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EPISODE · Aug 17, 2022 · 12 MIN

Was a railroad-hopping serial killer responsible for the Midwest's most infamous ax murders?

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Some people claim the devil himself visited the tiny town of Villisca, Iowa, that summer night in 1912, when 8 people were killed by an ax murderer. Others say he already lived among them. After more than a century of idle gossip and speculation, some amateur sleuths might have just figured it out.

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