Villisca Ax Murder House

Villisca, Iowa

July 13-14, 2021

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"Triangle of Terror" investigation #2

After having a bite to eat and refreshing myself, I came back into the house to start off by setting some items around the cast iron stove in the living room. I placed a K2 EMF meter on the stove, along with some kids toys and the MEL-Meter. If there were any children spirits still there, I wanted to present myself as a friend and not someone they had to be afraid of. I also wanted to conduct my first spirit box session of the investigation too. As I was setting up, the K2 started flashing at various strengths. I found this interesting as the stove itself was non-powered, this was strictly a wood burning stove and one that had probably not been used in a long time. So the stove should not have been a source of EMF that would be caught on the K2. If it had been, the K2 would have lit up continuosly, but it did not.

A screen shot from my camcorder (in night shot mode), capturing the K2 meter flashing. The K2 was on a wood burning, cast iron stove, where allegedly a piece of the stove broke off and was tossed into the kitchen, scaring bikers out of the house.

As I was telling the children they had no reason to be afraid of me, I captured a very faint EVP, a call for help!

Villisca EVP #10 -  About a second after I finish talking, there is a very faint EVP. After some noise reduction and amplification, you can clearly hear somebody calling out, "Help me". This sounds like a young person, but who it is I cannot be certain of.

For my first spirit box session, I decided to go old school with the "Shack Hack" device and of course it did not disappoint! One of the first replies I got was absolutely incredible!

Here I am conducting a spirit box session by the wood burning stove.

(As always,  each Spirit Box clip is played in its original format, then replayed twice afterward by itself.   These files typically do not need to be amplified or adjusted as they are usually heard very well. If something needs to be tweaked I will note it in the clip description.

Villisca Spirit Box #1 -  You first hear me asking any spirits there to say my name as a means of validation that they can hear me and understand me. The reply I received was extraordinary and quite clear. A female voice announces she is quite sad! Whether this is Mrs. Moore or the voice imprint of a neighbor / relative, I have no idea. However there is no doubt they were quite sad from the shocking murders!

Villisca Spirit Box #2 -  The clip starts with me asking for them to say my name to validate they can hear me and understand me. About 6 seconds after I finish speaking and a couple of words I cannot make out, there is a faint male voice that says my name. Replayed three times.

Villisca Spirit Box #3 -  This one is a bit disturbing. This was a faint voice that I did not hear live at the time. On the audio playback I caught it. Cleaned up a bit, this sounds like an entity is saying, "I love death."! Obviously something sick and demented to say something like that at this house.

Villisca Spirit Box #4 -  After asking who the person with the deep voice is the 2nd time (my voice not heard), a faint voice is captured. After some enhancement, it sounds like the voice is saying, "We're not deaf." I guess the entity does not like being asked the same question two times in a row!

Villisca Spirit Box #5 -  This clip has 3 responses to me. Right after I ask if the spirits there are trying to figure me out, a voice comes through and says, "We Know." When I acknowledge that I heard their response, another male voice comes out and says, "I'll fight there." followed two seconds later with a female voice faintly saying, "Hello." My question relates to the fight response. Is the entity saying they will fight me or the murderer there?

Villisca Spirit Box #6 -  A couple of minutes later I am telling any spirits there that I am along for the evening, there is no other team with me. There is silence for a bit before someone comes out and uses the F word, which I clearly hear. I asked why they said that, but got no response as to why.

Villisca Spirit Box #7 -  Now almost 15 minutes into the session and getting some so-so respones, this one blows me away as I did not hear it at the time. I am asking if there is any particular room I should go to and the response is, "Visit Ina.". Ina is the first name of the Stillinger sisters who was murdered in the downstairs bedroom!

Lena (12) and Ina Stillinger (8).

Villisca Spirit Box #8 -  Nearing the end of this first spirit box session, I announce that I am going to move into Ina and Lena's room. My initial reaction was to hear somebody say "Thank you". On the audio review, it was a bit more with somebody saying, "Thank you Mom!". Why that is said, I only speculate. Maybe somebody was thanking their Mom for suggesting I go into Ina & Lena's room first?

