Terrifying & True | Axeman of New Orleans: Unsolved Murders, the Jazz Letter & 1919 Panic

The Axeman attacks brought fear to New Orleans, and a letter signed with the killer’s name made jazz part of the legend. Terrifying & True follows the 1918–1919 violence, the people targeted and the investigations that failed to establish a definitive culprit. The episode examines the message promising safety to homes playing music, without assuming its author was the murderer. True crime, public panic and newspaper spectacle meet in a story where a city's soundtrack became part of its defense. Who was behind the attacks—and who was exploiting the fear? We're telling that story tonight.

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