By: John McClaughry
This is a very good retelling of a horrifying episode in American history. Detective Matthew McClaughry, my great uncle, had the distinction of bringing fingerprint identification to America from...
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Historians must yearn for slaughters like this in their bailiwick. Recording these stories encapsulates as in amber the people, the times, the way they talk and live. We know more about the Clutter...
View ArticleBy: Eric Figgins
My father was born in Villisca, Iowa in 1930. He lived there with his parents (my grandparents) until he was a teenager. I grew up with my father telling me this story repeatedly as it had been relayed...
View ArticleBy: Sheret
I find this story compelling in many ways. But the strange thing that came to my mind was the Lizzie Borden case. Although a 20 year difference, it is still plausible that the same culprit was...
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Hi I enjoyed the history of the murder, not because its blood letting excited me in any way (mankind just like nature can be very cruel and its a fact of life) but because there may be other factors...
View ArticleBy: Sarah
In (I think orthodox, though maybe all?) Jewish homes in shiva (mourning), mirrors are covered up. I wonder if it could have been someone who was either Jewish, or interested in Kaballah, mysticism,...
View ArticleBy: Mark
Honestly a horrible thing that happened, but I can’t help but think this could be an awesome movie plot. A movie about this could be horrifying it could be electric it could leave people guessing and...
View ArticleBy: Beth Klingensmith
Mike! Great article and thank you for sourcing my paper. The movie “Villisca: Living with a Mystery” is a wonderful documentary on the murders in Iowa and their subsequent impact on the town. I hope...
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