E50: MURDER - Villisca (Part II)

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🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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In this episode we cover the terrible axe murder that put the small town of Villisca, Iowa on the map. We’ll discuss the murder that destroyed both the Moore family and the Stillinger family, and explore the clues left behind by the killer. We’ll talk about the most likely suspects, and try to decide whether we think this savage, gruesome event was part of the work of an unnamed serial killer, or a solo event with lust, greed or revenge as the motive. Was there a copy cat killer who used published details from the cases we covered last week? Join us as we discuss the tragic Villisca Axe Murders of 1912.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Fresh Hell Podcast. Fresh Hell contains stories of a disturbing
0:16.8	and often graphic nature and is intended for a mature audience.
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1:27.0	Hi, I'm Johanna in Austria. I'm Annie in Boston, Massachusetts.
1:29.0	I'm Annie in Boston, Massachusetts.
1:32.0	Welcome to Fresh Hell.
1:33.1	We're very glad you're here.
1:34.9	You just heard Rachel from We're All Mad here.
1:37.8	In her podcast, she talks about the history of mental health
1:41.0	and the ways of mental illness was treated and the stigma that was and still is attached to it.
1:46.6	She really does an amazing job and she puts a lot of thought and research in her episodes so
1:51.6	yeah give it a listen. Yeah that's such an important topic and we end up talking about that a lot don't we in many of our older cases
1:58.4	all right so hopefully you have already listened to part one of today's story on the possible serial killer who may have been hunting on the railroad lines in the year leading up to the more famous Feliska murders.
2:12.4	I mean worst case you heard about a bunch of other terrible
2:15.3	X murders. Yeah I did say to you I was going to find just a nice simple axe murder and then of course deeply
2:21.6	regretted that when I fell down the rabbit hole of axe murders that was this case.
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