Video - Unsolved Horrors: The Villisca Ax Murders & Flannan Isles Mystery

The Villisca Ax Murders Duration: 45-60 seconds June 10, 1912: The entire Moore family and two young guests were bludgeoned to death in their beds in Villisca, Iowa. Eight victims. Six of them children. All killed with an ax belonging to the father. The killer had covered all mirrors in the house and the victims' faces with cloth. They stayed in the home for hours after the murders, making food and soaking bloody clothes. Despite several suspects and even a confession from a traveling minister who was later acquitted, no one was ever convicted. Some believe it was the work of a serial killer responsible for similar ax murders across the Midwest. The Moore house still stands today. Visitors report hearing children's voices, seeing falling lamps, and feeling an evil presence. Is the killer's identity lost to history, or do the ghosts of Villisca still know who wielded the ax? Script 17: The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery Duration: 45-60 seconds December 26, 1900: A relief boat arrived at the Flannan Isles Lighthouse off the coast of Scotland. The three lighthouse keepers had vanished without a trace. The door was locked from the inside. The clock had stopped. The last log entry from December 15 read: "Storm ended, sea calm. God is over all." On the west landing, equipment was scattered and damaged, yet higher areas of the island showed no sign of disturbance. All three men were experienced lighthouse keepers who knew better than to leave their post. Theories range from a rogue wave washing them away to murder-suicide brought on by isolation. Others suggest supernatural explanations: sea monsters, alien abduction, or ghost ships. Whatever happened to Thomas Marshall, James Ducat, and Donald McArthur, their disappearance remains one of the sea's most baffling mysteries.