The Cleveland Torso Murderer (also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run) was an unidentified serial killer active in the Cleveland, Ohio, area in the early 20th century. The official toll of the murderer 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 S ...
Most researchers consider there to be twelve definite victims of the Torso Murder, and anywhere from one to thirty possible victims.
Victim number 1 was an unidentified male found in the Jackass Hill area of Kingsbury Run (near East 49th and Praha Avenue) on September 23, 1935. Early estimates were that victim number 1 had been dead seven to ten days when found. Later estimates were that the man had been dead from three to four weeks when found.
Edward W. Andrassy was found in the Jackass Hill area of Kingsbury Run on September 23, 1935, about thirty feet from victim number one. It was estimated that ...
