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Villisca: Living with a Mystery film shows in Atlantic
By Laura Bacon, NT Staff Writer
The Atlantic Fridley Theater will feature another look at the Villisca Axe Murder mystery on Monday and Tuesday evenings, with special showings of the documentary feature film "Villisca: Living with a Mystery," by Fourth Wall Films.
The film will be screened at the Atlantic Theater on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 25-26 at 7 p.m. and a pre-show program includes magic lantern slides, ragtime music, and a lobby display, featuring the "infamous axe," along with a question and answer session with the film's director, Kelly Rundle and historian, Dr. Edgar Eppley.
The film will also play at Monmouth College on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at Dahl Auditorium, at the Western Historic Trails Center in Council Bluffs, on Friday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m., and on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and on Halloween, Sunday, Oct. 31, at 2 p.m. Advance tickets may be obtained from www.villisca.com/tickets.htm.
According to a release by Fourth Wall Films, this film about Villisca "tells the epic true story of the 1912 Villisca axe murders. America's greatest unsolved crime built and ruined political careers, created a lasting community split over the guilt or innocence of a local man, and produced hundreds of litigations including three of Iowa's most sensational criminal trials."
The documentary combines period photographs, original art, computer animation, some re-enactments, and features interviews with historians, town residents, eye-witnesses, and even forensic experts to attempt to explain a 92 year old mystery, and to suggest a new suspect.
The film features several current connections to Atlantic. According to the release, "Atlantic native and 'Villisca' production associate Anita Casey-Reed and the Tyler Bros. of Villisca, now called Atlantic Bottling, are featured in a historical portion of the film."
In addition, the film talks about connections at the time of the murders. Three Atlantic natives were said to have been hired by a Kansas City private detective to steal documents from one of the axe murder suspects, Frank Jones, a hardware store owner, and State Senator. The boys, Ed
"Brick" Boyler, Harry "Squint" Walker, and "Red" Nave, were apprehended when they attempted a break in at Jones' hardware store, because Jones' was tipped off. A grand jury investigated, but no charges were filed against the boys, according to the release.
The film's producer, Kelly and Tammy Rundle are former Iowans, and spent 10 years making the documentary.
The film will be screened at the Atlantic Theater on Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 25-26 at 7 p.m. and a pre-show program includes magic lantern slides, ragtime music, and a lobby display, featuring the "infamous axe," along with a question and answer session with the film's director, Kelly Rundle and historian, Dr. Edgar Eppley.
The film will also play at Monmouth College on Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at Dahl Auditorium, at the Western Historic Trails Center in Council Bluffs, on Friday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m., and on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and on Halloween, Sunday, Oct. 31, at 2 p.m. Advance tickets may be obtained from www.villisca.com/tickets.htm.
According to a release by Fourth Wall Films, this film about Villisca "tells the epic true story of the 1912 Villisca axe murders. America's greatest unsolved crime built and ruined political careers, created a lasting community split over the guilt or innocence of a local man, and produced hundreds of litigations including three of Iowa's most sensational criminal trials."
The documentary combines period photographs, original art, computer animation, some re-enactments, and features interviews with historians, town residents, eye-witnesses, and even forensic experts to attempt to explain a 92 year old mystery, and to suggest a new suspect.
The film features several current connections to Atlantic. According to the release, "Atlantic native and 'Villisca' production associate Anita Casey-Reed and the Tyler Bros. of Villisca, now called Atlantic Bottling, are featured in a historical portion of the film."
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"Brick" Boyler, Harry "Squint" Walker, and "Red" Nave, were apprehended when they attempted a break in at Jones' hardware store, because Jones' was tipped off. A grand jury investigated, but no charges were filed against the boys, according to the release.
The film's producer, Kelly and Tammy Rundle are former Iowans, and spent 10 years making the documentary.
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