1 OCT 2026 · The Villisca Axe Murders — Haunted CrimesJune 9, 1912. Eight people go to sleep in a small house in Villisca,Iowa — a family of six and two little houseguests. By morning all eightare dead, killed with an axe in their beds, their faces covered, everymirror in the house covered too. The killer was never caught. The killerwas never even named. And the house is still standing, still open, andstill, people swear, occupied.In this episode:- Act I: The night of June ninth — the Children's Day program, the sleepover, the ritual the killer left behind, and the trampled crime scene- The five suspects, weighed fairly: Reverend Kelly, Henry Lee Moore, the man from the train, somebody local, and nobody we ever named- Act II: The haunting — the children's bedroom, the attic, the 2014 headlines, and the town that lived with it for a century- The Verdict: six children, zero convictions, and why Villisca will never get a trialChapters:00:00 Cold open — June 1912, Villisca02:10 Welcome to Haunted Crimes03:03 Act One: The Night of June Ninth15:27 Act Two: The Haunting21:05 The Verdict24:29 Closing + Next Week: AmityvilleEvery crime leaves a haunting. New episodes weekly.Haunted Crimes is a true crime and paranormal documentary podcast.Listener discretion: discussion of historical death, no graphic detail.