Villisca ‘Ax Murder House’ owner passes away at 74

Darwin Linn, 74, has passed away. Linn was the owner of the Ax Murder house in Villisca, Iowa. He died on on Friday.

The house is popular with tourists and draws amateur and professional paranormal investigators every year. The home in Villisca is often featured on television, due to its reported paranormal activity.

Linn purchased the home in 1994, restoring it to resemble the way it would have looked in 1912. This was the year that eight people were murdered in the home, causing many to speculate that the reported paranormal activity was related to the violent slayings.

Day tours of the home are suspended for one week, “while the family and staff mourn the loss” of Darwin Linn, according to the Villisca Ax Murder House website.

Funeral arrangements were still pending as of this writing.