The Villisca Axe Murders House | Crime Scene and Graves
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The Villisca axe murders occurred between the evening of June 9, 1912, and the early morning of June 10, 1912, in the town of Villisca, Iowa, United States. The six members of the Moore family and two guests were found bludgeoned in the Moore residence. All eight victims, including six children, had severe head wounds from an axe. A lengthy investigation yielded several suspects, one of whom was tried twice. The first trial ended in a hung jury and the second ended in an acquittal. The crime remains unsolved.
The Moore family consisted of parents Josiah B. (aged 43) Sarah (née Montgomery) (39), and their four children: Herman Montgomery (11), Mary Katherine (10), Arthur Boyd (7), and Paul Vernon (5). An affluent family, the Moores were well known and well liked in their community. On June 9, 1912, Mary Katherine Moore invited Ina Mae and Lena Gertrude Stillinger to spend the night at the Moore residence. That evening, the visiting girls and the Moore family attended the Presbyterian church where they participated in the Children's Day Program, which Sarah had coordinated. After the program ended at 9:30 p.m., the Moores and the Stillinger sisters walked to the Moores' house, arriving between 9:45 and 10 p.m.
At 7 a.m. the next day, June 10, Mary Peckham, the Moores' neighbor, became concerned after she noticed that the family had not come out to do their morning chores. Peckham knocked on the Moores' door. When nobody answered, she tried to open the door and discovered that it was locked. Peckham let the Moores' chickens out and called Ross Moore, Josiah's brother. Like Peckham, Moore received no response when he knocked on the door and shouted. Ross unlocked the front door with his copy of the house key. While Peckham stood on the porch, Ross went into the parlor and opened the guest bedroom door, where he found Ina and Lena Stillinger's bodies on the bed. Moore immediately told Peckham to call Henry "Hank" Horton, Villisca's primary peace officer, who arrived shortly thereafter. Horton's search of the house revealed that the entire Moore family and the two Stillinger girls had been bludgeoned to death. The murder weapon, an axe belonging to Josiah, was found in the guest room where the Stillinger sisters were found.
Doctors concluded that the murders had taken place between midnight and 5 a.m. Two spent cigarettes in the attic suggested that the killer or killers patiently waited (according to the official tour, there were no cigarettes found) in the attic until the Moore family and the Stillinger guests were asleep. The killer(s) began in the master bedroom, where Josiah and Sarah Moore were sleeping. Josiah received more blows from the axe than any other victim; his face had been cut to such an extent that his eyes were missing. The ceiling in his room also had a gouge mark from when the murderer lifted the axe to murder him.
The killer or killers used the blade of the axe on Josiah while using the blunt end on the rest of the victims. Herman, Mary Katherine, Arthur, and Paul were next bludgeoned in the head in the same manner as their parents. Afterwards, the murderer returned to the master bedroom to inflict more blows on the elder Moores, knocking over a shoe that had filled with blood, before moving downstairs to the guest bedroom and killing Ina and Lena. Seemingly afterwards, a 4lb slab of bacon was taken out of the icebox and laid next to the axe. Investigators also found untouched food and bloody water during the search.
Investigators believed that all of the victims except for Lena Stillinger had been asleep when murdered. They thought that she was awake and tried to fight back, as she was found lying crosswise on the bed, and with a defensive wound on her arm. Lena's nightgown was pushed up to her waist and she was wearing no undergarments, leading to law enforcement speculation that the killer(s) sexually molested her or attempted to do so. - บันเทิง
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Sad story 😢
I live in a house where a child fell out his bedroom window and passed away. Then the mother committed suicide in the bathroom. And I swear my house is haunted
Hi Scott, at the beginning of October, I asked you to cover the Villisca Axe Murder House. I grew up in Davenport, IA. My grandparents, Mom, aunt are all buried at the Geneseo Methodist Church. Cemetery. Near Buckingham IA. Where my grandparents farmed they retired in Waterloo. My remaining living uncle and aunt live near Ames, IA. I don't know why I told you all that, lol! Nerves I guess! I spent all my childhood in Iowa. I love it there so much! However, I married a southern man so, I'm stuck in Tennessee, lol! It looks like the weather was gorgeous the day you filmed.
