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Crimes of the Centuries

S1 Ep28: The Villisca Murders

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

History, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.74K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The Moore house seemed awfully quiet one June morning in 1912, prompting neighbors to investigate. Inside, they discovered a horrific scene: All eight people who'd been inside -- a mother, father, their four children and two young guests -- had been brutally slain in their sleep. The case that followed would be one of the highest-profile, longest-lasting mysteries in the history of the Midwest -- a mystery that a pair of authors think they've finally solved.

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @centuriespod

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:36.7

Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking

0:40.8

that they earn the label crime of the century,

0:44.8

but the stories that made headlines and decades past aren't necessarily remembered today.

0:51.8

I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author.

0:55.8

In each episode of this show, I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today,

1:01.8

but was huge when it happened.

1:03.8

This is crimes of the centuries.

1:23.8

The still-in-ger girls were supposed to stay with their grandmother overnight.

1:27.8

The two, named Lena Gertrude and Ina Mae,

1:31.8

taken part in a children's day program at the local Presbyterian Church.

1:36.1

But the show was gonna end late, and there were no working streetlights.

1:39.8

The girls were nervous about walking that late in the dark.

1:43.2

At the last minute, the husband of the program's organizer got a great idea.

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