The Villisca Axe Murders
Once again I have chosen to do a very old crime. This one took place in 1912 in the town of Villisca Iowa. It is unsolved but there were suspects aplenty in this case, many of who were suspected to be serial killers and associated with many other unsolved murders that involved the use of an axe upon a family. On the morning of June 10, 1912 at around 7:00 in the morning a woman named Mary Peckham realizled that she had not seen her neighbors, the Josiah Moore family out that morning doing their chores and this was rather unusual. She went to the house and knocked on the door but there was no answer. The windows were covered so she could not go in. She even tried the door but it seemed to be locked which for the time period seemed a bit odd. Some reports say that she went and got her husband who also attempted to alert the family before the local peace officer was called. Other reports say that she reached out to Ross Moore, Josiah's brother who after attemp...