Anyone living and growing up in Iowa knows the story behind this house! Just walking through it with you filming gives me the Willie's and freaks me out! It's like you can feel a presence as your filming. Could just be me! Although I'm sensitive to paranormal situations.
Thank you so much for covering this unsolved, tragic murders. I know it effected the community for years. Of coarse it did.....a lunatic killed 2 adults and 6 children! Tragic! Especially that it's gone unsolved.
Jill Gross
What a small world, I actually grew up in the Quad cities myself. Moline to be exact .
I was born in Cedar Falls...went back there every summer as a kid and teenager to visit my grandma. My family was from Spencer. Auntie had a farm in Ottosen, which is not too far from West Bend, where more of my family lived....as well as Algona and Waverly.
I was told by my mom born in 1924 that in the 1800's to early 1900's after a death in the house they would cover all the mirrors so the deceased person's soul wouldn't be trapped in the mirror.
That custom is still preserved in the rural parts of Eastern Europe, where I am from.
I heard the killer did it so he did not have to look at himself too but who knows
First of all, nice headstone! Such a horrific story. The period pieces in the house certainly looked like the authentic pieces that would be used in that time frame. I enjoyed Johnny's explanation of how the history went. The police corruption that still goes on 100 years later. Smh. There was a superstition that mirrors were covered in the presence of a dead person so their souls would not be captured inside the mirror. I felt terrible sadness and fear inside this house. Amazing Scott.
I feel the same everytime I see a program on this house. The people who were killed here, if their energy remains, the energy is feelings of fear and horrify and pain. If the evil murderer's energy is here, that would be the only dark, demonic energy.
I believe there was a one guest, or two, In the house that night, I believe the family were very possibly drugged with a sedative somehow, there is no way, anyone could murder eight, in different rooms, and no one would get up, or no screaming being heard.
You did a wonderful job with this video. I've seen other videos on this house but what I loved about yours is the level of respect you have for the victims. Every time I see this house..the windows freak me out..total Amityville vibes. Ty for going to the graves of the victims...I haven't seen anyone do that before..Ty again Scott for all of your hard work. You're the best at what u do.
Thank you so much
I spent the night in that house about a year ago and I photographed at night and in the bedroom where little Lena slept in the room was full of orbs and I was nervous all night. ...you are by far my favorite channel.
Wow I wouldn’t have been to chicken to spend the night there! Your a brave soul! 🎃
Yeah there would be no way I would stay the night!!!
@@chrissyknowsitall5170 well I did but I chickened out about half way thru the night I left and walked to a motel
@@harolynallison485 CANT SAY I DONT BLAME YA AT ALL 🥰🤗🫶
@@InstantKarma523 yes my imagination ran amuck that night, I believe the place is haunted but I bailed right before morning I was scared all night because of the nature of their death their business in life was not finished. The owner wanted to return my money but I told them to keep it for maintaining the house and grounds, I also spent the night in the Lizzy Bordon House and was not as nervous as I was in the axe murder house. I got thru that one. Watching in the net not being in those places but when you are in these places knowing it's history is another kettle if fish
This is such a creepy story. How weird the connections between this house and the Sally house, Wow! I don't think I'd want to stay overnight in either house. Well, maybe in a group but for sure never alone. Great video as usual Scott!
Beautiful but very sad video Scott. Your respect for the victims is so touching. I just love you and your videos!!! Bless you Scott!!! Thank you for all you do!!
Although a tragic story, you did a great job and once again I thought the instrumental interludes were fantastic! Great atmosphere for october.
Great presentation Scott, the tour of the old house really gave me goosebumps and such a sad story about the Moore's and how they were all murdered, in their beds, in their sleep! For they had no chance. It could have been a group of killers involved? Scott, you're such a classy guy by setting a small stone on each name on their headstone, you the man, man. I love you channel man, KUTOS, to you Scott and also to the tour guide as well. REST IN PEACE to the MOORE family...
Those poor babies 😭, this story has always bothered me. Wish the killer would've been caught. Another great video!!
Thank you for doing this video! I asked you a couple of weeks ago on Instagram as I’m from Iowa about going here! You are amazing and get me through my work days as I watch and listen to them all! Another amazing video!
