It's been over a century since the Axeman brutally murdered at least five people and attacked over a dozen others in New Orleans. But other than an alleged love for jazz music, the identity of The Big ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – The year is 1918. The ...

Equally frightening and fascinating, the story of the Axeman murders stands out in a city of ghost stories. In 1918 and 1919 the Axeman terrorized the city, killing at least five people and seriously ...

A spirit of collective optimism pervaded across much of New Orleans in early 1918. Storyville had recently closed, and jazz bands were attracting enthusiastic audiences across town. That spring, ...

It’s chilling to imagine the crimes: waking in the night to find your husband murdered in bed beside you, to see the glint of an axe in the darkness, to lie paralyzed with fear for children sleeping ...

The Axeman cometh, not once or twice, but three times. That was how many different stints Jeremiah Trotter, whose nickname was the Axman, had with the Eagles and two of them were exceptional. The ...