Forensic Fridays : The Torso Murderer

United States
January 11, 2019 6:58am CST
The Kingsbury Run Murders is also known as the Torso Murderer. He or She was active between 1935 and 1938 in Cleveland, Ohio. Atleast 12 people fell victim to this serial killer. Only two of the victims were ever identified. All of them had been decapitated - some of them while they were still alive. This is an awful case. Innocent Bystanders came across the dismembered body parts of this serial killer, and I can only imagine the horror of what they found. You can read more here, which includes pictures and links to more info:
https://www.clevelandpolicemuseum.org/collections/torso-murders/
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Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
11 Jan 19
I didn't know that this kind of killing is real.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Jan 19
Yes, unfortuantely it is. This happened in the 1930's, but I wouldn't be surprised if this kind of killing still goes on and it's just not talked about.
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Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
11 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum That would be so scary then if still happens until now.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Jan 19
@JustBhem I think that there is a lot of violence that goes on and we don't hear about it. Don't you?
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Courage7
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
11 Jan 19
Wow this is very interesting Amber.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Jan 19
Disturbing, isn't it? When you think that this was probably a farmer's son or a preacher's son. Someone who was needed. The warning signs (killing animals and dismembering them) would have been ignored or thought of as "just what boys do."
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Courage7
@Courage7 (19633)
• United States
11 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes that is the first sign of cruelty.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (180908)
• United States
11 Jan 19
That sounds horrible. I have been watching the Lake Erie Murders on the ID channel, since I am from that region originally. Anyway, it prompted me to look up a case that everyone knew about in the 1960's. It was big news in the area at the time..because you didn't often hear about that type of thing then. Even we children talked about it, and thought it was scary.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Jan 19
I still need to see if I can get the ID channel on demand. I am pretty sure we have it on our spectrum service. It's just finding time between what I do online and when no one else is using the "big tv" as we call it.
Jessica
@JESSY3236 (19941)
• United States
11 Jan 19
It's interesting that the murders stopped even though they think they didn't have the killer.
John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Jan 19
That would make a great movie.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Jan 19
I agree. I'd probably watch a movie like that. Jack The Ripper fascinates me since it was one of the most scandalous crimes of that century.
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Fat Oreo
@fluffy69 (4955)
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11 Jan 19
I watch deadly women, forensic files and the likes and have seen such scenarios like what you posted here. I can never understand why people shpuld kill brutally their fellows.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Jan 19
I don't watch those types of shows very much. I'd be too vested in them and so I'd rather read about it instead. There is no telling why people choose to kill the way they do. "Crime of Passion", of course, but then there are instances such as what I wrote here, and you have to wonder. This killer was cold and calculated.