A busy hardware shop, a church-going mom, and a June night that still has no ending.
Before it was called Villisca, this Iowa settlement had a name that sounds like something in your silverware drawer. What was it?
The Forks Pioneer D. N. Smith laid out the town that would later become infamous for one terrible night in 1912.
Joe Moore ran a shop selling farm gear from the famous green tractor brand. Whose store did he set up to compete against?
His former boss Joe's John Deere dealership went head to head with the Jones Store, owned by F.F. Jones, the man he used to work for.
A whole family and two young guests were killed in one house, in a tiny town where everyone knew everyone. So who was caught?
Nobody, it's unsolved The Villisca axe murders remain one of the most famous unsolved crimes in American history.
The weapon in this crime wasn't brought in by a stranger. Where did the axe come from?
The family's own home Joe, his wife Sarah, their four children, and two visiting Stillinger sisters were found the next morning by a neighbor and Joe's brother Ross.
Beyond the grief, what did the unsolved killings do to the small community of Villisca?
Split the town apart The murders set off a chain of events that divided the town and changed the lives of everyone living there.
