It was a dark cloud that settled over the small town in middle America.  Viscilla, Iowa was known to be a friendly, small place where no face was a stranger. That dark cloud was a precursor of an unsolved murder that saw 6 children and 2 adults bludgeoned to death in their sleep by an unknown assailant(s). Flash forward to modern day Villisca and this home where the axe murders occurred is a paranormal hotspot.  The cries of the children can still be heard to this day.
Research Credit: Courtney C.