In 1912, an entire family and two young guests were found murdered inside a quiet Iowa home, but the crime scene was destroyed almost immediately by the very town desperate for answers. What followed was a maze of false leads, suspicious ministers, powerful enemies, coerced confessions, and a chilling theory about a killer who may have been traveling America by train. More than a century later, the Villisca axe murders remain one of the most disturbing unsolved cases in American history.

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Author: Samantha Davis

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