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The Axeman of New Orleans

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The Axeman of New Orleans

By: Miriam C. Davis
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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From 1910 to 1919, New Orleans suffered at the hands of its very own Jack the Ripper-style killer while two innocent men nearly paid for one of his crimes with their lives. The story has been the subject of websites, short stories, collections of true crime, novels, a graphic novel, and the FX television series American Horror Story. But the real story of the Axeman of New Orleans has never been written - until now.

The Axeman repeatedly broke into the homes of Italian grocers in the dead of night, leaving his victims in a pool of blood. Iorlando Jordano, an innocent Italian grocer, and his teenage son Frank were wrongly accused of one of those murders; corrupt officials convicted them with coerced testimony. Miriam C. Davis here expertly tells the story of the search for the Axeman and of the eventual exoneration of the innocent Jordanos. She proves that the person mostly widely suspected of being the Axeman was not the killer. She also shows what few have suspected - that the Axeman continued killing after leaving New Orleans in 1919.

©2017 Miriam C. Davis (P)2017 Tantor Americas Murder State & Local True Crime United States Crime Scary New Orleans Italy

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I’m a fan of true crime stories, and this was a very thorough and well written one with the unexpected bonus of painting a vivid picture of the different cultural groups residing in New Orleans in the early 1900s, including some of the favourite foods they ate.

A great taste of New Orleans underbelly

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