The Villisca Axe Murders (Part Two: Ghosts On The Rails)

"The slaying of the entire family promises to become a mystery which will take much time to unravel..."

By the first anniversary of the Villisca murders, the Moore house stood shuttered. The local sheriff had nothing new to add to the case file. Evidence had spoiled, witnesses had drifted, and rumor had begun to harden into folklore.

In the years that would follow, several suspects would be presented to local officials, including drifters and men with a prior history of violence. But one after another, all were compared to the evidence and found lacking, resulting in a case that remains unsolved more than a century later...

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Additional writing by Amelia White

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