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The Cleveland Torso Murderer, also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, was an unidentified serial killer who was active in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, in the 1930s. The killings were characterized by the dismemberment of thirteen known victims and the disposal of their remains in the impoverished neighborhood of Kingsbury Run . [1]
Cleveland's infamous Torso Murders: 80 years later, the fascination endures (vintage photos) CLEVELAND, Ohio – More than 80 years after the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run cut a swath of...
The nude, exsanguinated body was found by nearby railroad tracks soon after. The cause of death was decapitation. It was the fourth dismembered body to show up in less than a year, and Cleveland...
Between 1935 and 1938, a serial killer murdered and dismembered at least 12 victims - only 2 of which were ever positively identified. This killer is officially unidentified, yet researchers of today are quite certain who committed these horrible crimes. By Dr. James J. Badal, updated 2022
In four years, the Cleveland Torso Murderer killed, dismembered and castrated 12 different victims, and was never identified. Bettman/Getty Images. Investigators look at the dismembered head of one of the victims. The first body appeared in September 1934.
Not only gruesome, this was one of the most notorious crimes in Cleveland history, dubbed the Torso Murders by the hysterical press and public. The killer became known as The Mad Butcher...
The TORSO MURDERS, committed between Sept. 1935 and Aug. 1938, were believed to be serial killings. Most of the bodies were discovered in or near the KINGSBURY RUN area—a creek bed that ran from E. 90th St. and Kinsman Rd. SE to the CUYAHOGA RIVER.
