A spirit of collective optimism pervaded across much of New Orleans in early 1918. Storyville had recently closed, and jazz bands were attracting enthusiastic audiences across town. That spring, ...

In 1919, a jazz-loving killer known as the "Axeman" terrorized New Orleans P. L. Sperr/Hulton Archive/Getty The letter-writer called themselves a devil. The city called them the Axeman. And for one ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – The year is 1918. The ...

106 years ago, in 1919, there was a serial killer in New Orleans called the Axeman. Apparently, he really liked jazz. As the story goes, he terrorized the city between May 1918 and October 1919, ...

"Jazz." Digital, 2836x4290px By u/rk_art. Picture it: It's March 14, 1919. New Orleans. You pick up your copy of your local paper, the Times-Picayune, and read an extremely interesting letter: Hell, ...