MoNo Encore: The Villisca Axe Murders - The Reverend Lyn George Kelly w/ Edgar Epperly

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

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🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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(Original publish date: 6/7/22) In this third and final part of my interview with Dr. Edgar Epperly, the "little minister" Lyn George Jacklin Kelly is examined as a primary suspect in the 1912 Villisca Axe Murders. Although Kelly spoke obsessively about the case and even confessed to the murders, many believed that the confession was the result of mental illness and police coercion. Dr. Epperly also offers his thoughts on whether the murders might be the work of a serial killer named Paul Mueller (aka The Man From the Train). Dr. Epperly's book, the result of almost seventy years of research, is called "Fiend Incarnate: Villisca Axe Murders of 1912". Listener discretion is advised on this episode, as it contains adult themes and language. Dr. Epperly's website: https://villiscabook.com/ More about the documentary "Villisca: Living with a Mystery" here: https://www.villiscamovie.com/ Dr. Epperly's Villisca Axe Murders Blog: https://docublogger.typepad.com/villiscamystery/ This episode is sponsored by Strawberry dot me. Get a $50 credit when you use our link: https://strawberry.me/notorious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.5	Valiska Axe murders of 1912, the Reverend Lynn George Jacqueline Kelly has long been considered one of the most viable
1:13.3	suspects in this case, due in large part to testimony from witnesses who claimed he told them
1:21.0	about the murders before the bodies were ever discovered. Some, however, believe that the mentally ill Kelly was nothing more than a
1:29.6	scapegoat. Dr. Epperely also offers his opinion on Paul Mueller, a recent popular suspect in the
1:37.6	case, known as the man from the train. Let's continue where we left off in the last interview. F.F. Jones has been exonerated,
1:47.9	if not by the Court of Public Opinion, at least by a grand jury. Now investigators set their sights
1:54.9	on suspect Lynn George Kelly. And by the way, this episode contains some graphic language.
2:03.5	Adult themes, listener discretion is highly advised.
2:40.3	Thank you. So we're going to save the most interesting suspect, in my opinion, for last here.
2:48.0	You talked briefly about the Reverend Lynn George Kelly earlier, but now let's get into him a little more.
2:50.2	What should we know about him?
2:55.5	Yeah, Kelly, Kelly remains a viable suspect.
2:58.5	He's not the most popular suspect.
3:05.6	The objection to Kelly as a suspect, one of the objections has always been his stature.
3:07.9	He was a tiny man, five foot two and weight 119 pounds.
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