Villisca Axe Murders

Strange Matters Podcast

Campfire Audio Productions

Science, History, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.4 • 987 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ross Moore approached the entrance to his brother’s house. He could tell something wasn’t right. The neighbor was used to seeing the Moore family up at an early hour, performing chores and starting their day… but not today. Ross, having a key to the house, slowly opened the door. Nothing could prepare him for what he was about to discover. He mustered up his courage and cautiously walked into the living room to discover a grizzly scene…

The Villisca Axe Murders are one of the most notorious family slayings in the United States. This small town was shaken to its core upon the discovery of the remains of an entire family of well-liked individuals. Accusations flew, crime scenes were tampered with, all chaos broke loose; but one thing was for certain: the Moore family was no more. Over the years numerous leads would be followed only to dead ends while the killer went free. Was this the work of a hitman or a cold-blooded and sadistic serial killer?

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0:00.0	And the Oh, Hello. Hello and welcome to the Strange Matters podcast.
0:37.0	Here at Strange Matters we discuss everything that is mysterious, bizarre, and unexplained.
0:42.0	I'm Sean and I am joined by my fellow co-host
0:45.8	Eric. What's up guys? In this episode we're going to be talking about a brutally
0:51.6	violent crime mystery that involves the slaying of an entire family.
0:55.6	It is probably one of the most widely known family killings in American history
1:00.2	and remains a case that many people are still invested and interested in to this day.
1:06.6	For this discussion we will be talking about the infamous Voliska X murders.
1:12.5	And this crime took place in Iowa in the summer of 1912 and sparked nationwide attention
1:18.0	for not only the savage attacks, but also for the fact that no one was sure of who committed this horrific
1:26.1	atrocity. In this episode we'll be going over the background of the murders
1:31.0	and all the known theories and suspects behind who could have done such
1:35.5	a thing.
1:37.5	We would like to thank our listeners, Connor and John, for both suggesting this true crime mystery
1:42.4	to us.
1:44.0	Also, though most likely obvious, this episode contains content that is quite disturbing in nature.
1:50.0	So fair warning for those who are uncomfortable with violent crimes. This definitely meets those criteria.
1:58.0	Oh yeah.
1:59.0	And before we get started on a quick announcement, we recently put up a poll on our Patreon page,
2:05.3	so all those supporting strange matters can go there and help vote on what topics and categories
2:11.1	you would like to hear from us and what we should work on next.
2:15.9	So right now two of the front runners are unexplained cases and disturbing murders.
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