Right after I finished the session and reannounced my intentions to go into the guest bedroom, I noticed the K2 meter on the cast iron stove started to flash again. Before I would begin, since cell phone reception was non-existent for my phone here, I did a brief walk-thru again around the house, using my cell phone to video tape everything so I could upload it to social media once I got back to my hotel room. Though as I decided to walk around and video tape with my phone, I left my audio recorder running downstairs in the living room when I caught one of the loudest EVP I have ever captured in over a decade of investigating.

Villisca EVP #11 -  In the beginning of this clip, you can hear me in the distance as I was in the guest bedroom. I was talking about strange noises others have heard in this room before. At the 5 second mark you hear the loud voice come through as if whomever is speaking is right in front of the microphone. Even as loud as this, I never heard it. On the playback and some slight clean up, its sounds like this person is saying, "I don't hear any outlaw!" Is this spirit answering my statement about the weird noises that might be caused by the killer? The choice of the word "outlaw" is most interesting.

Villisca EVP #12 - About 10 minutes after that crazy EVP, I am setting up equipment in the guest bedroom where the Stillinger sisters would stay. You first will here me turning on and setting up my REM-POD. A few seconds later is the voice of a little girl sounding like she is saying "Hot." The air conditioner in that room was not on at that time and it was quite warm in there. Which begs to ask can earth-bound spirits feel the air temperature the same way we can?

Villisca EVP #12 - Not 2 seconds after the repeat EVP of a young girl saying "Hot", this is followed up by a male voice saying "Off the Bed.". Was it asking me to take the REM-POD off the bed as I had just placed it there. There is some noise reduction here to better hear the EVP.

About 1 minute later as I am repositioning the REM-POD and other equipment on the bed, I get a very strange EVP.

Villisca EVP #13 - Two seconds in, the same male voice from before speaks again. The original audio comes in fast and first I think he is saying "It's a tumbler". However after I slow it down to 89% speed, some noise reduction and amplification, now it sounds like he is saying, "It's a time loop." Is this entity telling me that there is a time loop going on here. Maybe that explains why some places have residual hauntings, events from the past that keep replaying itself over time. Some that might still be going on here in Villisca too!

Doing a spirit box session in the guest room.

After setting up my equipment on the bed and setting up the video cameras, I wanted to do a quick spirit box session in here since the session outside in the living room was decent. One thing quickly noticed was the K2 meter on the pillows was getting some immediate reaction. The spirit box session also provided some incredible moments.

Villisca Spirit Box #9 -  15 seconds into the session is a call for help that sounds like it's from an adult male. Since Mr. Moore was probably killed first, as he would be biggest threat, that should eliminate this as a residual reply. Is his spirit still there and asking for help against whatever darkness is present?

Villisca Spirit Box #10 -  I had to leave the room for a minute to get another piece of equipment I left out there and I came back in, I heard a voice, but did not hear it properly. Hence why at the end of the clip you hear me ask for them not to say anything because I'm not quite ready yet. But you can hear them ask, " Chuck, is it Bad?" I say them because it sounds like a female says my name and then a male asks is it bad. What they are referring to, I have no idea.

Villisca EVP #14 - I shut off the spirit box for a moment to make some adjusments to equipment positioning in the room. An EVP is captured during this which sounds like the spirit is asking, "Does he cook?"

Villisca Spirit Box #11 -  After I restart the spirit box session, I get this 2 part clip. First faintly is another "F-- you", followed by a voice saying "Please wait." Wait for what?

Villisca Spirit Box #12 -  Now it gets really interesting. I ask if they can recall what happened on that date back in 1912. What sounds like a young female replies, "No." Which leads right into my next question......

Villisca Spirit Box #13 -  I ask who was the female that just spoke to me. I get the reply, "Olive". My research can't find any Olive connected to the house.

