During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the "Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run" began targeting drifters and residents of Cleveland's shanty towns. The murders were especially gruesome because the killer not only beheaded and dismembered at least a dozen people, but he also often split their torsos down the middle. Accordingly, authorities believed the criminal to be a current or former butcher or anatomy specialist. Two separate arrests were made, but one was released due to insufficient evidence. The other claimed his confession had been forced and later killed himself – though fellow inmates may have been responsible. This case is most famous because Elliot Ness was Public Safety Director at the time, and legend tells that he knew the killer's identity but lacked necessary evidence to arrest.
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Mystery / ThrillerOver a third of such crimes remain unsolved, and even more, without a resolution. Afterwards, the victims' families and friends remain trapped in the living nightmare of never knowing what happened or, even worse, knowing that the murderer got away...
