Active for 2 years
(1918-1919) in United States

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4. General Information
5. Characteristics
6. Childhood
7. Cognitive Ability
8. Incarceration
9. Death
10. 2 Timeline Events
11. Serial Killers Active During Spree
12. Boolean Statistical Questions
13. 17 Books Written About Axeman of New Orleans
14. 3 External References
15. Internal References

Axeman of New Orleans an American serial killer active in New Orleans, Louisiana murdered at least six people in the New Orleans area from May 1918 to October 1919. The perpetrator was never identified, and the murders remain unsolved.

Profile Completeness: 26%

Books that Mention Axeman of New Orleans

Ray Celestin

The Axeman

Gary Krist

Empire of Sin

Julie Smith

The Axeman's Jazz

Julie Smith

New Orleans Mourning

Ray Celestin

Dead Man's Blues: A Novel

Ethan Brown

Shake the Devil Off

Rick Geary

The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans

Rick Geary

The Terrible Axe-Man of New Orleans

17 Books that mention Serial Killer
Axeman of New Orleans

ISBN10	Book Title	Author	Killers Mentioned	Killers
1492609161	The Axeman	Ray Celestin	Axeman of New Orleans	1
0770437079	Empire of Sin	Gary Krist	Axeman of New Orleans	2
0345483243	The Axeman's Jazz	Julie Smith	Axeman of New Orleans	1
0804107386	New Orleans Mourning	Julie Smith	Axeman of New Orleans	1
1681776081	Dead Man's Blues: A Novel	Ray Celestin	Axeman of New Orleans	1
1429992549	Shake the Devil Off	Ethan Brown	Axeman of New Orleans	1
1681121794	The Terrible Axe-Man of N...	Rick Geary	Axeman of New Orleans	1
1561635812	The Terrible Axe-Man of N...	Rick Geary	Axeman of New Orleans	1
161374871x	Axeman of New Orleans	Miriam Davis	Axeman of New Orleans	1
149260917x	The Axeman	Ray Celestin	Axeman of New Orleans	1
161775384x	New Orleans Noir: The Cla...	Julie Smith	Axeman of New Orleans	1
1722765224	The Axeman of New Orleans	Peter Dove	Axeman of New Orleans	1
0275990648	Serial Murder and Media C...	Dirk Cameron Gibson	8 Total Including Gary Ridgway	8
1447258886	The Axeman's Jazz	Ray Celestin	Axeman of New Orleans	1
161374868x	The Axeman of New Orleans	Miriam C. Davis	Axeman of New Orleans	1
0816069875	The Encyclopedia of Seria...	Michael Newton	108 Total Including Anatoly Onoprienko	108
1682994589	The Axman of New Orleans	Chuck Hustmyre	Axeman of New Orleans	1

The Axeman of New Orleans was an American serial killer active in New Orleans, Louisiana (and surrounding communities, including Gretna), from May 1918 to October 1919. Press reports during the height of public panic about the killings mentioned similar murders as early as 1911, but recent researchers have called these reports into question. The perpetrator was never identified, and the murders remain unsolved.

External References

1. Axeman of New Orleans on en.wikipedia.org, Retrieved on Sep 15, 2018.
2. Q278475 on www.wikidata.org, Retrieved on Nov 5, 2018.
3. Miriam Davis, The Axeman of New Orleans on www.smithsonianmag.com, Retrieved on Nov 5, 2018.

Internal References

Axeman of New Orleans is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

1. #156 of 327[ Page 11 ] of Serial Killers active in the United States
2. #335 of 651[ Page 23 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
3. #443 of 651[ Page 30 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers
4. #503 of 651[ Page 34 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active
5. #630 of 651[ Page 42 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness

Statistics:

Serial Killers Statistics, charts Axeman of New Orleans is included in: Active Serial Killers by Country, Active Serial Killers by Year and Statistical Boolean Questions.

Years Active:

• 1918
• 1919