On June 10th, 1912, the brutally murdered bodies of 8 people, 2 adults and 6 children,  were found inside a family home in Iowa. To this day it remains a mystery as to who committed this murder. The house was occupied by the Moore family.

The Moore family was headed by local businessman, Josiah B. Moore. He was married to Sarah Moore and had 4 children. Herman, Mary, Arthur and Paul. In 1903 Josiah would move his family into a 3 bedroom home on 2nd street in Villisca, Iowa not too far from Des Moines.

Unfortunately despite all the potential leads it never got resolved. To this day no one has ever been convicted for the crime.

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Sources!

The Villisca Axe Murders | Iowa Cold Cases

Villisca Axe Murders, The 1912 Massacre That Left 8 Dead (allthatsinteresting.com)

The Town History of Villisca, Iowa (villiscaiowa.com)

The Ax Murderer Who Got Away | History| Smithsonian Magazine

Unsolved Villisca Axe Murders of 1912 - Historic Mysteries

Serial Suspects: Who Committed the Villisca Axe Murders? (the-line-up.com)

The Time a Ghost Hunter Stabbed Himself at My Axe Murder Museum (vice.com)

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