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The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

The Villisca Axe Murder House: The Crime, the Mystery, the Hauntings, Part Two | Guest Kelly Mattson

The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

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4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

This is PART TWO of our conversation.

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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Transcript

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0:00.0

Today on the Grave Talks, part two of Inside the Valiska Axe Murder House, the crime, the mystery, the hauntings, the conversation with historical property manager Kelly Madsen.

0:13.4

So you have, I'm going to guess, paranormal investigations throughout the year constantly.

0:21.5

Yes. Oh, yeah. We get pretty booked. A lot of people stay overnight. We're not as booked

0:27.5

right now during the winter. Right. But once it starts getting warmer, where it's pretty booked.

0:33.9

But I was reading that there was some common occurrences that people have reported.

0:42.5

And it says intense discomfort, nightmares, hearing noises, obviously, feeling emotional distress, and a feeling of being unwelcome.

0:53.0

Which I find that interesting.

0:55.0

That's not just the paranormal activity.

0:57.0

That's just how people are feeling about the very strange, like it's uncomfortable for them.

1:03.0

Yeah, I mean, even there's days that when I walk into the house, I just like, there's days that I feel uncomfortable, like I don't want to be in the house.

1:12.5

There's some days that I can start work and be super energized, I'm super happy, and I'll walk

1:19.6

to that house and cry because I, you know, no reason, just start crying. Some days are, you know,

1:26.7

pretty, pretty normal. You can walk in and

1:29.0

I'm, I'm one of those people that I will walk into the house and I'll in the morning and I'll go,

1:34.6

good morning, guys. I'll talk to them and, you know, some, and it really kind of, that's the first

1:41.2

thing I do when I start the day and it kind of, you know,

1:44.8

determines how the rest of my day is going to go.

1:47.7

You know, and I've talked to people who have a similar type of job as you, and they'll

1:54.0

say there are days they will walk in and just turn around and walk out.

1:57.1

They say they feel so unwelcome one day. Yeah. And the next day, it's not like that. Yep.

2:05.9

It's so interesting to me to have that be your work environment. Oh, yeah. The start of the day,

2:12.6

it's like, oh, you know, I feel, you know, feel good, feel welcomed, and then walk in later that day. And it's like,

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