Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In June of 1912, an entire household was brutally slain in the small town of Villisca, Iowa. No one was ever brought to justice for the crime and evidence now suggests that it was in fact just one of a large number of families murdered by the same killer. Who was the man from the train?

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