What is Axeman of New Orleans?
The '''Axeman of New Orleans''' was an [[United States|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.<ref>{{harvnb|Gibson|2006|pp=15–16}}</ref> 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. ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jpnxxy/how-the-axeman-of-new-orleans-terrorized-a-city-and-escaped-the-law Vice interview of Miriam C. Davis about the Axeman murders] *[http://www.prairieghosts.com/axeman.html Prairie Ghosts: The Axeman of New Orleans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819141047/http://www.prairieghosts.com/axeman.html |date=2016-08-19 }} *[http://www.nola.com/175years/index.ssf/2011/10/1919_a_serial_killer_has_new_o.html 1919: A serial killer had New Orleans on edge] Times-Picayune [[Category:1918 in the United States]] [[Category:1919 in the United States]] [[Category:American serial killers]] [[Category:20th century in New Orleans]] {{Multistub|history|US}} [[Category:Unidentified serial killers]]