Case File No. 001
The Iowa
Axe Murders
June 1912. Eight people die in one small Iowa farmhouse in a single night. The weapon was ordinary. The silence that followed has never been explained.
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Jun 191212 min readUnsolved
Scene location · Villisca, Iowa
Case notes
- Status
- Unsolved
- Victims
- Eight
- Weapon
- Axe, left at scene
R
R. Holloway
Archivist · Strange Records
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