Axe Murderer in the French Quarter

The attacks were as gruesome as they were terrifying: An axe-wielding man was breaking into homes and attacking people across the French Quarter. In March, a person claiming to be the killer wrote a letter to the press, threatening to kill again but with a twist: People in homes where jazz was playing would be spared. By the time the attacks abruptly ended in August, at least six people had been hacked to death. Police believed that the attacker was a respectable citizen with a violent alter ego.

The year was 1919, he was never apprehended.