I am so happy that I recently found you. I was looking for new TH-camrs to watch. I love the gruesome details. Thank you for taking the time to post this.
Great intro. Brutal, grisly crime. I first learned about this on TH-cam around 5 years ago. So well done Scott. Thanks!
I've never heard of this case before how devastating. Top notch editing and research per usual Scott! Music was eerie; giving Halloween vibes. That doll in the attic creeps me tf out lol Excellent vid!
I loved the video Scott you did this story justice you covered it so well, keep the videos coming and love the channel.
I still can't figure out how that person got into the house so quite without making any noise
Rip to all of the victims 🙏 🕊
Killer musta been acquainted with the family...
He hid in the attic while they were at church
@@whispersoftheafterlife1017 or She..or They..doing eight people I. With one chop is a lot of work..could of beenote than one..
@@michelekossack1861 ask Ted Bundy. 😎
Yesterday's live chat kicked ass it was very cool. Have to do it again soon.✌️
It was kool all except the Brad's and Betty 😂
This is amazing Scott I'm sure you know by now how much I love these kinda videos as I always been saying. Hope there is more to come. I love my creepy stuff. I still can't get over how you did your last one in the cemetery at night. That is pure bravery 😃
Thanks for putting my hometown on the map Scott. Very good job on this video I spent many a nights in that house which I mentioned before to you still can't believe that was almost 40 years ago. Johnny Hauser not sure if I spelled his name right sorry if I didn't. Really super cool guy very knowledgeable not very many facts in this case but a lot of rumors really sad that nobody was brought to Justice. Even though the house look a little different from 40 years ago it's still brought back memories thanks again Scott.
I just recently read about this. Nicely done sweetie, you always do things so respectfully. Your character is what drew me to you in the beginning of your YT journey. Love and peace...
SCOTT!!!! Excellent and detailed job as always brother
Hi Scott. You were in my neck of the woods. Wish I knew you were in town. Would of loved 2 meet you. We have never been to that house ever. Thank you 4 taking us along. Johnny was super cool. So heartbreaking. Can not believe this is still a cold case. 💔
Beautiful timing my friend… always intrigued by this story. Stay safe. Love from SoCal.
Another amazing story and video. It's beyond belief that anyone can kill especially with an ax. Those graves of the poor families so sad to see. Such a beautiful well kept cemetery and so peaceful . Scott I love everything you put on you make it all more interesting. Love ❤️ from West Yorkshire UK ❤️
Dude you have one of the best you tube channels keep doing what you are doing 💪🏾🔥
Thank you Clinton !
Amazing video Scott :) You always make my day ❤️
What a great day!! A new video from Scott!! Thank you Sir!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Brilliant work again Scott👏
Sending much love from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤
Yes my favorite TH-camr! Man I remember when I started watching you that you were at 18,000 , wow 150,000 !!! Awesome Scott another great adventure 🎉❤
Thank you Nikki!!
Dang son why didn’t you stay overnight? The address being the same numbers & street as the Sallie House is beyond freaky. I had to google 508 2nd St in my town out of curiosity. Aww I’m glad the people were friendly, another great video….thanks!
If the views on the Sallie house video were bigger I would have stayed overnight here too but since they were low I didn’t want to spend $500 to stay overnight …with no hairdryer ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@SCOTTONTAPE 😂😂😂 Ok, kind of valid reasons
@@SCOTTONTAPE Haha no Hairdryer
@@SCOTTONTAPE $500 😳 These places sure milk it!!
You do great work I appreciate the time effort and passion you put into what you do and its super educational...
All the summers I spent in Iowa as a kid and teenager, with grandma. I always wanted to go to Villisca...but grandma said no! I am glad you are taking us there, because I know it will be a fair and respectful visit! THANK YOU, Scott!!!!
Cool Video Scott Thanks for refreshing it x
What an incredibly sad story! Thank you for sharing. I absolutely love all of your videos!!
Hi Scott, I love watching you videos. Keep up the good work!!
Love your videos Scott! Learn a lot from them!
I love your videos stay safe on those crazy roads your fan from east of Atlanta
Love these videos and the history behind them! Thanks 👍😊😳😳
So glad you did this story, thank you for coming to Iowa!
