TERROR IN CHURCHILL’S GROVE: The Murder House on Camp Avenue No Trick-or-Treater Dares Visit

The house on Camp Avenue is now for sale again – but they say it still holds the screams of six murdered children — and their father’s shadow still lingers, reliving the nightmare again and again.

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IN THIS EPISODE: The ax murders in Villisca, Iowa. The Defeo murders made famous by the Amityville Horror. Two crime scenes where no one heard a thing. The same thing happened in the charming little town of Churchill’s Grove… a story not so famous, but just as disturbing. And I bring it to you tonight, because the house itself is now for sale – bringing a whole new buzz among neighbors and residents of Rockford, Illinois.

SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“No One Heard a Thing – The Simon Peter Nelson Murders” by Stuart R. Wahlin, posted to Medium.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4key7czw
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Originally aired: May 02, 2025 (re-recorded to update the story)

EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/churchillsgrove

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