Paola
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Oct 7, 2026
EmilyHOST
Great.
SaraHOST
So this man named James Wilkerson, who was a detective with the Burns Detective Agency, he believed this man was William Blackie Mansfield, who he believed was responsible for the axe murders of a family in Paola, Kansas, just four days before the murder of the Moore family in Villisca.
EmilyHOST
Okay.
SaraHOST
The murders had many similarities.
Carman CarrionHOST
And on June 5, 1912, four days before Villisca.
Carman CarrionHOST
In Paola, Kansas, a husband and wife named Hudson were killed in their home with an axe.
Carman CarrionHOST
Paola sits on a rail line.
Carman CarrionHOST
So does Villisca.
Carman CarrionHOST
So do most of the others.
Carman CarrionHOST
His father ran the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth and was an early champion of systematic criminal records.
Carman CarrionHOST
And in May of 1913, McCleary announced a theory.
Carman CarrionHOST
He believed one man was responsible for Colorado Springs, Monmouth, Ellsworth, Paola, and Villisca.
Carman CarrionHOST
Then in October in Ellsworth, Kansas, William Showman, his wife and their three children were killed in their beds with an axe.
Carman CarrionHOST
And on June 5, 1912, four days before Villisca, in Paola, Kansas, a husband and wife named Hudson were killed in their home with an axe.
Carman CarrionHOST
Paola sits on a rail line.
Carman CarrionHOST
So does Villisca.
Carman CarrionHOST
So do most of the others.
Carman CarrionHOST
His father ran the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth and was an early champion of systematic criminal records.
Carman CarrionHOST
And in May of 1913, McCleary announced a theory.
Carman CarrionHOST
He believed one man was responsible for Colorado Springs, Monmouth, Ellsworth, Paola, and Villisca.