Love ya Scott 😊 thank you for always taking us with you 😘
Thank you for telling us this story and allowing us to pay respect to these beautiful people🌹
What a beautiful home for such a tragedy to take place!
You are such a great story teller !, Another fabulous video. Creepy as hell !! Thx Scott!!❤
An awesome video as usual. I absolutely love the videos you post.
The amount of work you put in is very much appreciated.
This is a horrific story. I'm in Ontario and I had sort of heard of the name Villisca but didn't know the details.
Thank you again for this . I loved it!
You’re very welcome Lorrie!
Such a tragic horrific story. I'm glad Johnny was there to give out the actual true facts in his explanation of the history regarding this tragic event. Great video & RIP to the victims, the Moore family 🙏🙏🕊🕊
I remember Ghost Adventures going there. Such a tragedy and mess of an "investigation". Great job from you ofcourse, Kind Sir! 😀
Thanks for sharing Scott! Such a sad, horrific story!
Scott, you are making me very happy with hitting my favorite spots. This case has long fascinated me. Thank you. 🪓🖤.... RIP to all of them. 💔
Hell yeah! I am from Iowa & have wanted to go there forever!
I'm glad you went here my guy! This place us th4 only place that for some reason gives me the creeps. The tragedy really holds a stigma on this house. Great video!
Loved this location and the history! Thanks Scott!
Love your videos keep up the good work
Nice vid. Scott. T'was captivating. Keep'em coming.
I did not know about the history of this. May they all rest in peace. Thank you for keeping their memory alive. Good video well done.
Darn! You were in my neck of the woods, in Iowa! Always found this story so interesting! Great job Scott! 🪓 John js a fabulous story teller!
Scott wow what an interesting story.How heartbreaking 💔😪. You did a great job relaying this story to us. Johnny did a great job showing us around.
AWESOME appreciate this Scott
Your coverage of this story is eerie and gave me chills. Thanks for the cemetery coverage too, the headstone is beautiful and sad. Imagine a world where people never locked their doors and neighbors came and went freely. RIP to all the victims
Thank you so much Brenda!
There was some orbs In the loft
Awesome, Scott, great job. I visited with my mother some years back. What a story.
Thanks for Sharing!🧡🧡
Hi Scott, that's a spooky house
I am hocked with this kind of videos 😍 thank you from Romania
This murder is reminiscent of a similar case that took place in Germany in 1922 in the place "hinterkaifeck". There, too, the whole family was beaten to death in their own house
Same guy. Paul Mueller.
Great video scott.Thank you.
Thank you so much! It's a tragic story. If this happened today, I don't think it would be unsolved. Imagine all the forensic evidence that could have been collected, but wasn't. Anyway, even a century later, one senses the human tragedy that unfolded.
Greetings from South Africa
Well done Scott! Thanks , stay safe always my friend...✌
No sound problem here. Thanks again Scott.
Johnny is awesome. I've been watching him for over a decade now, off and on, giving tours, and the way he tells the story, just like Scott, makes you feel like you're right there and you can actually visualize it. It transports one back in time. That is a talent that not very many possess. I always thought it was the reverend. Then I thought it was Jake byrd but that would of been impossible. I think there was a possible love triangle... And one of the spouses weren't a willing or knowing participant.
Yes Johnny was very good at telling the story like to see more of him
Good Evening Scott 🙋🏽. BE Safe And Careful Out There ‼️😃👍🏽 that house was really freaking Creepy ‼️ WOW ‼️
Thanks for another great video, Scott.
what a sad story thank you for sharing you did a great job as usual
So sad. Thanks for sharing
Excellent presentation and visualization even with a lack of eyewitness testimony! I'd never heard of this tragedy - thanks to your viewer for planting this seed in your noggin, and for bringing us along on the trek. The poor Stillinger mother, miscarrying after the deaths of their daughters. Looking at their birth/death dates, the Stillingers passed on relatively soon after each other. With some, tragedy and loss of a child drives the parents apart in divorce. Looks like these two stuck together and stuck it out. I don't know if I could remain in the same town with so much pain and the murders unsolved.
