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The Villisca axe murders occurred between the evening and early morning of June 9–10, 1912, in the town of Villisca, Iowa, in the United States The six members of the Moore family and two guests were found bludgeoned in the Moore residence.
The Josiah B. and Sara Moore House is a house in Villisca, Iowa, United States. The house was the site of the 1912 brutal murder of eight people, including six children. A documentary has been made about the murder, which remains unsolved. The house was renovated in the 1990s and serves as the Villisca Axe Murder House. [2]
Billy the Axeman [4] (also referred to as the Ax-Man, [5] the Midwest Axeman, [6] and the Man from the Train [3]) was the name of a suspected serial killer thought to be responsible for a series of family murders that occurred mainly in the U.S. Midwest between September 1911 and June 1912.
Hudson Murders (June 1912, in Paola, Kansas): Roland Hudson and his wife were killed with an axe. Villisca axe murders (June 10–11, 1912 in Villisca, Iowa): the Moore Family (no relation to Henry Lee Moore), as well as two visiting girls named Ina Mae and Lena Stillinger, were brutally killed at the Moores' home.
Villisca is a city in Montgomery County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,132 at the time of the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is most notable for the unsolved axe murder that took place in the town during the summer of 1912.
Bill James' research began with an attempt to solve one famous unsolved crime, the Villisca axe murders, in which a family of six and two house guests were slaughtered in Villisca, Iowa, on the night of June 9, 1912. James suspected a possible serial killer based on what seemed like the actions of a practiced criminal at Villisca.
The Axe Murders of Villisca is a 2016 American horror film directed by Tony E. Valenzuela, starring Robert Adamson, Jarrett Sleeper, Alex Frnka, Sean Whalen, Conchata Ferrell, Riley Bodenstab, Kellan Rhude and Jon Gries.
Villisca axe murders suspect Frank Fernando Jones (August 26, 1855 – January 29, 1941) was an American politician and businessman. Born near Bath, New York , Jones moved with his parents to Princeton, Illinois .