The Villisca Axe Murder House: The Crime, the Mystery, the Hauntings, Part One | Guest Kelly Mattson
The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural
Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories
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🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The Villisca Axe Murder House stands in the quiet town of Villisca, Iowa, the site of one of America’s most disturbing unsolved crimes. In June of 1912, eight people—six of them children—were murdered in their sleep. No one was ever convicted. No one was ever held responsible.
More than a century later, visitors say the story never truly ended.
Guests report footsteps moving through empty hallways, whispered voices from upstairs bedrooms, and an oppressive presence that settles in the dark. Some leave shaken. Others leave convinced they were not alone.
Is this residual energy—echoes of a single horrific night—or something still aware, still watching, still waiting?
Today on The Grave Talks, we’re joined by Kelly Mattson, historical property manager of the Villisca Axe Murder House, who walks us through the home’s history, the unsolved murders, and the paranormal activity that continues to define it.
For more information on tours and investigations, visit murderhouse.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Grave Talks, inside the Veliska Axe Murder House, the crime, the mystery, the hauntings, |
| 0:06.5 | a conversation with historical property manager Kelly Madsen. |
| 0:19.1 | The Veliska Axe Murder House stands in the quiet town of Valiska, Iowa, the site of one of America's most disturbing unsolved crimes. |
| 0:29.3 | In June of 1912, eight people, six of them children, were murdered in their sleep. |
| 0:35.8 | No one was ever convicted. |
| 0:39.4 | No one was ever held responsible. |
| 0:44.4 | More than a century later, visitors say the story never truly ended. |
| 0:50.5 | Guests report footsteps moving through empty hallways, whispered voices from upstairs bedrooms, and an oppressive presence that settles in the dark. |
| 0:56.4 | Some leave shaken. Others leave convinced they were not alone. Is this residual energy echoes of a single horrific night? |
| 1:04.3 | Or something's still aware, something's still watching, still waiting. Today on the Grave Talks |
| 1:09.9 | were joined by Kelly Madsen, historical property |
| 1:12.9 | manager of the Velisca Axe Murder House, who walks us through the home's history, the unsolved |
| 1:18.6 | murders, and the paranormal activity that continues to define it. So Kelly, thank you so much for |
| 1:26.2 | joining me today. I'm so excited to talk about the Velisca |
| 1:30.0 | Axe Murder House. You are the historical property manager of the house. I'm so excited too. |
| 1:38.2 | How did you get that job? Well, so I grew up here in town and actually it's kind of a funny story. I was scrolling on |
| 1:47.0 | Instagram because I'm social media, like, big in it. And it just happened to pop up on my feed, |
| 1:55.3 | kind of like this little ad thing that says, oh, we're hiring near you. And of course, I recognize |
| 2:00.0 | the house because our bus |
| 2:02.0 | used to drive by it every day. And so I just happened, you know, I was like, you know what? I need a new |
| 2:07.5 | job. So I applied and I got the job. And my life has been crazy ever since. That had to have been an |
| 2:15.1 | interesting interview to like get that job. You know what I mean? Like, |
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