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Who Killed...?

The St. Aubin Street Massacre

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Via: https://the-line-up.com/benny-evangelist-murders "On the quiet summer evening of July 3, 1929, Benny Evangelist and his family were brutally murdered in their residential Detroit home on St. Aubin Street, mutilated by an axe-wielding killer. His wife and four children were butchered while sleeping in their beds, while Benny himself was killed—and nearly decapitated—in his study. Evangelist was known as a carpenter, faith healer and, most intriguingly, a cult leader and author of a self-published religious text, The Oldest History of the World: Discovered by Occult Science." Was this revenge? Was this the occult? Who killed the Evangelist family? If you'd like to HELP KEEP THIS SHOW ON THE AIR, PLEASE, click here to donate: https://paypal.me/williamhuffman3 The St. Aubin Massacre Sources: 1. https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2016/10/05/st-aubin-street-massacre-1929-detroit-family-murders-still-unsolved/#:~:text=DETROIT%20%E2%80%93%20It's%20one%20of%20the,carried%20out%20with%20an%20axe 2. https://the-line-up.com/benny-evangelist-murders 3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76528115/ 4. https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2019/03/20/looking-back-at-some-of-michigans-biggest-unsolved-cases/ 5. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2017/04/23/the-black-hand-the-epic-war-between-a-brilliant-detective-and-the-deadliest-secret-society-in-american-history-book-review/100373672/ 6. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Hand-American-criminal-organization 7. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76529230/ 8. https://www.fbi.gov/history/field-office-histories/detroit 9. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Black-Hand-American-criminal-organization 10.https://www.newspapers.com/search/#query=Evangelist+Detroit+Free+Press+Detroit%2C+Michigan+05+Jul+1929%2C+Fri 11. https://www.newspapers.com/search/#query=family+of+6+hacked+to+death+page+10&dr_year=1929-1929 12. https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/evangelista Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Slow Burn Media and Bill Huffman present Who Killed, a podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.

0:08.7

Hello and welcome to episode 110 of Who Killed.

0:13.7

I'm your host, Bill Huffman, and this is a slow burn media podcast.

0:19.2

Before we get started this week, I have a few listeners I wanted to give a shout

0:23.4

out to, and that would be Mary out of Salt Lake City, as well as Carrie from up north

0:32.2

in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

0:34.8

So thank you very much for your donations.

0:43.4

And again, you can always donate to the podcast by clicking on the donate button in the show notes.

0:53.7

And this week, I'm going to take you guys back about 100 years to Detroit, Michigan on July July 3, 1929.

1:04.2

And I am talking about the murder of Benjamin Evangelist and his family in what has become known as the St. Aubin Massacre.

1:13.3

Since this case remains unsolved, it is important to note that some of the shady characters that pop up may actually be involved in this horrible tragedy. Was this a revenge murder? Something supernatural or cult-like?

1:21.9

Or could the Black Hand Society be to blame? One thing for certain is,

1:27.7

Benny Evangelist was what one would consider today a cult leader.

1:33.1

According to American hauntingsync.com,

1:36.3

it was in 1895 when Benjamino Evangelista was born in Naples, Italy.

1:44.7

In 1904, he came to America for more opportunity.

1:48.5

He had skills in carpentry, so he focused on real estate, and eventually became a successful

1:53.5

landlord.

1:55.0

Going by his new name, Benny, he had originally settled in Philadelphia with his brother

2:00.3

Antonio.

2:02.1

But the two had a falling out, a weird one to say the least.

2:08.1

And according to Antonio's own accounts, he basically disowned Benjamin when he began having his so-called mystic visions.

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