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Villisca Axe Murders

There was a book out a couple years ago making a case for a serial killer who worked on the railroad who had a spree of a number of murders along the route he worked on. The author cited murders in Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, etc. attributed to this guy including Villisca. I attended a lecture by an old guy who became interested in the case in the 1950s when he was in high school. Back then he interviewed quite a few people who were living in Villisca in 1912. His book narrowed down his suspects to two or three guys, but he wouldn't give his opinion as to who he thought it was.
 
So what actually happened there and who did it?
A family and gyil
So what actually happened there and who did it?
a family of 6 and 2 guests were axed to death. They took a Presbyterian ministry to trial twice. One was a hung jury and 1 was an innocent verdict. There was other suspects but only he went to trial. So remains unsolved
 
Charlie, I love you, but you are trying too hard now.

Are you needing attention this badly?
Sorry, I don’t know how I went down this rabbit hole but I found the case a little fascinating. Maybe it’s just the off season and I’m tired of vaccine threads but I will relent. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.
 
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You can spend the night there or at least used to be able to
 
Read this book from a couple of years ago- great read BTW if you are in to true crime stuff.

The cliff notes version is that the author connected dots to similar crimes that were perpetuated across the country on rail lines. Back then there was very little information sharing with police departments back then and this was highlighted in the book as one of the main factors.

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Read this book from a couple of years ago- great read BTW if you are in to true crime stuff.

The cliff notes version is that the author connected dots to similar crimes that were perpetuated across the country on rail lines. Back then there was very little information sharing with police departments back then and this was highlighted in the book as one of the main factors.

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The moneyball guy?
 
Read this book from a couple of years ago- great read BTW if you are in to true crime stuff.

The cliff notes version is that the author connected dots to similar crimes that were perpetuated across the country on rail lines. Back then there was very little information sharing with police departments back then and this was highlighted in the book as one of the main factors.

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Probably a better suspect than the Minister they tried two times.
 
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