The Cleveland Torso Murders | The Butcher of Kingsbury Run

​Episode Description:

In the grip of the Great Depression, the soot-choked city of Cleveland was brought to its knees by a phantom. Between 1935 and 1938, a brilliant, meticulous monster turned the shantytowns of Kingsbury Run and the illicit vice district of the "Roaring Third" into his own personal slaughterhouse.

​This week on Homocidal Tendency, we descend into the shadows of the Rust Belt to hunt the Mad Butcher. We explore the gruesome, surgical signature of the killer, the escalating cat-and-mouse game that ultimately broke legendary lawman Eliot Ness, and the chilling parallels to the Black Dahlia.

​But more importantly, we look at who the Butcher chose to dismantle. This killer weaponized the prejudices of 1930s society, specifically targeting the invisible and the unprotected transients, sex workers, and members of the underground queer community. We take a deep dive into the tragic story of Victim Number One, Edward Andrassy, and how the brutal homophobia of the era provided the perfect cover for a monster hiding in plain sight.

​In Memoriam:

We dedicate this episode to the victims who were marginalized in life and violently erased in death. To Edward Andrassy, Florence Polillo, Rose Wallace, and the nine unidentified John and Jane Does forever trapped in the archives. You are not forgotten.

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