Who Committed the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders?
Who Committed the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders?
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In a small town in Iowa in 1912 eight people were murdered in the grisliest of ways while they slept. Local reputations were ruined when accusations flew, but could a drifting serial killer working across the Midwest have been behind it?