Episode 53: "Ungodly Butchery"- The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal and the Hunt for America's first serial killer by Skip Hollandsworth-Pt 1

Part 1: It is 1884 and Austin, Tx is poised at the precipice of a new Golden Age, shifting from a frontier town to a cosmopolitan city of culture and prosperity.  Until a shadow grows, threatening everything as the slaughter of black servant women begins. Terrified, the community demands the murderous gang be caught, but with multiple arrests of suspects, the jail remains empty. Who is the servant woman annihilator? When will the carnage end?  Note: This story is set in the late 19th century and reflects the stereotypes, prejudices, and language of the era. Source material, recipe and wine information, photographs are on Jill's blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com, Jan. 2023. ANNOUNCEMENT- JAN 2025:  My new Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast MERCH SHOP has launched!  Please go explore! I appreciate you supporting my true crime book club podcast! Share your thoughts with me at  [email protected], on X,  Facebook,  Instagram or YouTube.  OR, join Jill on PATREON for $4 and help pick our next book and talk true crime developments, first Thursday of each month at 8:30 pm EST! Music- The Pewter Elephant by Blue Dot Sessions. Trust your gut!