New Orleans Axeman...!

Once in a while a single person can cause panic of whole neighborhoods.

From Listverse comes this article about an axe murderer in New Orleans that did just that. Here is his story.

The Axeman of New Orleans

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From May 1918 to October 1919, this still-unidentified serial killer terrorized New Orleans and surrounding areas of Louisiana. His victims were poor, Italian-American women in their homes whom he attacked after removing a panel from their backdoors. The Axeman was infamous for using his victims’ own weapons, such as a nearby straight razor or axe, to slash or bludgeon them, leaving many to bleed out. This killer is most famous for vowing in a letter to local newspapers that he would kill someone on March 19, 1919 – albeit only if that person were not listening to jazz. With every dancehall and house full of people dancing to jazz, no one died, and the Axeman’s reign came to a sudden and mysterious end.

I can only imagine the state of panic these folks must have been in. I'm glad that he stopped the terror and I reckon they were, too!

Coffee out on the patio again today.