Warning. The following podcast is not suitable for all audiences.

We go into great detail with every case that we cover and do our best to bring viewers even deeper into the stories by utilizing disturbing audio and sound effects.

Trigger warnings from the stories we cover may include violence, rape,

murder, and offenses against children.

This podcast is not for everyone.

You have been warned. Imagine you're in bed.

Your friends and their entire family are fast asleep in the rooms directly above you.

You've had a long day and you're ready to call it a night. in the rooms directly above you.

You've had a long day and you're ready to call it a night and go to sleep.

When all of a sudden you hear a creek coming from above.

It's the movement of the floorboards echoing down from the attic.

And you tell yourself that it's nothing. Everyone's asleep, aren't they?

But deep down, you know that there's somebody up there moving around

gliding through the darkness. Then suddenly you hear footsteps coming down the stairs. Then darkness.

It's impossible for you, the listener, to truly put yourself into the situation that we just described because if you really were to you would have to die.

We were just describing the point of view of Lena Stilinger, most likely the only victim of the Valisca axe murders who awoke before they were

murdered. Eight victims, six of which were children, one house forever stained and

one bloody axe.

This is the story of the Valiska axe murders,

and you're listening to Murder in America. I'm going to be Oh, Oh, yeah. Valisca Valiska Iowa, just over 3 million people live in Iowa, but in 2010 the population of

Valiska was listed at only 1,252 residents. population of

a Volliska was listed at only 1,252 residents. And I'm sure that all 1,252 of those who live in the town

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