Case #: VI-1104
Time: 8:00 pm to 5:00 am
Weather Outside: Mostly Cloudy
Outside Temperature: 64°F
Inside Temperature: 71°F
Humidity Outside: 46%
Barometric Pressure: 29.88 in / 1012 hPa
Sunrise & Sunset: 6:10am & 8:21pm
Moon Phase: New Moon (1% Full)
Solar Activity: M Class Flare
Geomagnetic Activity: Quiet
On May 7, 2005, PRISM investigators David Rodriguez, Josie R., Anney H.,
and Jada M. visited the Villisca Cemetery and conducted an overnight investigation of the Villisca Axe Murder House. They were accompanied by American Ghost Society members, Troy Taylor and Ursula Bielski, and three guest investigators, Paula, Melissa, and Dawn.
The home has been restored to the way it used to look in 1912, and because of this, the home has no running electricity or any bathrooms ...an outhouse is located in the back yard.
The ghost of one of the boys murdered in the home, Paul (age 5), is rumored to still roam upstairs around the second floor children's bedroom. We were intrigued and wanted to see this for ourselves. As strange as this sounds, we were able to get Paul to open and close the children's bedroom closet door for us, on command, a total of 13 times. This happened two more times while nobody was in the room. (Note: All windows in the home were closed, and because their is absolutely no electricity in the home ...no A/C or window drafts were present in the room.)
Photos of a strange mist (unseen to the naked eye) were captured in the attic, and EMF spikes were recorded in the Blue Room, even though there was no electricity in the home.
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Troy Taylor, David Rodriguez, and Ursula Bielski
at the Villisca Axe Murder House
Video Evidence:
 Looped Image From Video:
The closet door in the master bedroom was the cause of a great deal of fascination during our investigation of The Villisca Axe Murder House. This closet door, located on the second floor children's bedroom, opened and closed, on command, for the investigators numerous times throughout the night. Could this be the work of the ghost of one of the children who was killed in the home in 1912? It is believed that the ghost of 5-year old Paul likes to hide in this closet. Every time we asked Paul to open or close the closet door for us, he did.
The home has no electricity (which means no A/C or fans), and all the windows in the house were closed.
Note: This is a looped video clip from an infrared video surveillance camera. Please allow a few minutes to load.
* Infrared Video: David Rodriguez
Looped Image From Video:
This orb was caught on one of our wireless surveillance cameras that was set up in the second floor children's bedroom, on the second floor of the home. The orb first appears at the top left-hand side of the screen, and then circles around to the lower portion of the screen, shooting into the closet, before one of the investigators walks into the room. Could this orb be the spirit energy of one of the Moore children trying to hide in the closet?
Note: This is a looped video clip from an infrared video surveillance camera. Please allow a few minutes to load.
* Infrared Video: David Rodriguez
May 7-8, 2005 Investigation Video
This is a movie of the May 7, 2005 overnight investigation of the Villisca Axe Murder House in Villisca, Iowa, which features the infrared video surveillance from that night. In the video, the PRISM team captured several orbs and also numerous instances of a closet door on the second floor children's bedroom opening and closing for the team of investigators on command.
(Video length = 8m32s)
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Audio Evidence:
(Best listened to through headphones)
Note: Not everyone hears the same things being said while listening to an EVP. Let your own ears be the judge!
EVP: CLASS C
VIDEO: EVPs from investigation
This is a short video featuring an examination of the EVPs that were recorded during our investigation of the Villisca Axe Murder House. Children can be heard talking in the upstairs bedroom in these audio clips. There were no children present in the home that night.
(Video length = approx. 2 minutes)
* This video contains EVP's which can be found further down this page as separate audio files.
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EVP: CLASS B
This is a great EVP! The audio clip was recorded in the children's bedroom at 1:53am.
David R. asks "What time are we supposed to leave here anyway?" then Anney says, "I dunno." Immediately after that, two children's voices (a boy and a girl?) can be heard talking over each other. It sounds as if the boy is saying "Get in here." and it is difficult to tell what the girl is saying. Right after that, David thinks he heard somebody say something and asks "What?", Anney responds with "huh?"
Click on the speakers below to listen to the audio clips:
 Original audio clip
EVP looped x5
EVP looped x5 (Slowed down 25%)
This EVP was recorded by PRISM investigator David R. on an Olympus W-10 digital audio recorder on May 8, 2005. In the third audio clip, the audio was slowed down by 25% using Adobe Audition software.
EVP: CLASS B
The audio clip was recorded in the children's bedroom at 2:47am.
