’s 1912 in Villisca, Iowa, a small rural town that carries itself in quiet dignity

under the wide Midwestern sky. But one summer night, everything changes. In a secluded white

house on a quiet street, the Moore family — two parents, four children —

and two visiting girls are murdered in their sleep with an axe. No one hears a thing.

The next morning, the bodies are found, the windows locked, the mirrors covered, and whispers ripple

through town that the killer might have stayed inside until dawn. Many suspects,

none convicted. Years later, haunted by rumors and ghostly sightings, a young journalist

comes to Villisca hoping to write the definitive account — only to discover that some towns