The Axeman of New Orleans: Play Jazz or Get the Axe

He didn’t kill for money. He didn’t rape or rob. He simply crept into homes, murdered families with their own axes—and vanished. But in 1919, everything changed when a letter from “The Axeman” was published in the newspaper. His message? Anyone not playing jazz on Tuesday night would be killed.This is more than a true crime mystery. It’s a story about racial tension, voodoo fears, media hysteria, and the strange moment when a city turned to music to fight a phantom. Why did New Orleans refuse to admit a serial killer was loose? What secrets did the police cover up? And could the Axeman have been someone the city itself created through silence and fear?Was he a real man, a myth, or something worse?
Hear the original letter read aloud.
Was it a stunt or a supernatural threat? Who do you think the Axeman really was?