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re: The Axeman of New Orleans
Posted on 5/17/24 at 6:09 am to FinkyStinger
Posted on 5/17/24 at 6:09 am to FinkyStinger
nice work
Posted on 5/17/24 at 6:16 am to SaintlyTiger88
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The Axeman of New Orleans was last seen at the following locations: Audubon Zoo, big ole sky, deep blue sea.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 7:35 am to SaintlyTiger88
Almost all of the victims the Axeman targeted were Italians. Many think he was connected to the Mafia which was pretty popular in NOLA at the time. Carlos Marcello pretty much controlled the city as this was in 1910-1918
This post was edited on 5/17/24 at 7:37 am
Posted on 5/17/24 at 7:40 am to JasonDBlaha
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Carlos Marcello pretty much controlled the city as this was in 1910-1918
Marcello was born in 1910, so it’s safe to say his criminal empire had yet to begin at the time of the Axeman.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 7:42 am to SaintlyTiger88
Yeah that’s true. It definitely had to be mob-related though.
This post was edited on 5/17/24 at 7:43 am
Posted on 5/17/24 at 7:53 am to SaintlyTiger88
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Édouard Martel was an unsuccessful French photographer and inventor who traveled throughout the U.S. during the first two decades of the 20th century, trying to drum up interest and investors for a device that added timer and automatic exposure features to Kodak’s popular line of folding Brownie cameras. During his travels he took thousands of automated photos to test and refine his invention.
Often he would wake up early, set up a hidden camera in an inconspicuous spot on the streets of whatever city he happened to be in, and then walk to a nearby café or bar, so that he could capture candid scenes of daily life to remember his travels by. The best of these photos were selected for Martel’s one and only gallery show, in Paris 1924. Unfortunately, Martel died penniless and unknown in 1955, and it was left to his daughter Jeanne to sort through the boxes and boxes of photos he left behind, to see what should be kept and what could be discarded. During this process she came across this photo, taken in New Orleans on the morning of October 28, 1919, a few hours before Martel boarded a steamer ship and returned to France.
It turns out that Martel hated motion blurs in his photographs, because he thought they would reflect badly on the speed and accuracy of his lens mechanism. This prejudice made him cast aside and overlook what was probably the most important photo he ever took.
What makes this photo so special? The night before it was taken, the notorious and still unidentified serial killer known only as The Axeman of New Orleans had committed his last murder, hacking Mike Pepitone to death in his bedroom and then fleeing the scene just as Pepitone’s wife was discovering the body. Could this be him returning to his residence? It’s impossible to say, but if it is, the image appears to belie the legend (based on the shaky testimony of Pauline and Mary Bruno, and prevailing prejudice of the time) that only a black man was capable of such savagery.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 8:20 am to Stealth Matrix
Well, that's one way to try and make a useless photo worth a few bucks. Geez, what a stretch.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 8:29 am to Stealth Matrix
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and prevailing prejudice of the time) that only a black man was capable of such savagery.
His name was Axeman, if he was white, it would be Askman.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 8:39 am to SaintlyTiger88
AXEMAN OUT
DRIVEMAN OUT
DRIVEMAN OUT
Posted on 5/17/24 at 8:39 am to genuineLSUtiger
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Killed two people in broad daylight outside Bud’s Broiler
I could go for 2 double meat #5's
Posted on 5/17/24 at 9:47 am to This GUN for HIRE
That's incredible if real. The jazz pass-over part in particular.
This post was edited on 5/17/24 at 9:48 am
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:02 am to SaintlyTiger88
Careful Saint, 2/3's of this board dated/married/drorve by his house/is related to Carlos.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:06 am to JasonDBlaha
quote:it was either Charles Matranga or Silver Dollar Sam at that time
Carlos Marcello pretty much controlled the city as this was in 1910-1918
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:22 am to fr33manator
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What if the axeman is the ripper?
need to find a string (or strings) of unsolved murders somewhere else on the planet that happened in the 25 years or so between what we call the Ripper Killings and the Axeman killings.
then we can make a video saying the dude was the Ripper, then moved and reinvented himself as _____ , then moved again and reinvented himself as The Axeman.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:23 am to Funky Tide 8
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That's incredible if real. The jazz pass-over part in particular.
A "Jassover", if you will
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:23 am to Funky Tide 8
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That's incredible if real
It's real.
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On March 13, 1919, a letter purporting to be from the Axeman was published in newspapers
Axeman
Smithsonian
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:41 am to SaintlyTiger88
Is there an Axeman song?
I'm thinking a jaunty, spooky, Halloween Jazz number.
I'm thinking a jaunty, spooky, Halloween Jazz number.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:46 am to fr33manator
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Is there an Axeman song?
just use Taxman by The Beatles, but remove the T
'Cause I'm the axeman
Yeah, I'm the axeman
I'll axe the street
(If you try to sit, sit) I'll axe your seat
...
(If you take a walk, walk) I'll axe your feet
(axeman)
'Cause I'm the axeman
Yeah, I'm the axeman
Posted on 5/17/24 at 10:48 am to SaintlyTiger88
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