The infamous Villisca murder, the convoluted clues and divisive aftermath, when a charismatic conman came to town.
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“Axe murders claiming 31 victims during the last 4 years probed,” Green Bay (WI) Semi-Weekly Gazette, July 20, 1915.
“Confesses Blue Island murder,” Princeton (IN) Daily Clarion, July 19, 1915.
“Family and guests murdered in sleep,” Bayard News, June 13, 1912.
“Farmer is a suicide after killing two,” Webster City Freeman, September 17, 1912.
“Four are victims to mysterious axe,” Dixon (IL) Evening Telegraph, July 6, 1914.
Getting the Axe. http://gettingtheaxe.blogspot.com/
James, Bill and Rachel McCarthy James. The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery. New York: Scribner, 2017.
“Ricks is not the man,” Marshalltown Evening Times-Republican, June 14, 1912.
Taylor, Troy. Murdered in Their Beds: History and Hauntings of Villisca and the Midwest Axe Murders. Whitechapel Press, 2012.
“Thinks slayer knew family,” Waterloo Courier, June 12, 1912.
Villisca Ax Murder House. http://www.villiscaiowa.com/index.php
“Whole family brutally slain in their home; accused man, jailed, in peril of lynching,” Tacoma (WA) Times, December 7, 1910.
“Wrong confession by death's head,” Keokuk Daily Gate City, January 23, 1910.
Opening music by Kevin MacLeod.
Closing music by Soma.
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34 - The Mouse Tower
33 - Rehmeyer's Hollow
32 - The Origin of the Poltergeist
31 - The Kissing Bug
30 - The Story of the Ghost
29 - Robert Nicholls
28 - The Murder of Mabel Mayer
27 - The Chase Vault
26 - The Lights of Capel Egryn
25 - The Tillinghast Airship
24 - Death Rides the Rails, Part 4
23 - Death Rides the Rails, Part Three
21 - Death Rides the Rails, Part One
20 - The Presque Isle Incident/The Morristown Monster
19 - The Drummer of Tedworth
18 - The Devil of Glenluce
17 - The Toledo Clubber
16 - The Mysterious Death of Joao Prestes
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