Axeman of New Orleans

The Axeman of New Orleans was an American serial killer active in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 1918 to October 1919. The killer was never identified, and the murders remain unsolved.

The victims usually were attacked with an axe, which often belonged to the victims themselves. In most cases, a panel on a back door of a home was removed by a chisel, which were both left on the floor near the door, followed by an attack on one or more of the residents with either an axe or straight razor.

Axeman Of New Orleans Media

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  Dec. 1921 Los Angeles Times article on the killing of Monfre by the widow of Mike Pepitone

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  Cover of the 1919 sheet music

Other websites

• Vice interview of Miriam C. Davis about the Axeman murders
• Prairie Ghosts: The Axeman of New Orleans Archived 2016-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
• 1919: A serial killer had New Orleans on edge Times-Picayune