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Serial Killers

The Axeman of New Orleans Pt. 1

Serial Killers

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History, Education

4.630.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

While the U.S. was wrapped up in the final days of World War I, New Orleans was facing an enemy right in their own backyard. In the early 20th century, a wave of fear rolled through Crescent City as a mysterious man began axing people in the dead of night while they were fast asleep. This episode originally aired March 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:57.7

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1:02.9

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1:11.4

On the night of August 4, 1918, 28-year-old Mary Schneider was exhausted.

1:19.2

She laid in bed, willing herself to sleep, but try as she might, she couldn't get comfortable.

1:26.2

Mary was eight months pregnant, and between the sticky humidity of a New Orleans summer,

1:31.5

and the endless buzz of cicadas leaking through her bedroom window, she found herself laying

1:36.7

awake.

1:38.1

On those nights, she'd listen to Ed as he softly snored beside her, letting the sound of

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