Loved, loved the video…of course. You stopped for a second on the headstone that said, Scott, stop it lol. Love your stuff, I wish I could grow like you did, how difficult it is. I wish you much success. ❤
Lolol I had to
Scott love.the intro music 🎵 great video sir 👍🏽
Wow, super stoked you did this one! I've wanted to visit this place now that I live closer to Iowa. The story of this murder is one that has fascinated me, nobody ever figured out the identity of the killer. However, I would suggest to anyone interested to read "The Man From The Train". The authors discovered other similar murders throughout the US probably committed by the same guy. Always a town or area closest to the train tracks.
Great video Scott. Beautiful home. Can't say i experienced anything abnormal about the place and I was walking around by myself at night throughout the house. People do bad things. Homes are just inanimate structures. I think the fact that it happened so long ago, as opposed to inhabiting a house where someone like a suicide melted into the floor, do to not being found for some time, for lack of more appropriate words, is what made it not creepy or as some people say, bad juju. Awesome interview and video! For anyone wondering what crime scene cleanups are like post suicide and the person not being found for weeks... Don't look it up. You WILL regret it. Sad stuff. Great upload and interview Scott! Rip to the family.
I agree my house was built in 1930 (lived there since 2014) I'm sure in 90+ years Someone's passed away there. I get no bad vibes, but have seen alot of orbs & sometimes feel like I'm being watched but Nah Im not afraid
Chasing and hacking up (Im sure they all just didnt stay still while the first one was being chopped up)six defenseless terrified children is beyond"bad" person sir...that is a Grimm monster
Not everyone's frequency can feel anything abnormal....only some people.
Well I can tell you that unless "parts" are left, you have to pay for cleanup. My mother had to clean almost everything after the suicide of my step dad because we were poor.... and I can tell you that the blood is probably still staining the concrete of that houses laundry room over 20 years later.
Great as always Scott!!! Maybe we’ll get lucky and it will get solved like Jack The Ripper finally did from what I’ve heard read and watched, just great Scott ur so respectable everywhere u go and we love ya brother and we’ve all decided that we solved the “Scott On Tape” mystery it’s simple we love ya brother!! 👍❤️
This is on my bucketlist!! I am gonna stay overnight though when I go!! Im gonna go all out next year!! Im glad you showed us!! I did hear sound on mine the video!! Im so jealous of all your endeavors now maybe I can start mine!! When there was no bathroom though oh no!!
Great video Scott like always. Very touching when u left a rock for all of them. Husband, wife & all the kids. Made me cry a little, such a sad story. Least they are all in heaven together. ❤️💜🌟
As always very informative and fun to go with
Amazing video Scott!!
The Man from the Train by Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James. Thank you for posting. I enjoyed the video and tour of the house.
Love your videos Scott, watching from Ireland 🇮🇪 ☘️
Such a creepy story. The theory of a traveling killer on the train between towns seems the most likely. Great video!✌️🎃
I knew of this sad mystery but I'd never before heard the part about Mrs. Stillinger being pregnant and miscarrying after the loss of her daughters. Damn, that's an extra layer of tragic! 😢
Me either.
She didn't miscarry. She had a stillborn baby. There is a huge difference between the two.
Ooh, Ive spent the night there! during the introduction with someone that works there i was sitting on the piano bench and i felt like someone blew directly onto my face....it was creepy. We went to town to eat and we came back and I was wiped out me and another lady laid on the floor downstairs drained of all our energy for about 2 hours. while the others were doing EVP sessions upstairs. It was strange there...
Lot of times back in the day and even now they'd cover mirrors because they believe it was a portal to the spirit world
Scott thank ya for sharing this video story and also the Tour Guide helped answer so many questions.. Scott I just say You Must Must Go Back to this House But Especially the Moore Graves.. I Got The vibes and chills.. get talented folks that can contact the Moores.. you gotta.. they tried to speak to YOU Scott
Such a sad story, may they all RIP. Well done Scott, always so respectful.❤😭😭
Welcome to Iowa!!! It’s always windy. Should see it in the winter blow the snow around. You came at the perfect time missing the heat and humidity.
I'm from Iowa and always wanted to go to thus house.Thank you for sharing
Hi Scott great video
♥ great vid
Cool it's working now 👍 Thanks Scott ☺️
Thank you Scott ! 🥰👍 That was creepy ! Love all your Videos ! I saw much orbs !
Almost reminds me of the plot for 'When A Stranger Calls.'