The Axeman of New Orleans
When New Orleans crosses your mind, what do you first think of it? Is it Mardi Gras or the successful jazz musicians that were rooted in the city? Is it the food culture and festivities that come along every year? What if I was to tell you that there was once a period in New Orleans history that caused true hysteria and madness in the community? Well my friends; this is the story of a seventeen month long period of fear, anguish, and death. A period of time when people were scared to sleep at night. This is the story of The Unknown Axeman of New Orleans.
Crime Rundown
During the morning of May 23rd, 1918, Brothers Jake and Andrew Maggio would wake and prepare their day like they normally would. It seemed like a typical day for the two. The only difference being that their brother Joseph and his wife Catherine weren’t awake. They proceed to enter their room and find something sinister and inconceivable. Joseph and Catherine Maggio were found dead from slash wounds. They had been attacked during the night by a man who broke into the home by kicking out a panel of the back door. The most unfathomable part of this scene was the murder weapon itself. The weapons used were an axe used for chopping wood during the winter months, and a straight razor used to slit their throats This axe was owned by the …show more content…
They were both struck with an axe, setting the theme for the “axe murders” taking place in New Orleans. Louis Besumer survived the attack. Anna Lowe survived for seven weeks until she succumbed to her wounds. They would be found by a baker delivering bread to their home. During Anna’s time alive, she recounted that there was supposedly a large white man armed with a hatchet in their home that struck her and Louis as they slept. Just like the first murder, the bottom panel of the backdoor was missing and an axe was found at the
When New Orleans crosses your mind, what do you first think of it? Is it Mardi Gras or the successful jazz musicians that were rooted in the city? Is it the food culture and festivities that come along every year? What if I was to tell you that there was once a period in New Orleans history that caused true hysteria and madness in the community? Well my friends; this is the story of a seventeen month long period of fear, anguish, and death. A period of time when people were scared to sleep at night. This is the story of The Unknown Axeman of New Orleans.
Crime Rundown
During the morning of May 23rd, 1918, Brothers Jake and Andrew Maggio would wake and prepare their day like they normally would. It seemed like a typical day for the two. The only difference being that their brother Joseph and his wife Catherine weren’t awake. They proceed to enter their room and find something sinister and inconceivable. Joseph and Catherine Maggio were found dead from slash wounds. They had been attacked during the night by a man who broke into the home by kicking out a panel of the back door. The most unfathomable part of this scene was the murder weapon itself. The weapons used were an axe used for chopping wood during the winter months, and a straight razor used to slit their throats This axe was owned by the …show more content…
They were both struck with an axe, setting the theme for the “axe murders” taking place in New Orleans. Louis Besumer survived the attack. Anna Lowe survived for seven weeks until she succumbed to her wounds. They would be found by a baker delivering bread to their home. During Anna’s time alive, she recounted that there was supposedly a large white man armed with a hatchet in their home that struck her and Louis as they slept. Just like the first murder, the bottom panel of the backdoor was missing and an axe was found at the