The Alligator Man Murders

In 1930s Texas, Joe Ball was just another bootlegger-turned-barkeep—until the women around him started disappearing. With a backyard alligator pit, a string of missing waitresses, and a pistol always close at hand, Joe’s story blurs the line between fact and folklore. Step into the shadowy legend of the Alligator Man.Source MaterialsJoe Ball: The Butcher of Elmendorf — Introduction — Crime LibraryChilling story about the man known as “The Butcher of Elmendorf”Two Barmaids, Five Alligators, and the Butcher of Elmendorf – Texas MonthlySuspected local serial killer who may have fed his victims to alligators killed himself 83 years agoCRIME HUNTER: Bootlegger Joe Ball fed women to gators | Toronto Sun