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Villisca Axe Murders

Spree killing that took place in Iowa in 1912
Event mass_murder Q401654
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Summary

Villisca Axe Murders is a mass murder[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of mass_murder entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,188 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Villisca Axe Murders is in the country of United States[3].
  • Villisca Axe Murders's instance of is recorded as mass murder[4].
  • Villisca Axe Murders's location is recorded as Josiah B. and Sara Moore House[5].
  • Villisca Axe Murders's Commons category is recorded as Villisca axe murders[6].
  • Villisca Axe Murders's point in time is recorded as +1912-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Villisca Axe Murders's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.929722222222, 'lon': -94.981944444444}[8].
  • Villisca Axe Murders's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g57wrg[9].
  • Villisca Axe Murders's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+8'}[10].
  • Villisca Axe Murders's Atlas Obscura place ID is recorded as villisca-axe-murder-house[11].

Why It Matters

Villisca Axe Murders ranks in the top 6% of mass_murder entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,188 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_villisca-axe-murders_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Villisca Axe Murders}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/villisca-axe-murders}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-13}}
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