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The Silent Night in Villisca: Eight Lives Stolen by an Axe | The Evidence Room
The Villisca Axe Murders of 1912 remain one of America’s most chilling unsolved true crime mysteries. In this episode of The Evidence Room, host Cynthia Bandeville reconstructs the terrifying night in Villisca, Iowa, when eight people—Josiah and Sarah Moore, their four children, and two young guests, Ina and Lena Stillinger—were brutally murdered with an axe in their own home. This deep dive explores the forensic anomalies that have baffled investigators for over a century, including the covered mirrors, the ritualistic placement of bacon, and the contaminated crime scene caused by curious…
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