In 1919, a jazz-loving killer known as the "Axeman" terrorized New Orleans Christina Coulter has been a Staff Writer covering crime at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in Fox News ...

During the Axeman’s killing spree, a local newspaper published a letter allegedly from the killer claiming they’d spare anyone playing jazz Between 1918 and 1919, an unknown assailant dubbed the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – The year is 1918. The ...

Equally frightening and fascinating, the story of the Axeman murders stands out in a city of ghost stories. In 1918 and 1919 the Axeman terrorized the city, killing at least five people and seriously ...

It’s chilling to imagine the crimes: waking in the night to find your husband murdered in bed beside you, to see the glint of an axe in the darkness, to lie paralyzed with fear for children sleeping ...

It's been over a century since the Axeman brutally murdered at least five people and attacked over a dozen others in New Orleans. But other than an alleged love for jazz music, the identity of The Big ...

During the Axeman’s killing spree, a local newspaper published a letter allegedly from the killer claiming they’d spare anyone playing jazz Bettmann Archive/Getty It's been over a century since the ...

At least five murders and over a dozen attacks can be attributed to the Axeman, who earned the name from using axes as their murder weapon Though many people were suspected, all were eventually ...