Between 1918 and 1919, a shadow stalked the streets of New Orleans. He crept into homes at night, murdered entire families with their own axes, and vanished without a trace. His victims were sleeping. His tools were borrowed. His signature? A letter promising death to anyone not playing jazz music.
The press called him the Axeman.
Was he a serial killer, a Mafia enforcer, or something even darker? And why did a city believe that music could save them from murder?
In this extended episode of Buried Whispers, we dive deep into the Axeman’s reign of terror — exploring the historical fear, ethnic tensions, jazz-era culture, and chilling psychology behind one of America’s most haunting cold cases.
Step into the alleys of 1910s New Orleans… where silence was deadly, and survival meant keeping the music playing.
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