August 2013:
Ongoing Investigation
Villisca Axe Murder House
Villisca, Iowa

June 2013:
Speaking Engagement
FREE - Open to the public!
"Delve into the Mysteries
of the Paranormal"
Lincoln Bess Dodson
W​alt Branch Library
Thursday, June 13 @ 6:30 pm
6701 S 14th St., Lincoln, NE

April 30, 2013:
Radio Interview
Q98.5 Pat & JT Radio Show
Omaha, Nebraska
Aprilween special!
>> Listen to the interview here

Spring 2013:
Ongoing Investigation
Haunted Hollow
Omaha, Nebraska
 

November 3, 2012
PRISM Director Carl Norgard and investigator Brian Heath were mentioned in an article entitled, Groups seek proof in a world of darkness. The article centered around PRISM's investigation of the Ball Cemetery in Springfield, Nebraska and was written by World-Herald Leader Staff Writer Mike Bell.

>> Read the article here

October 31, 2012
PRISM director Carl Norgard and lead investigator Kelley Kennedy were interviewed on Halloween 2012 on Omaha, Nebraska's Q98.5 FM on the Pat & JT in the Morning radio show. Several new EVPs from the historic Squirrel Cage Jail were played. 

508 E. 2nd St.
Villisca, IA 50864

On June 10, 1912, sometime between the hours of 12:00 am and 5:00 am, a string of gruesome murders took place at the J.B. Moore residence in the small town of Villisca, Iowa. This would soon come to be known as the worst mass homicide in Iowa history. The eight victims, all bludgeoned to death, were Josiah B. Moore (age 43), his wife Sara Moore (age 39), their children Herman (age 11), Katherine (age 10), Boyd (age 7), and Paul (age 5), and two guests in the home, Lena Stillinger (age 11) and Ina Stillinger (age 8). The murder weapon was located by police; it was a large axe owned by Josiah Moore. The axe was found in a small bedroom downstairs, propped up against a wall, next to the dead bodies of Lena and Ina Stillinger. There were many suspects in this gruesome murder, but no one was ever charged, and the case remains unsolved to this very day.

The J.B. Moore residence, currently uninhabited, is known as a hotbed of paranormal activity. The current owner has restored the home to the way it looked in 1912 and, for a small fee, rents the house out to anyone who dares to spend the night.

The Villisca Axe Murder House has been investigated by many ghost hunters and paranormal investigative teams from all around the Midwest. Many have spent the night in this house and reported similar experiences. Some of these experiences include the feeling of a heaviness reported around the main stairwell of the house and a strange change in appearance in the upstairs bedrooms at night. Various video and still shots have been taken with orbs and light trails appearing in them, and numerous electronic audio phenomena (EVP) have also been captured in the house.

The real thrill ride of a night spent at the Villisca House begins around 2:00 am. It is at this time of the night when a train passes through the town of Villisca. The whistle of the train is thought to trigger the residual events of the murder that took place on June 10, 1912. It is widely believed that the killer(s) used the masking sound of the locomotive to sneak throughout the house and murder all its inhabitants, one by one. Many investigators have noticed a light fog filling up the master bedroom at the point when the train whistle is first heard. This fog moves from room to room, just as the killer(s) might have. Once the fog dissipates, it is followed by the sound of dripping blood.

The J.B. Moore home was added to the National Historic Register in 1997.

Excerpt from:
The Encyclopedia of Haunted Places: Ghostly Locales From Around the World
Villisca Axe Murder House chapter written by: David P. Rodriguez (PRISM)

>> Official Villisca Axe Murder House website

Video from 2005 of paranormal activity recorded in the 2nd floor children's bedroom of the Villisca Axe Murder House, recorded by the PRISM team.

The closet door can be seen opening and closing on its own, on command.

>> Watch video here

PRISM was featured in the documentary film A Ghost of a Chance by JEK Films. PRISM founder David P. Rodriguez and paranormal investigator Anney Horn were interviewed about their experiences at the Villisca Axe Murder House. The documentary is a behind the scenes look at the making of the film Haunting Villisca by AriesWorks Entertainment.

>> Watch video here

This EVP was recorded by PRISM founder David P. Rodriguez on an Olympus W-10 digital audio recorder on May 8, 2005.

The digital audio recorder was located in the childrens' bedroom on the second floor of the house.

In the recording a camera is heard, then PRISM investigator Anney Horn coughs. This is followed by the sound of child sighing. David then asks, "What time are we supposed to leave here anyway?", and Anney responds "I don't know". Immediately after that, two distict children's voices can be heard talking over eachother. One child clearly says, "get in here", but what the other child is saying is unknown. David and Anney continue to talk, while children continue to be heard talking.

David and Anney did not hear these children, they were only heard later, after listening back to the recordings.

Note that there were no children allowed on the investigation. All sounds of children heard in this recording are deemed to be paranormal in nature.

>> Listen to the original audio clip
>> Listen to the EVP (looped x3)

This EVP was recorded by PRISM founder David P. Rodriguez on an Olympus W-10 digital audio recorder on May 8, 2005. The recorder was located in the children's bedroom on the second floor of the house.

A click can be heard then two children can be heard talking. One says, "He's gonna hurt us" and immediately afterwards another child says, "Paul".  That is followed by PRISM founder David P. Rodriguez saying, "Woah, that was a good one ...misty!", in reference to a photograph that had just been taken showing a mist in the attic that was not visible to the naked eye.

>> Listen to the original audio
>> Listen to the EVP (looped x3)

This audio clip was recorded on videotape, in the doorway to the second-floor attic, right outside of the children's bedroom, at 1:41 am on September 10, 2005 by PRISM investigator Anney H. on a video camera.

Immediatley after PRISM investigator Anney Horn asks, "Hey sweety, can you close the door?" a child's voice can be heard saying what sounds like, " Do it again. Lena, you do it." The source of the clicking sound heard in the middle of the EVP is unknown.

>> Listen to the original audio
>> Listen to the EVP (looped x3 | slowed down 20%)

This audio clip was recorded in the kitchen of the Villisca Axe Murder House by PRISM investigator Dan Christianson on a Sony ICD-B300 digital audio recorder on May 27, 2006.

A child's voice can be heard saying what sounds like, "Who are you?" There were no children allowed on the investigation.

>> Listen to the original audio
>> Listen to the EVP (looped x3)

This photograph was taken by PRISM founder David P. Rodriguez in September  2005.

A brown shadow appears in the photo taken of the attic located on the second floor of the house across from Joe and Sarah Moore's bedroom.

 

This photograph was taken by PRISM investigator Anney Horn on September 10, 2005.

Mysterious lights appear around PRISM sensitive Karen Copeland while in the main bedroom located on the second floor of the home. It was in this room that Joe and Sarah Moore were found murdered.

  

This photograph was taken by PRISM investigator Dan Christianson on November 19, 2004.

A strange light anomaly appears on this photo which was taken of the stairway located in the first floor kitchen.
 

This photograph was taken by PRISM director Carl Norgard on September 9, 2005.

A snake-like light anomaly appears on this photo which was taken in the first floor parlor.

 

Villisca Axe Murder House
Villisca, Iowa 2005
Photo: Miller's Paranormal Research

These 3 children pictured below can clearly be seen in the preceding photograph.
The children were murdered in their home in 1912.
The 35mm photograph shown above was taken in their home by MPR in 2005.