In today’s extra special two-for-one two-part episode, we feature two axe-related true crime cases. The brutal axe murders of Villisca, Iowa in 1912 and The Axeman of New Orleans, an American serial killer who went on an axe toting killing spree in the early 1900s.

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"American Horror Story" The Axeman Cometh

Sources: 

 https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/villisca-axe-murders/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ax-murderer-who-got-away-117037374/

https://www.historicmysteries.com/villisca-axe-murders/

https://medium.com/the-crime-scene/the-story-of-the-villisca-axe-murder-house-massacre-in-the-us-aa4f457aa1ad

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/axeman-new-orleans-preyed-italian-immigrants-180968037/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/la-axeman/

https://sites.psu.edu/gillianpassionblog/2020/11/19/louisiana-the-axeman-of-new-orleans/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axeman_of_New_Orleans