The Cleveland Torso Murderer is an unknown serial killer who murdered at least 12 and maybe as many as 20 in the 1930s. The murders were absolutely horrific, as victims were decapitated, dismembered, and disembowled. The famous lawman Eliot Ness even headed up the search for the killer.
Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss this vicious serial killer, the vic ... Show More
Jul 6
Katie Janness
On July 28, 2021, Katie Janness and her dog, Bowie, were brutally stabbed to death while on a late-night walk in Atlanta's Piedmont Park. Nearly five years later, the case remains unsolved despite an extensive investigation involving the FBI, DNA analysis, and thousands of tips.J ... Show More
58m 29s
Aug 2023
The Cleveland Torso Murders Pt. 1
When a torso washed up on the banks of the Cuyahoga River in 1937, the police initially assumed a crime of passion. But when the next torso was found, they knew they had a serial murderer on their hands. Nicknamed the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, a notorious killer stalked the s ... Show More
43m 42s
Apr 2019
“Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run” - The Cleveland Torso Murders
When a torso washed up on the banks of the Cuyahoga River in 1937, the police initially assumed a crime of passion. But when the next torso was found, they knew they had a serial murderer on their hands. Nicknamed the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, a notorious killer stalked the s ... Show More
44m 27s
Jun 2023
Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and Cleveland’s Torso Murderer
In 1934, a man collecting driftwood along the Lake Erie shore found a human torso on the beach. No one could figure out what had happened. Over the next several years, more bodies were discovered. Eventually, a coroner assembled something he called the “Torso Clinic” to work on t ... Show More
40m 40s
May 2019
E146: “The Torso Murders” - Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run
On September 23, 1935, a decapitated torso was found in Kingsbury Run, a railroad slum just outside Cleveland, Ohio. People were terrified of this horrific discovery, but they hardly suspected that it was only the first murder of a serial killer who would terrorize the city for y ... Show More
47m 2s
Jun 2022
EP. 70 OHIO - Serial Killer Anthony Sowell: The Cleveland Strangler
In the late 2000's a vicious predator was stalking the streets of East Cleveland, Ohio, searching for victims to bring back to his blood-soaked House of Horrors. The man's name was Anthony Sowell, and he would go on to become one of the worst serial killers in recent American mem ... Show More
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