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The Silent Night in Villisca: The Axe Murders That Haunted Iowa | The Missing Files
In this episode of The Missing Files, host Madison Rogers delves into the harrowing details of the Villisca Axe Murders, one of Iowa’s most infamous and unsolved cold cases. On the night of June 9, 1912, eight people—Josiah and Sarah Moore, their four children, and two visiting cousins—were brutally murdered in their home. This narrative explores the timeline of that fateful evening, from the family attending church to the discovery of the bodies the next morning, offering a deep dive into the forensic evidence and the chilling premeditation behind the crime.
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