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The Mystery of the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders
TLDR The 1912 Villisca Ax Murders in Iowa remain a mystery, with theories ranging from a local suspect to a serial killer operating in the Midwest at the time. The crime scene was compromised before authorities arrived, hindering the investigation.
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The podcast episode discusses the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders and the mystery surrounding them.
04:55
In 1912, a man crept into a house in Villisca, Iowa and murdered eight people with an ax.
09:44
In the 1912 Villisca Ax Murders, the killer crept into a house, murdered eight people with an ax, and then proceeded to bash their heads in one by one after they were already dead.
14:49
By the time the authorities arrived at the crime scene of the Villisca Ax Murders, the town had already been overrun by curious townspeople, destroying any hope of preserving the crime scene and potentially allowing the killer to escape undetected.
19:54
The main suspect in the Villisca Ax Murders was Frank Jones, a state senator and prominent Methodist, who had a rivalry with one of the victims and was rumored to have had an affair with his daughter-in-law.
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The main suspects in the Villisca Ax Murders were Frank Jones, who was suspected of hiring someone to commit the murders, and George Kelly, a traveling preacher who was in Velisca on the day of the murders and was known for his deviant behavior.
29:33
George Kelly, a suspect in the Villisca Ax Murders, was a kinky traveling preacher who placed lewd ads and was tried twice for the murders but was ultimately acquitted due to flimsy evidence.
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The modern theory suggests that the Villisca Ax Murders were the work of a serial killer, as there were similar ax murders in the Midwest around the same time, including five with strikingly similar traits.
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The theory that the Villisca Ax Murders were the work of a serial killer is supported by the fact that similar ax murders occurred in the Midwest around the same time, with five of them having strikingly similar traits.
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The theory that the Villisca Ax Murders were the work of a serial killer is supported by the fact that similar ax murders occurred in the Midwest around the same time, with five of them having strikingly similar traits, suggesting that there was a train-hopping serial killer in the Midwest during that time.
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A listener named James discovered that his cousin had a hookworm infection after listening to an episode of the podcast, and his cousin's symptoms improved after receiving treatment.
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