VILLISCA, Iowa —

In the tiny town of Villisca, Iowa, one house carries a sinister secret.

Stepping inside 508 East Second Street takes you back to June 12, 1912, when the home belonged to the Moore family.

That fateful night, two neighbor girls, the Stillinger sisters, made the unfortunate choice of sleeping over.

None of them would ever wake up again. That night, all eight would be murdered with an ax.

Decades later, brave souls enter the house to learn the story and to experience the paranormal.

My curiosity brought me to a tour of the home led by property manager Kelly Mattson.

“This is where the Stillinger girls were found. Sadly, they were unrecognizable. The only way they could be identified was that their names were in their Bibles,” said Mattson.

A walk through the halls wi

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