The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run: Part One

Published: April 11, 2023, 3 p.m.

Few people realize that Cleveland had its own serial killer at the height of the Great Depression\u2026a serial killer who was never caught\u2026

Dubbed \u201cThe Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run\u201d or \u201cThe Cleveland Torso Killer,\u201d he didn\u2019t just kill; he dismembered his victims. Regardless of race or gender, his victims were often the most vulnerable, and most of his victims not identified. In this first part of our two part episode, we look at the start of the murders and the investigation, headed by none other than Eliot Ness.\xa0