The Villisca Axe Murders - 8 Killed, 1 Preacher Confessed, and the Case Still Isn't Solved

Podcast: DEADLY INTENT · Carman Carrion

Opublikowano: 2026-09-30

On the night of June 9, 1912, after a Children's Day program at their church, Josiah and Sarah Moore, their four children, and two young sisters staying over for the night went to sleep in a small house in Villisca, Iowa. By morning, all eight were dead. The murder weapon was Josiah's own axe. Every mirror in the house had been covered, every victim's face hidden under bedclothes, and a slab of raw bacon lay on the floor beside the axe. Before the day was over, hundreds of townspeople had walked through the crime scene. More than a century...