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Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher: PART TWO
By August 1938, the Cleveland Torso Murders had left bodies across Kingsbury Run, the Cuyahoga River, the lakefront, and the city’s industrial edges. In this second part, the case escalates when two more victims appear near the East 9th Street lakefront dump, practically under City Hall’s nose, and the pressure on Eliot Ness becomes impossible to ignore.
This episode follows the investigation as it broadens into medical conferences, dead-end suspects, and the growing belief that the killer knew Cleveland’s poorest districts intimately. It also traces Ness’s most infamous response: the Kingsbury Run raid, the burning of the shantytown, and the desperate attempt to disrupt a murderer who always seemed one step ahead.
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Links:
LaNae's Books: lmriviere.com
Request an Episode: [email protected]
Visit our website: timeandtalespodcast.com
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Collins, Max Allan, and A. Brad Schwartz. Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher: Hunting America’s Deadliest Unidentified Serial Killer at the Dawn of Modern Criminology. William Morrow, 2021.
“NESS, ELIOT.” Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University.
“TORSO MURDERS.” Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University.
“The Torso Murders.” Cleveland Police Museum.
Schwartz, A. Brad. “How Eliot Ness Wound Up Hunting a Serial Killer in Cleveland.” CrimeReads, 6 Sept. 2022.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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By LM Riviere + CJ PrimeBy August 1938, the Cleveland Torso Murders had left bodies across Kingsbury Run, the Cuyahoga River, the lakefront, and the city’s industrial edges. In this second part, the case escalates when two more victims appear near the East 9th Street lakefront dump, practically under City Hall’s nose, and the pressure on Eliot Ness becomes impossible to ignore.
This episode follows the investigation as it broadens into medical conferences, dead-end suspects, and the growing belief that the killer knew Cleveland’s poorest districts intimately. It also traces Ness’s most infamous response: the Kingsbury Run raid, the burning of the shantytown, and the desperate attempt to disrupt a murderer who always seemed one step ahead.
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Links:
LaNae's Books: lmriviere.com
Request an Episode: [email protected]
Visit our website: timeandtalespodcast.com
..................................................................
Collins, Max Allan, and A. Brad Schwartz. Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher: Hunting America’s Deadliest Unidentified Serial Killer at the Dawn of Modern Criminology. William Morrow, 2021.
“NESS, ELIOT.” Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University.
“TORSO MURDERS.” Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University.
“The Torso Murders.” Cleveland Police Museum.
Schwartz, A. Brad. “How Eliot Ness Wound Up Hunting a Serial Killer in Cleveland.” CrimeReads, 6 Sept. 2022.
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia Britannica