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And now, on'm going to be fine. Welcome to another episode of American Hauntings, the podcast dedicated to the history,

hauntings, legends, and lore of America's past.

Show is hosted by Cody Beck and Troy Taylor and we are getting close to the conclusion

of our third season

murdered in their beds. If you're tuning into the podcast for the first time well you've

missed a lot because this season is almost over so what you need to do is go back to episode 36 and start the

season from there. That's the beginning of the Axman's Midwest Crime

Spree and we use the entire season to explore how the killer's horrific crimes

affected the railroad towns of the region, especially

Valeska, Iowa.

We're nearing the end of the line, so hang on to your hatchet as we begin the second

to last episode of Murdered in their beds. On June 9, 1912, our transient butcher carried out his most famous crime in Valiska, Iowa.

We've spent weeks, well, months really, examining every detail of the story, and yet when we look back today at the Valisca murders as well as the other locations

across the Midwest during the period, we find that the case offers no more clues about the identity of the

killer or as motives than it did to the authorities in 1912.

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