The Villisca Axe Murder Mystery

Warning: This story contains disturbing content. An entire family butchered in their

sleep and nobody ever caught. June 10th, 1912. Villisca,

Iowa. The Moore family and two overnight guests, eight people total,

came home from church and went to bed. What they didn't know was someone was already inside,

waiting in the attic with an axe. One by one, every single person in that house was

slaughtered while they slept. The killer moved methodically through each room.

Six children. Two adults. All gone. When neighbors found them the next morning,

the scene was beyond comprehension. Mirrors covered. Windows draped. The killer had stayed