In 1919, a jazz-loving killer known as the "Axeman" terrorized New Orleans Christina Coulter has been a Staff Writer covering crime at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in Fox News ...
During the Axeman’s killing spree, a local newspaper published a letter allegedly from the killer claiming they’d spare anyone playing jazz Between 1918 and 1919, an unknown assailant dubbed the ...
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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 ...
During the Axeman’s killing spree, a local newspaper published a letter allegedly from the killer claiming they’d spare anyone playing jazz Bettmann Archive/Getty It's been over a century since the ...
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 ...
At least five murders and over a dozen attacks can be attributed to the Axeman, who earned the name from using axes as their murder weapon Though many people were suspected, all were eventually ...