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The Apex and the Abyss presents the chasm, Episode 13, the Skid Row slasher.

Miriam Webster Dictionary defines Skid Row as a district of cheap saloons and flop houses.

Most people that went there are considered vagrants and alcoholics,

but a more modern and probably accurate description would be that this area is run down,

impoverished, and with people who live on the streets.

In Southern California, around the mid-60s, there would be a man who would terrorize

the people of Skid Row, and he would be aptly called the Skid Row Slasher.

The slasher would first strike on November 13, 1964. He would kill a transient man by the name of David Russell.

David would be found with multiple stab wounds to his body, and his throat was horrifically slashed.

His body was found sprawled across a set of steps at a library, a location that would be the epicenter of most of the victims that would be

found later on.

The very next day on November 14, 1964, Benjamin Hornberg would be found in the bathroom

of a hotel.

He too would have multiple stab wounds, including strikes to his head and his throat was cut.

Two murders, back to back, and they were both an almost identical attack.

The only difference? The location.

Though they weren't far from one another, these similarities didn't fall to the wayside

when the police were investigating the crimes.

They saw the parallels, but unfortunately, they didn't have much to go on.

The police were correct in their thinking.

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