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80: A Handle Worn Smooth: Haunting Axe Murders | True Crime Sleep Stories

Tonight on True Crime Sleep Stories, we follow a tool (the axe) instead of a single town or a single crime.

In the late 1800s & early 1900s, an axe hung in nearly every woodshed. It split kindling to keep the stove roaring. Because it already belonged to the house, it sometimes became the last object a household ever used.

This episode visits Fall River in 1892, Colorado Springs in 1911, a Bavarian farm in 1922, and a few other haunting cases...

Settle in and sleep well, if you can.

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