In between a few of the responses, I was getting what sounded like the voice that sounded dark, but I could not make out words that were coming out of the spirit box. I eventually mentioned that I knew and was warned that there was a dark entity there that could be dangerous. As I mentioned this, the K-2 meter on the bed by the pillow started flashing and I started to get that chill. Like a presence was nearby. Then I get this reponse over the spirit box.

Villisca Spirit Box #14 -  I started off this clip mentioning the K2 activity and the chill I am getting. When I thank whoever is there for the interaction, a male voice calls out for, "Help". Is this Mr. Moore calling for help as he was the first one killed?

Two minutes later I get one of the most amazing responses to a question I have ever asked using a spirit box. I did not hear this at the time because it was a faint reply. But after some noise reduction and amplifying it a bit, the response is cleared up.

Villisca Spirit Box #15 -  Before this clip, I had asked for validation, what was the murder weapon used here at the house. There was no discerning reply. So I followed up by repeating the question. You hear the faint response between 5-6 seconds. On the reply after the clean up, you can hear what sounds like a male voice saying, "Ax murder"!

Villisca Spirit Box #16 -  After the response above, the spirit box activity went flat, so after 13 minutes I felt it was time to end this session. I do my standard count to 5. After I say the number 2, a raspy voice replies, "Do It.", which I did not hear at the time. Right after I say the number 3, another voice repeats, "Do It" again! I heard it that time, but missed the voice which I believe was an EVP right afterward saying, "Yeah." They wanted me to shut down the session, but it's amazing 2 different voice after I say two different numbers, tell me to "Do it."!

This is the barn next to the house where I kept my equipment and food. It was locked with a key so I could keep everything in there safely.

With the K-2 activity and some interesting responses from the spirit box, I decided to leave the house and go out to the barn to get another piece of equipment I thought might be useful. I announced I was leaving for a few minutes and I would leave the audio recorder on, just in case some EVP might be picked up. When I returned I made the mistake of listening to the audio and this is where I would pay a price for the evening.

Villisca EVP #15 - In the background you will hear a train horn and I have just left the house. Here is the voice of sounds like a young girl yelling, "Turn around!" followed by her yelling "Help!". Is this Lena yelling for me to come back as she is being attacked?

This was the one thing I said I did not want to happen before I came to Villisca. I had heard EVP from other teams capturing the voice of a young girl crying and screaming and pleading for her life. I did not want to hear this, especially being a parent. I could care less if the entity there curses me, threatens me or whatever. I just did not want to hear the voice of a girl in terror like that. But as Johnny Houser warned me, the entity there likes to attach on an emotional level and it just hit my nerve dead center. Then about 30 seconds later this faint cry for help was caught.

Villisca EVP #16 - Here again is what sounds like a young girl crying for help, its hard to make out what she is saying, but clearly in distress. Missed at the time, but I found this at the end of the clip, there is a sinister sounding voice saying "Heh, heh." Like this is all a game to him that he is getting away with!

Upon hearing this I stopped the recording and relistened to it a few times. I had to try to convince myself I was hearing something else. But I kept hearing the voice of a young girl pleading for help. At this moment I got highly emotional and had to leave the house. I went back out to the barn where I must have listened to the recording another dozen times. I was very upset and almost on the verge of tears. Then those emotions quickly turned to road rage times 100. I literally started looking around the barn for a baseball bat and I was going to go back in there and challenge the entity to a showdown. For a momen I was ready to go in there and start swinging, that's how mad I was. I then remembered what Johnny had told me how the house plays on the emotions of people. I took about 10-15 minutes to calm down before I re-entered the house. I went back inside and called out to the entity that it knew how to push my button and got me good. I held my hand up to give it the thumbs up and told it job well done. Except now I was wise to the game and it would not burn me a second time with its antics. I went right back to investigating thinking I had disarmed it and that was that. Turns out that didn't diffuse the entity. My compliments would only turn out to make the entity angrier for the rest of the night. The tension in the house would start to build up from this point on.