Sara and Danny cover a still-unsolved mass murder from 1912, where a family of six and two guests were bludgeoned to death in their Villisca, Iowa home. They get into the events leading up to the murders, the investigation, and the three major suspects - one of whom may have been a serial killer.

RESOURCES:

https://www.villiscaiowa.com/

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2022/06/09/1912-villisca-ax-murders-what-to-know-iowa-cold-case/7567590001/

https://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/villisca-axe-murders/

http://iagenweb.org/boards/montgomery/documents/index.cgi?read=114416

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ax-murderer-who-got-away-117037374/

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