A loud click, then two children are heard speaking. One child says what sounds like, "He's gonna hurt us." and then the other says what sounds like "Paul." At that moment, David R. says, "Woah ...that was a good one. What was that? That was a good one ...misty." referring to a photograph he had just shot in the attic that showed a mist.
Click on the speakers below to listen to the audio clips:
Original audio clip
EVP looped x5 (N.R. added / Slowed down 25%)
This EVP was recorded by PRISM investigator David R. on an Olympus W-10 digital audio recorder on May 8, 2005. In the second audio clip, noise reduction was added, to reduce hiss, and the audio was slowed down by 25% using Adobe Audition software.
EVP: CLASS B
This audio clip was recorded in the children's bedroom at 1:52am.
A loud click is heard, then David R. says, "I keep forgetting about this" (referring to an EMF meter) and Anney, who was commenting on David's hunger at the time says, "Get breakfast pizza in the morning." Immediately after that, an eerie sounding laugh is heard followed by a male voice that says, "Oooh!" After that, David goes on to comment about forgetting to use one of his EMF meters.
Click on the speakers below to listen to the audio clips:
Original audio clip
EVP looped x5
This EVP was recorded by PRISM investigator David R. on an Olympus W-10 digital audio recorder on May 8, 2005.
Photographic Evidence:
(Click on images to enlarge)
 Villisca, Iowa
The sign at the main entrance to the small town of Villisca.
* Photo: David R. (Sony DSC-V3 Digital Camera)
Villisca Cemetery
The main entrance to the Villisca cemetery.
* Photo: David R. (Sony DSC-V3 Digital Camera)
Villisca Cemetery
The grave site of the Moore family.
* Photo: David R. (Sony DSC-V3 Digital Camera)
Villisca Cemetery
The grave site of the Stillinger family, which is just a few feet from the Moore grave site.
* Photo: David R. (Sony DSC-V3 Digital Camera)
Olson-Linn Museum
The owners of the town's museum and The Villisca Axe Murder House, Darwin and Martha Linn.
* Photo: David R. (Sony DSC-V3 Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Outside
PRISM investigator David R. on the front porch of the Villisca Axe Murder House.
* Photo: Josie R. (Sony DSC-V3 Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Outside
A photo of the outhouse located behind the home.
Update 9/2005: The outhouse has since been destroyed, a new bathroom has been added in the adjacent barn.
* Photo: David R. (Sony DSC-V3 Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Outside
View of the front of the Villisca Axe Murder House.
* Photo: David R. (Sony DSC-V3 Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Outside
Side view of the front of the Villisca Axe Murder House.
* Photo: David R. (Sony DSC-V3 Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Outside
A large orb (accompanied by a couple smaller ones) at the back of the house.
* Photo: David R. (Canon PowerShot SD100 Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Outside
Photo of paranormal investigators Troy Taylor, David Rodriguez, and Ursula Bielski. Notice the small greenish-blue light anomaly on the left side of the photo.
Note: The photo on the right is a close-up of the light anomaly in the original photo on the left.
* Photo: Anney H. (Canon PowerShot SD100 Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Outside
Front side of the house. Notice the blue orb over the roof of the house.
* Photo: David R. (Sony DSC-V3 Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Outside
Front side of the house. Notice the bright orb over the roof of the house.
* Photo: Anney H. (Sony Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Outside
Side of the house. Notice the orb over the window.
* Photo: Anney H. (Sony Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Outside
Back side of the house. Notice the bright orb on the left side of the photo.
* Photo: David R. (Canon PowerShot SD100 Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Blue Room
Photo of an orb over the left side of the bed.
* Photo: David R. (Canon PowerShot SD100 Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Blue Room
Photo of a small orb over the right side of the bed.
* Photo: Anney H. (Sony Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Children's Bedroom
A large faint orb over the toys which were set up on the floor.
* Photo: Anney H. (Sony Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Children's Bedroom
A bright orb over the carpet.
* Photo: Anney H. (Sony Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Children's Bedroom
Several orbs in the master bedroom.
* Photo: David R. (Canon PowerShot SD100 Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Children's Bedroom
Anney feels like she is being pushed by an unseen force in the master bedroom (for the second time during our overnight investigation.) Notice the small orbs in the corner of the room.
* Photo: Jada M. (Sony Digital Camera)
Villisca Axe Murder House - Attic
A strange mist appeared in photographs (on three separate cameras) taken in the attic. This mist could not be seen by the naked eye ...it was only seen in the photos.
Note: The photo on the left was taken at 10:31pm and the photo on the right was taken at 1:46am, when the mist appeared in the photographs taken in the attic.
* Photo: David R. (Canon PowerShot SD100 Digital Camera)
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