E106: The Austin Axe Murderer

Fruitloops: Serial Killers of Color

This week Beth and Wendy have a present for y’all, a mystery. We don’t usually cover unsolved cases, but this is our gift to you on this holiday. Today we are talking about the Austin Axe Murderer, an American presumably male identifying individual who was never captured or identified, but who murdered 8 people between December 30, 1884 – December 24, 1885.
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We open up our mailbag and thank y’all for supporting the show (5:28). We introduce our subject and share some stats (10:45), then we dive into the setting (14:50). Then we get into the timeline (31:41). Then, we get into the trials of some of the individuals suspected of some of the murders (57:54) and the theories about the case (1:01:50). We discuss our Takes (1:07:30) and some tips on how not to get murdered (1:15:35).
As usual we close out the show with some shout outs (1:18:36).
Happy holidays, y’all and thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop every Thursday, so until next time... look alive guys, it's crazy out there!
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Articles/Websites
Wikipedia contributors. (12/11/2020). Servant Girl Annihilator. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12/15/2020 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Servant_Girl_Annihilator&oldid=993582147
Hollandsworth, Skip. (July 2020). Capital Murder. Texas Monthly. Retrieved 12/12/2020 from https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/capital-murder/
Criminal Minds Wiki. (n.d.). The Servant Girl Annihilator. Retrieved 12/13/2020 from https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/The_Servant_Girl_Annihilator
Haile, Bartee. (04/29/2020). Ax murderer preyed on city of Austin in 1880s. Hays Free Press. Retrieved 12/13/2020 from https://haysfreepress.com/2020/04/29/ax-murderer-preyed-on-city-of-austin-in-1880s/
The Servant Girl Murders. (n.d.). Retrieved 12/13/2020 from http://www.servantgirlmurders.com/
American Killers. (n.d.). The Axeman of Austin: Austin, Texas, 1884-1885. Retrieved 12/13/2020 from http://americankillers.org/cms/index.php/the-axeman-of-austin
Salinas, Rebecca. (04/24/2015). Look back at the serial killer that terrorized Austin in the 1880s. My San Antonio. Retrieved 12/13/2020 from https://www.mysanantonio.com/150years/major-stories/article/A-look-back-at-the-serial-killer-that-terrorized-6222438.php&cmpid=rel
Vatomsky, Sonya. (04/25/2017). How the 'Servant Girl Annihilator' Terrorized 1880s Austin. Mental Floss. Retrieved 12/17/2020 from https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/94680/how-servant-girl-annihilator-terrorized-1880s-austin
American Hauntings. (01/29/2014). THE SERVANT GIRL ANNIHILATOR: UNSOLVED AMERICAN MYSTERY. Retrieved 12/17/2020 from http://troytaylorbooks.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-servant-girl-unsolved-and.html
Books
Hollandsworth, Skip (2016). The Midnight Assassin. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Co.
Podcasts
Polcyn, Greg; Richardson, Vanessa (hosts). Serial Killers. (11/18/2019). The Servant Girl Annihilator Pt.1 [Audio podcast]. Retrieved 12/12/2020 from https://www.stitcher.com/show/serial-killers/episode/the-servant-girl-annihilator-pt-1-65348413
Polcyn, Greg; Richardson, Vanessa (hosts). Serial Killers. (11/25/2019). The Servant Girl Annihilator Pt.2 [Audio podcast]. Retrieved 12/12/2020 from https://www.stitcher.com/show/serial-killers/episode/the-servant-girl-annihilator-pt-2-65523683
Crime and Theerie. (5/27/2020). The Servant Girl Annihilator aka Austin Axe Murderer. [Audio Podcast]. Retrieved 12/13/2020 from https://www.stitcher.com/show/crime-and-theerie
Crime and Theerie. (6/10/2020). Annihilator or Ripper. Retrieved 12/13/2020 from https://www.stitcher.com/show/crime-and-theerie
Mars, Roman (Host). 99% Invisible. (01/27/2015). 150-Under the Moonlight. [Audio Podcast]. Retrieved on 12/13/2020 http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2015/01/28/roman_mars_99_invisible_on_the_false_legend_behind_austin_s_moonlight_towers.html
Perry, Jon. Nicole and Jen (hosts). Talk Murder to Me. (11/26/2019). Midnight Butcher Shop// The Servant Girl Annihilator. [Audio Podcast]. https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3ByZWFrZXIuY29tL3Nob3cvNDU0ODQ0My9lcGlzb2Rlcy9mZWVk&ep=14
Video
PBS. History Detectives: Texas Servant Girl Murders.
https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/video/2365286604/
History
Austin History Center. (n.d.). Brief History of Austin. Retrieved 12/12/2020 from http://library.austintexas.gov/ahc/brief-history-austin
Wikipedia contributors. (08/30/2020). History of Austin, Texas. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12/12/2020 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Austin,_Texas&oldid=975738134
Bullock Museum. (n.d.). African Americans. Retrieved 12/12/2020 from https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/discover/campfire-stories/african-americans
Texas Beyond History. (n.d.). Guy Town. Retrieved 12/13/2020 from https://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/guytown/index.html
Hudspeth, Brewster. (n.d.). Austin’s “Guy Town”. Texas Escapes. Retrieved 12/13/2020 from http://www.texasescapes.com/AustinTexas/Guy-Town-Texas.htm
How Not to Get Murdered
10 Ways to Stop Criminals from Choosing Your Home from SafeHome.org
https://www.safehome.org/blog/stop-criminals-from-choosing-your-home/
What to do when an intruder is in your home. Written by Celeste Tholen. https://www.safewise.com/blog/what-to-do-when-an-intruder-is-in-your-home/.
Shout Outs
Do No harm podcast.
https://wondery.com/shows/do-no-harm/
Reface App
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=video.reface.app&hl=en_US&gl=US
Music
“Abyss” by Alasen: ●https://soundcloud.com/alasen●https://twitter.com/icemantrap ●https://instagram.com/icemanbass/●https://soundcloud.com/therealfrozenguy●
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
“Christmas Hip Hop” by Blake http://ccmixter.org/files/blakeht/29357
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
“Christmas Rap” & “Furious Freak” by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3791-furious-freak
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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