Ep. 1 - The Mailahn Family Massacre

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The Story

From 1905 to 1912, in a rural farmhouse in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, the Mailahn family had been decimated by consumption, having taken seven members of the family in as many years. With additional members of the family falling ill, and with the second eldest son already having a morose disposition prior to receiving a head injury - the 23 year old Willie Mailahn tried to convince his remaining family that it would be better for them to all commit suicide rather than proceed through the harsh slow deaths from tuberculosis. The family did not take him seriously, and Willie decided to take matters into his own hands.

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• Mailahn, Alvina (1884-1907)
• Mailahn, Anna (1880-1906)
• Mailahn, Bertha (1880-1905)
• Mailahn, Carrie (1882-1909)
• Mailahn, Dora (1896-1912)
• Mailahn, Edward (1887-1914)
• Mailahn, George (1898-1970)
• Mailahn, John L. (1903-1912)
• Lizzie (1892-1907)
• Mailahn, Louis (1846-1912)
• Mailahn, Walter (1897-1932)
• Mailahn, William (1889-1912)

Locations

• Mailahn Farm: 20 acres in Black Creek Township of Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Documentation

Cemetery Records

• Black Creek Cemetery Burials

Census Records

• 1880 - Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• 1900 - Black Creek, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• 1905 - Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• 1910 - Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA

Newspapers

• 3 Feb 1912 - The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) - Kills Father, Sister, Brother and Himself
• 5 Feb 1912 - The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) - Father Has Presentiment
• 8 Feb 1912 - Appleton Weekly Post (Appleton, Wisconsin) - Fiend Kills Father, Sister, Brother and Ends Own Life
• 14 Feb 1912 - The Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) - Brother Tells of the Tragedy

Vital Records

• Marriage Certificate of Bertha Mailahn & Jesse Welch (1904)
• Death Certificate of Mrs. Bertha Welch (1905)
• Death Certificate of Annie Mailahn (1906)
• Death Certificate of Lizzie Mailahn (1907)