Man Stabs Himself at Villisca Axe Murder House

More than 100 years ago in Villisca, Iowa, two adults and six children were murdered in a mystery that has never been solved. Since then, the house has been turned into a tourist attraction where you can pay to spend the night there. At 12:45 a.m. on November 6, police were called to the scene where Robert Laursen was found with self-inflicted wounds. He is now in an Omaha hospital but his condition has not been released. Robert Laursen is a paranormal investigator from Wisconsin. Do you believe something supernatural happened? Or do you think this is something else like mental illness or a stunt for publicity?

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  • I think your questions  cold be stronger and you only replied on one day-November 9th. You should reply throughout the week.

  • I honestly don't even know what to think. I mean I don't believe it was supernatural but I don't understand why he would have done this. Maybe he was just crazy or wanted to make it seem like scary and supernatural.  

  • In my opinion, I highly doubt something supernatural happened. He probably did it to gain popularity and attention.

  • Who knows. I pretty sure he just stabbed himself.

  • I think it is a hard situation to tell, I would say it is either a stunt for publicity with a slight chance of it being a supernatural happening. I think that it was probably a stunt so that the house would get more attention and have another story to go with it. 

  • Personally, I don't think so. I've heard a lot of bogus stories about the Axe Murder House and have come to the conclusion that there is probably no paranormal activity taking place there. If you want my opinion, he gave a half-attempt to kill himself to get the publicity, which he knew he would achieve by doing it somewhere as crazy as the Villisca Axe Murder House. It's almost painful to know the things some will do to get attention,

  • I'm guessing he did it to himself so the house could get more popular or get himself more publicity. Nothing would cause him to stab himself.

  • I think that more than likely, the stabbing was not caused by something supernatural and more than likely he had some sort of mental illness or he was doing it for attention. If he was doing it only for attention, I think it's really stupid to risk your life just for publicity. Hopefully they will be able to figure out why this happened.

  • I think that it has nothing to do with the supernatural and that he needs to get his mental health checked out when he hass recovered.

  • It could be a stunt for publicity, but you'd have to pay that person a lot of money for them to stab themselves and risk a mortal injury. I don't think it had anything to do with the supernatural, either, but I don't really know.

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