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Texas Dark

Posted in Crime by Greg Ross on November 19th, 2007

In 1884, America got its first serial killer. The "Servant Girl Annihilator" of Austin, Texas, would drag his victims from their beds, rape them, then kill them with an ax or a spike. In a yearlong spree he murdered at least seven women. Then he disappeared.

Three years later, Jack the Ripper surfaced in London.

See also LÄngrocken.