Cleveland's 'Torso Murders': Who Was the 'Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run'?

Criminalia

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True Crime, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The press nicknamed the killings, 'the Torso Murders'. They called the killer, who had murdered, dismembered, and decapitated at least a dozen people, 'The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run', an area of Cleveland where most of the victims were found. The majority have never been identified -- and neither has the killer. Brace yourself for some ugly details.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's up y'all? This is Eric Andre.
0:01.7	I made a podcast called Bombing about absolutely tanking on stage.
0:06.6	I tell gnarly stories, and I talk to friends about their worst moments of bombing in all sorts of ways.
0:12.2	Bombing on stage, bombing in public, bombing in life.
0:14.7	Like the time I stole a girl's phone during a set and she dumped on stage and threw a big haymaker punch to my nose.
0:24.6	Listen to bombing with Eric Andre on Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.0	Hey guys, it's me, Daniel Tosh.
0:30.9	This week on Tosh show, Big Get My Wife.
0:35.5	Oh, man, are you in for a treat?
0:39.2	You're going to get to see the woman behind the man that's in front of the dog, but also behind the kids.
0:46.5	There's a pecking order.
0:48.0	We decided to do this instead of marriage counseling.
0:50.7	Oh, sparks are going to fly.
0:52.8	Listen to Tosh Show on iHeartRadio app or Apple Podcast
0:56.8	or wherever you get your podcast. Welcome to Criminalia, a production of Shondaland Audio in
1:03.0	partnership with IHeartRadio. The press nicknamed the killings, the torso murders.
1:27.8	They called the killer who had murdered and dismembered at least a dozen people, the mad butcher
1:33.7	of Kingsbury Run.
1:36.0	Most of the bodies were discovered in or near the Kingsbury Run area of Cleveland.
1:41.8	It's a creek bed that was then described like a, quote, jagged wound,
1:46.7	ripped into the rugged terrain as if God himself had tried to disembowel the city. At some points,
1:52.6	it is nearly 60 feet deep, a barren wasteland covered with patches of wild grass, yellow newspapers,
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