E7: Jake Bird AKA The Tacoma Axe Killer

Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

Fruitloops

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Jake Bird AKA The Tacoma Axe Killer was born in Louisiana, in what he described as a town with no post office, and he claimed that he could not remember it. He confessed to being involved in or committing 44 murders. He was apprehended on October 30, 1947 and hanged at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Up until the 1970s Bird was considered the most prolific serial killer in the history of the United States. But what he is most known for is his hex. (WTF ???) STATS 12 to 46 victims Victims were mostly white ladies Characteristics: rape- robberies method: beating with an axe or hatchet or stabbing with a knife Span of Crimes 1930s to 1947 States: Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Washington He was apprehended 10/30/47 in Washington State (in a very dramatic fashion) The Hex Victims Edward D. Hodge, Pierce County Superior Court Judge, age 69, died January 1, 1948. Joseph E. Karpach, Pierce County Under-sheriff, age 46, died April 5, 1948. George L. Harrigan, Pierce County court reporter, age 69, died June 11, 1948. Sherman W. Lyons, Tacoma Police Detective Lieutenant, age 46, died October 28, 1948. James W. Selden, Bird’s defense attorney, age 76, died on November 26, 1948. Footnotes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Bird http://www.crimezzz.net/serialkillers/B/BIRD_jake.php http://www.historylink.org/File/7973 http://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bird-jake.htm http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/jake_bird_hex/ http://www.robertkellerauthor.com/2015/08/serial-killers-jake-bird.html Music Abyss by Alasen: ●https://soundcloud.com/alasen ●https://twitter.com/icemantrap ●https://instagram.com/icemanbass/ ●https://soundcloud.com/therealfrozenguy Slowly Creeping and Troll Hunt by Purple Planet Music http://www.purple-planet.com Furious Freak & Basement Floor by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Connect with us on: Twitter @FruitLoopsPod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fruitloopspod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Fruitloopspod and https://www.facebook.com/groups/fruitloopspod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're going to be. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, hello, and welcome to Fruitloops. Thank you so so much for listening.
0:58.0	We must say that some of the things that we discuss on this podcast may be triggering and or disturbing to some listeners.
1:05.8	Please know that we discuss sexual assault, torture, race, and murder among other disturbing subjects.
1:12.4	Listener discretion is advised.
1:14.0	Fruit loops is a podcast about true crimes committed by people of color that we don't hear about
1:20.0	or know much about.
1:21.0	Contrary to popular belief, not all serial killers are white.
1:25.0	Did you know that?
1:27.0	I did.
1:30.0	You did because well Beth is the OG of True Prime.
1:33.7	It is true.
1:34.5	But because serial killers tend to choose victims
1:37.3	of their own race, and the press loves
1:39.8	to report on white victims, while neglecting the stories of people of color a lot of people
1:45.1	believe that there are no serial killers of color but there are many well
1:49.7	documented cases of serial killers of color and Fruit Loops is a podcast all about
1:54.9	them. We will take deep dives into the fascinating lives and crimes of
1:59.6	serial killers and the true crimes committed by people of color.
2:04.7	And their victims, can't forget them, that the media and entertainment commonly leave out
2:10.0	because, well, the news is racist guys.
2:12.8	And we are Wendy and Beth. She's Wendy. I'm Beth.
2:16.7	We are not journalists, investigators, or psychologists,
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