The Villisca Axe Murders

Softcore History

Improv, Comedy, History

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

A small Iowa town was shook to its core in the summer of 1912 after six members of a local affluent family and two of their guests were brutally murdered with an axe inside the comfort of their own home. A lengthy investigation resulted in several oddball suspects but ultimately zero convictions. The case remains unsolved. Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content including listener history questions, history movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes. 1stphorm.com/softcorehistory Free shipping on all orders over $75 when you use the link. Go to ghostbed.com/drinkinbros and use code DRINKINBROS for 30% off EVERYTHING (Mattresses, Adjustable Base, and more) -- plus a 101 Night Sleep Trial and Mattresses Made in AmericaGo to Indochino.com and use code SOFTCORE to get 10% off any purchase of $399 or more.Get 25% off your subscription at Fitbod.me/SOFTCORE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Softcore History. Ohhhhh
0:14.1	Ohhhhh. Oh! The Welcome back to soft core history. I'm your host for the week to
0:36.2	Demer Jester and I am joined as always by Rob Fox and J.
0:40.5	Goldman. That's me. What is up?
0:43.0	Hello.
0:44.0	Welcome back to Halloween Horror Nights.
0:46.0	Yeah, Spooky Month.
0:48.0	We took a brief but important pit stop.
0:52.0	In... On Friday, go ahead and check that up. But important pit stop in on Friday.
0:54.2	Go ahead and check that episode out.
0:55.6	Oh, an extra stop.
0:56.7	Just off the extra off the old Mediterranean.
0:58.8	Yeah, we didn't lovely spot.
1:00.1	We didn't take any spookiness away from you. It's a horrifying.
1:03.9	Yeah.
1:04.4	Place to have existed for 4,000 years.
1:07.0	Yeah, yeah.
1:08.0	And to this day.
1:09.0	I thought we did a pretty good job handling it, so check that't get I didn't get one threat did anyone ask how
1:16.2	you knowing no one cares about you either way no one text you to see if you're okay
1:20.3	and no one dems you to threaten your fucking life.
1:24.3	My mind made it.
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