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Villisca Ax Murder House and Museum

Villisca, Iowa

In 1912, a killer crept into an unremarkable wood frame house in Villisca and murdered everyone with an ax. The killer was never caught.

Darwin Linn runs the Villisca Ax Murder House, where visitors can tour, or even sleep over. In this video we recorded in 2007, Darwin talks about that bloody night in western Iowa... [2:46]

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