The award-winning documentary Villisca: Living with a Mystery will be screened on Sunday, October 27th at 2:00 p.m. at the Town Theater & Pizza Pub, 38 W. Main Street, Waukon, Iowa. The special Halloween presentation is sponsored by the Allamakee County Historical Preservation Commission and is free to the public.
The two-hour feature length film was produced by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films. The documentary about Iowa's worst mass murder is not rated, but is not recommended for children under the age of 13. The film contains adult themes and violence.
Film synopsis: When an entire family is wiped out by an axe-wielding killer on a June evening in 1912, a small Iowa town spirals into chaos and division. Villisca: Living with a Mystery tells the epic true story of the Villisca, Iowa axe murders. Following just two months after the sinking of the Titanic, America's greatest unsolved mystery built and ruined political careers, created a lasting community split over the guilt or innocence of a local man--a state Senator--and produced dozens of litigations including three sensational trials. The documentary also explores the possibility that the Villisca crime, and similar axe murders in Monmouth, Illinois; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Ellsworth, Kansas, may have been the work of one of America's first serial killers. Filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle have combined rare period photographs, startling computer animation, original art, limited re-enactments, and fascinating interviews with historians, eye-witnesses, town residents, and forensic experts to shed light on the spellbinding mystery and to dramatically reveal the face of a new suspect.
Early 1900s Villisca, Iowa town square.
"Villisca: Living with a Mystery" can now be streamed via Vimeo video-on-demand at:
http://www.vimeo.com/ondemand/villisca/
Click above to view an excerpt or use the link above and select "View the Trailer" to view the excerpt.
View the entire feature-length film for just $2.99!
Purchase Villisca Living with a Mystery on an extra-feature-packed DVD here: http://fourthwallfilms.com/dvds.htm
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