Exploring Villisca's Axe Murder House & Reverend Kelly's Confession Review
Exploring Villisca's Axe Murder House & Reverend Kelly's Confession Feature
Dr. Edgar V. Epperly has researched the Villisca axe murders since 1955. His visit to the Moore murder house for the first time in 15 years was caught on camera. Moving from room to room during the early stages of renovation (1994), Epperly describes the crime scene and early investigation on the morning of June 10, 1912. A severe summer thunderstorm rolls in as the detailed tour progresses.Plus:In 1917, the Reverend Lyn George Jacklin Kelly confessed to the Villisca axe murders. Was he guilty or just obsessed with the case? Follow Dr. Epperly on a midnight walk from the manse where the little minister stayed to the Josiah B. Moore house as he recounts the quirky clergyman's confession of mass homicide by lamplight.Bonus features include a lamplight Q & A with Epperly where he discusses a serial killer theory and other details of his decades-long investigation.In the behind-the-scenes footage the filmmakers are puzzled by a microphone that shuts off every time a kerosene lamp is lit for the spooky tour.
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