Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Wednesday, August 29, 10pm Eastern, on Court TV, a new show on the Villisca murders:

"Haunted in Villisca"

On the night of June 10th, 1912, with the Titanic disaster still fresh in America’s mind, one of the grizzliest crimes in mid-western history was unfolding in quiet Villisca, Iowa. Eight people – two adults and six children - in one household were systematically axed to death while they slept. Perhaps using the booming noise of a regularly scheduled passing night freight train as cover both inside and outside the house, the killer moved quickly, efficiently, and ruthlessly. Victims were killed in their beds, sheets draped over their faces and torsos, windows were tightly curtained closed, and mirrors were oddly covered. To this day, the Villisca massacre remains one of the most famous unsolved crimes on the books. Watch as our team goes to Iowa to spend time in the farmhouse, often considered the holy grail of ghost hunting. Can they uncover new answers in this nearly century-old mystery? TV-PG V"

There is an "official" Villisca murder web site at:

http://www.villiscaiowa.com/

They at one time posted to our forum but I can't seem to locate their posts. Perhaps it was on the previous version of the forum on Arborwood.

Thanks for the heads up, Harry. The crime has always interested me, but it REALLY creeps me out. Now there's one place I would NEVER stay. I wouldn't even want to visit the house. There seems to be such evil vibes with it. Did you listen to the EVPs on that website? Brrrr!

Thanks for the info! I had never even heard of this unsolved crime until just recently on a website. I'll be watching!

Tonight at 9 pm.
1/2 an hour show on Villisca, Court TV
Reminder
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Ooops! 10 pm!

It was interesting. I like that psychic team- I've watched quite a few of these shows.

But they should have donated an hour program to the investigation. The EVP stuff itself and the monitoring of the electrical signals and room temperatures could have taken up 15 more minutes easily.

You are SO correct, Kat. Villisca is such a fascinating case that I wonder why more documentaries on it do not exist.

I agree also. I know hardly anything about the case, and they barely skimmed the surface in 30 minutes. I would have liked to learn more about the businessman that supposedly hired the killer, and the hired killer himself.
Are there any worthwhile books published about the case?

Stefani gave me:
Villisca by Roy Marshall, 2003. An oversized softback.

I had started it a while ago, but it's the kind of book where you have to memorize the "Cast of Characters" first and at the time it seemed like work.


I'm thinking of reading it tho. Will let you know.

The darn documentary video on it is sooo boring.