For both ghost seekers and fans of horror, the Villisca Axe Murder House in Villisca, Iowa, is a well-known tourist destination. The location of a horrifying unsolved 1912 axe murder, in which six children and two adults had their skulls entirely smashed by an unknown assailant, was bought in 1994, restored to its 1912 condition, and turned into a tourist attraction.
The old haunted house charges $428 per night for accommodations, and guests frequently describe weird paranormal occurrences there, such as seeing a man with an axe prowling the halls or hearing faint kid screams.
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But the haunting changed into something more sinister in November 2014. When the genuine horror occurred, Robert Steven Laursen Jr., 37, of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, was with pals on a routinely scheduled paranormal encounter. VICE claims:
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Laursen was found by his friends with a self-inflicted stabbing wound to the chest. His friends dialed 9-1-1, and Laursen was taken to a neighboring hospital before being flown by helicopter to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha.
The self-inflicted wound was sustained by Laursen at approximately 12:45 a.m., which is roughly when the 1912 axe murders in the home started, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.
Laursen recovered from his wounds but has never spoken what happened that day in public. The occurrence offended the home's owner, Martha Linn, a great deal. Although it is publicity, it is not the kind of publicity you ideally want.
I don't want visitors to the Villisca Axe Murder House to believe that something will occur that will force them to act in such a way. Today, visitors can still come and stay the night at the residence.
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