In 1912, eight people were murdered in their beds in Villisca, Iowa, and the killer was never convicted. More than a century later, the house where it happened has never gone quiet, and visitors say the children are still there.

EPISODE NOTES

● The 2013 photograph taken by guest Felishia Powell, showing an unidentified dark figure behind a child, is part of the documented modern record.

● The Man from the Train by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James (2017) is cited for the serial-killer pattern theory connecting Villisca to other axe murders.

● Scripture: Luke 8:17 (KJV).

SOURCES

● Contemporary accounts of the June 1912 murders

● The Man from the Train, Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James (2017)

● Villisca Axe Murder House museum documentation and visitor accounts

● Felishia Powell's 2013 photograph and account, as reported by KSAT San Antonio