The Axeman's Jazz (City Blues Quartet)

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My Favorite Murder, a true crime podcast, covered the story of the Axeman on their 60th episode entitled "Jazz It". [27]

The Axeman of New Orleans plagued the residents of New Orleans from May 1918 to October 1919. This serial killer’s weapon of choice was none other than an axe, though never the same exact one. And often, the Axeman of New Orleans would use whatever was available, like a hatchet, straight razor, or butcher’s knife. Now, to be exact, at 12:15 (earthly time) on next Tuesday night, I am going to pass over New Orleans. In my infinite mercy, I am going to make a little proposition to you people. Here it is: I am very fond of jazz music, and I swear by all the devils in the nether regions that every person shall be spared in whose home a jazz band is in full swing at the time I have just mentioned. If everyone has a jazz band going, well, then, so much the better for you people. One thing is certain and that is that some of your people who do not jazz it out on that specific Tuesday night (if there be any) will get the axe. Gibson, Cameron (2006). Serial Murder and Media Circuses. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 0275990648. The Times-Picayune, played up these murders to the salacious hilt, says Gibson. The stories were often speculative and fantastical, tapping into fears of the supernatural and the occult. The Axeman of New Orleans was an unidentified American serial killer active in New Orleans, Louisiana, and surrounding communities, including Gretna, from May 1918 to October 1919. Press reports during the height of public panic about the killings mentioned similar murders as early as 1911, but recent researchers have called these reports into question. [1] The Axeman was never identified, and the murders remain unsolved.

She thinks a man named John Joseph Dávila wrote the letter. He was a musician and jazz composer, and right after the letter was published, he came out with a composition called "The Mysterious Axeman's Jazz (Don't Scare Me Papa)." Crime writer Colin Wilson points to a man named Joseph Momfre, who was later killed in Los Angeles by victim Mike Pepitone’s widow. However, fellow crime writer Michael Newton searched New Orleans (and Los Angeles) records and found no trace of Momfre, nor Pepitone’s widow. But scholar Richard Warner stated in 2009 that the chief suspect at the time was a man named Frank Mumphrey, who used the alias Joseph Monfre/Manfre. Christopher Farnsworth's 2012 novel Red, White, and Blood centers on a murderous spirit called the Boogeyman, which has inhabited numerous bodies throughout history, including the Axeman of New Orleans. [25]

Is the Axe-Man Type of Jekyl-Hyde Concept?". Times-Picayune. August 13, 1918 . Retrieved May 2, 2012. Like Anna Schneider, Pauline and Mary described the fleeing Axeman as a dark, tall figure. Charles and Rosie Cortimiglia The book is littered with mentors and students, both good and bad. Luca and Michael, Michael and Kerry, Ida and Lefebvre, Lewis and Marable. At the end, Michael becomes Ida’s new mentor. How do these different relationships play out in different ways? Newton, Michael (August 2004). The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes (Facts on File Crime Library). Facts on File. ISBN 0816049807. a b c "Another Hatchet Mystery; Man and Wife Near Death". Times-Picayune. July 6, 1918 . Retrieved May 2, 2012.It was a young people's music, and many of the neighborhoods that produced jazz musicians were what demographers would call a crazy quilt." Bruce Raeburn

Katz, Hélèna (2010). Cold Cases: Famous Unsolved Mysteries, Crimes, and Disappearances in America. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313376924. Mate of Besemer Refuses to Tell Police Anything". Times-Picayune. July 9, 1918 . Retrieved May 2, 2012. Undoubtedly, you Orleanians think of me as a most horrible murderer, which I am, but I could be much worse if I wanted to. If I wished, I could pay a visit to your city every night. At will I could slay thousands of your best citizens (and the worst), for I am in close relationship with the Angel of Death. Many true crime cases about serial killers revolve around killing women for Freudian reasons. Still, the case of the Axeman of New Orleans stands out for being the only string of murders committed in the name of jazz.The Axeman of New Orleans was a serial killer who operated in New Orleans, Louisiana during the early 1900s. The first murder attributed to him was the gruesome death of Joseph and Catherine Maggio, an Italian couple who died on May 22, 1918. As if claiming to be a demon wasn’t weird enough, the Axeman of New Orleans left instructions for what is the most bizarre hostage-taking of a city in true crime history:

While he could have kept his air of mystery, he later decided that it would be fun to roleplay as a demon of hell and wrote the New Orleans press a letter about being “a spirit and a demon from the hottest hell” who was chummy with “His Satanic Majesty” and “The Angel of Death.”Two of the alleged "early" victims of the Axeman, an Italian couple named Schiambra, were shot by an intruder in their Lower Ninth Ward home in the early morning hours of May 16, 1912. The male Schiambra survived while his wife died. In newspaper accounts, the prime suspect is referred to by the name of "Momfre" more than once. While radically different than the Axeman's usual modus operandi, if Joseph Momfre was indeed the Axeman, the Schiambras may well have been early victims of the future serial killer. [4] Meanwhile, Catherine had sustained deep wounds so deep it was said that her head looked like it was about to fall off her shoulders. I am very fond of jazz music, and I swear by all the devils in the nether regions that every person shall be spared in whose home a jazz band is in full swing at the time I have just mentioned…One thing is certain and that is that some of your people who do not jazz it out on that specific Tuesday night (if there be any) will get the axe.” BuzzFeed Unsolved, a YouTube series that delves into unsolved true crime cases and the supernatural, explored stories and theories regarding the Axeman in S2E1, "The Terrifying Axeman of New Orleans". [32]