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Nov 23, 2023 21 min

Ep. 45 - The Berrima Axe Murderer

from Murder in the Mourning Hosted by Eli Casey

The Axe Murderer of Berrima, perhaps Australia's most prolific killer, wasn't even Australian at all. Over one hundred years before the term serial killer existed, Irish-born, lifelong criminal, John Lynch confessed to as many as ten brutal tomahawk attacks. Let's Mourn. Sources: Blanco, J. I. (n.d.). John Lynch: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers. John Lynch | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lynch-john.htm Conliffe, C. (2016, July 3). John Lynch, the Berrima Axe Murderer. HeadStuff. https://headstuff.org/culture/history/john-lynch-the-berrima-axe-murderer/ Wikimedia Foundation. (2023, November 21). John Lynch (serial killer). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lynch_(serial_killer) #germanserialkillers #murderpodcast #newpodcast #gainesvilleripper #murders #classickillers #railwaykiller #jacktheripper #truecrimepodcast #truecrime #germanserialkiller #serialkiller #murder #londonkiller #crimejunkie #bestpodcasts2023 #mfm #myfavoritemurder #jeffreydahmer #edkemper #truecrimecomedy #yorkshireripper #1900serialkillers #trending #trendingtruecrime #kidnapped #missing #missingandmurdered #kidnapping #englishserialkiller #20/20 #abc #dateline #48hours #crimetime #comedy #comedypod #investigationdiscovery #wikipedia #murderpedia #irishkiller #australiankiller

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