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...
Just in time for Halloween! Two award-winning true crime documentaries from Fourth Wall Films will air on WQPT-Quad Cities PBS on Sunday, October 30th. AXMAN, the award-winning short documentary produced by Kelly and Tammy Rundle will air at 7:00 p.m. followed by the award-winning feature documentary Villisca: Living with a Mystery.
Prior to the evening broadcasts, Dr. Epperly will appear at the Book Rack, 4764 Elmore Avenue, Davenport, IA, from noon until 2:00 p.m. for a book signing of his new non-fiction magnum opus, "Fiend Incarnate: Villisca Axe Murders of 1912".
The Presbyterian Church in Villisca, Iowa where the Moore children and Lena and Ina Stillinger performed in the Children's Day Service on the evening of June 9, 1912. They were never seen alive again.
“AXMAN is a meditation on a man and a mystery,” said director Kelly Rundle.
In 1955, a college student named Ed Epperly began researching the details behind Iowa's worst mass homicide. Now, over 60 years later, the retired college professor is still actively searching for a solution to the crime and working on a book. Exclusive interviews with Epperly and others close to his unique work reveal the secret reason behind his dogged devotion to America's greatest unsolved mystery in AXMAN.
Villisca: Living with a Mystery tells the epic true story of the June 9, 1912 Villisca, Iowa Children's Day 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.
The documentary features interviews with Villisca case expert Dr. Edgar Epperly, Dr. Bruce Stillians, and the late Robert K. Ressler, a former FBI agent, forensic profiler and the author of “Whoever Fights Monsters”.
The award-winning "Villisca: Living with a Mystery" can now be streamed via Vimeo Video-on-Demand at:
https://www.vimeo.com/ondemand/villisca/http://www.vimeo.com/ondemand/villisca/
To purchase Villisca Living with a Mystery on an extra-feature-packed DVD click HERE.
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