[tbgo]

First off, is this the correct place to post this? I also did a search to see if this case had a thread. Didn't see anything.

Anyway, is anyone familiar with this case? It happened back in 1912 in Villisca, Iowa. 2 adults, their 4 kids had their head hacked off as they slept. 2 little girls nearby also met the same fate, I believe. It was never solved. Today it remains a "death house." They do ghost shows in it. I can't find any crime scene photos.

[sassieroses]

There is a hundred year old paper trail that says there ARE photos, but they are believed to have been lost in a fire or something. One of my favorite research projects, alas not much to go on.. *sigh*

[tbgo]

I can't understand why it doesn't get more play.

I only heard about it from an extra on the "Sinister" Bluray. It featured a guy who lived next door to the 'death house,' which would be this family's house. He said the name, and I googled it. Ghost hunter shows have gone there apparently. Still, I watch so many true crime shows, and this case has never popped up. It's pretty fascinating.

[Megamel29]

Isn't it a museum now? I think that one show with the psychic and the medium went there for an episode. I can't remember the name of the show. Haunted something?

[Neo1130]

Ghost Adventures did an episode there. It was an interesting one. I want to say I've seen the pics somewhere, I'll see if I can find them... I could be thinking of Lizzie Borden pics though...

[tbgo]

I was looking for Lizzy Borden type photographs. I remember the one of her stepmother lying face down on the bedroom floor, and with this case, it also took place in a bedroom.

[Lion-hearted Girl]

Here's a thread that Ed Gein made last year, he's particularly interested in this case as well.

I don't think there are any crime scene pics in existence.

http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...d.php?t=104409

[korndawg]

I've been there. It's my most facinating case. It's a shame that it will never be solved

[Bunnny]

According to an interview with (I think) the owner of the home, there are no money shots of those poor dead souls. Not to mention the fact that the entire neighborhood was allowed to walk through the crime scene, contaminating it. It doesn't seem they were able to preserve the crime scene at all.

[korndawg]

Originally Posted by aja_matias ↗

According to an interview with (I think) the owner of the home, there are no money shots of those poor dead souls. Not to mention the fact that the entire neighborhood was allowed to walk through the crime scene, contaminating it. It doesn't seem they were able to preserve the crime scene at all.

That's correct. The brother of J.B. Morgan took all the pictures that were taken and burned them. All the evidence that was gathered or could have been gathered was all contaminated by on-lookers.