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Haunted History (2013)

S1E6 The Torso Murders

Aug 16, 2013 Season 1 Episode 6 Documentary

During the devastating Great Depression of the 1930s, countless families were uprooted, leading to the creation of makeshift shantytowns in cities like Cleveland, Ohio. It was within these impoverished communities that the notorious Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run claimed his victims, becoming a central figure in one of the 20th Century's most baffling mysteries. Today, the spirits of the butcher and his dismembered victims linger, providing hints that could solve a case that challenged Eliot Ness, the famed enforcer who took down Al Capone. Can these historical specters reveal the butcher's identity and shed light on another infamous unsolved murder?