The Villisca Axe Murder House - 8 Bodies, ZERO Suspects Convicted

On the night of June 9th, 1912, eight people went to sleep in a small Iowa house. By morning, all of them—including six children—had been brutally murdered with an axe while they lay in their beds. The Moore family and two overnight guests were discovered by a neighbor after she noticed the house was eerily silent. Inside, investigators found a crime scene that would haunt the town of Villisca for over a century: covered mirrors, a bloody axe, cigarettes in the attic suggesting the killer had waited for hours, and eight bodies with their faces covered by cloth. Despite years of investigation and two trials of a suspect who confessed to the murders, no one was ever convicted. The killer locked the doors behind them when they left and disappeared into the Iowa darkness forever. This is the story of the Villisca Axe Murder House—one of the most horrific unsolved crimes in American history. #TrueCrime #UnsolvedMysteries #VilliscaAxeMurders #ColdCase #HistoricalCrime