Cleveland Torso Murderer

The Cleveland Torso Murderer was an unidentified serial killer active in the Cleveland, Ohio, area in the early 20th century. The official toll of the murderer, who was also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run was 12, killed between 1935 to 1938, but some believe that there may have been as many as 40 victims in the Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Youngstown, Ohio, area between the 1920s and the 1950s. Two strong candidates for addition to the list of those killed are the unknown victim nicknamed the Lady of the Lake, found on September 5, 1934, and Robert Robertson, found on July 22, 1950.

References

• James Jessen Badal; In the Wake of the Butcher: Cleveland's Torso Murders; The Kent State University Press; ISBN 0-87338-689-2 (paperback, 2001)
• John Stark Bellamy II; The Maniac in the Bushes and More Tales of Cleveland Woe; Gray and Company, Publishers; ISBN 1-886228-19-1 (paperback, 1997)
• Steven Nickel; Torso: Eliot Ness and the Search for a Psychopathic Killer; John F Blair Publishers; ISBN 0-895-87246-3 (paperback, 2001)
• Rasmussen, William T.; CORROBORATING EVIDENCE, published by Sunstone Press (2004, hardback) Connects the Cleveland Torso Murders to the murder of the Black Dahlia,ISBN 0-86534-440-X
• Bendis, Brian Michael & Andreyko, Marc; TORSO: a true crime graphic novel; Image Comics, publishers; ISBN 1-58240-174-8 (Graphic novel format, 2003)