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60: The Villisca Axe Murders, Revisited | True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome back to True Crime Sleep Stories. This episode is a recording from a recent Iowa show I took part in for a great community cause...
On June 9, 1912, in quiet Villisca, Iowa, the Moore family and two young guest sisters, the Stillinger girls, returned home from church, happy. In the dead of night, with the whole town darkened by a power issue, someone slipped inside with an axe from their own shed.
Eight people (six children) were brutally murdered in their sleep. The killer covered windows, draped mirrors, ate from the pantry, and left a slab of bacon beside the weapon. He lingered…
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