Eclectic Iowa: Villisca Ax Murder House

Full story: Des Moines Register

PHOTOS: See photos from Brianne's road trip. I'm crouching in a creaky attic where a killer is thought to have hidden before he hacked eight people to death with an ax on a June night in 1912.

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cute cute

Creston, IA

im glad i could look at the full story in the des moines register

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Mayflower, AR

I can't read the article. :-( I really want to go to the house someday.

ilovehorses

Villisca, IA

Alot of people in Villisca would rather the town be remembered for positive events,such as the famous picture in Life magazine with the soldier hugging his daughter at the train station.

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