with hundreds of unsolved murders every
year we felt like ten wasn’t enough he
frequented bars and restaurants and was
violent towards men and women and picked
up hitchhikers
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for another top
ten unsolved murder mysteries for this
list we’re taking a look at murder cases
throughout history that have yet to be
conclusively cracked if you think we may
be missing a famous murder mystery be
sure to check out our original list of
the top 10 unsolved murder mysteries
number 10 the ax man of New Orleans
murders I am what you are lenience call
the axe man between 1918 and 1919 a
serial killer simply known as the axe
man terrorized New Orleans the axe man
is believed to have murdered eight
people although it’s speculated there
were several more victims let’s lay
thousands of your best citizens where I
am in close relationship with the angel
of death almost all the confirmed
victims were italian-american and were
killed with an axe
on March 13 1919 a person claiming to be
the ax man had a letter published in the
newspaper claiming he or she was not
human but rather a demon from Hell the
murders suddenly stopped shortly
thereafter and the axe man’s identity
was never discovered though it is likely
he or she was a fan of jazz as the
murderer claimed not to murder those who
played that jar of music at their homes
number nine the hinter kai-shek murders
in Turkey fuck was a small ranch in
Germany and home to one of the country’s
strangest murder mysteries on March 31st
1922 the six people living on the
supposedly haunted farm were murdered
with a mattock which is like a pickaxe
that’s a cutter mattock used for digging
trenches and cutting roots the crime
scene suggested each family member was
led to the barn where they were then
killed among the victims were
seven-year-old cos iliac ruber and her
two-year-old brother Yosef just days
before the massacre their father andreas
Gruber discovered footprints in the snow
leading to the farm but none leading
back away although police questioned
over 100 suspects nobody was ever
convicted number 8 the Lake Bodom
murders come on I’ll show you where you
can get change like something out of a
horror movie four teens were camping
under the stars near Finland’s Lake
Bodom one weekend when three of them
were brutally murdered as they slept
many suspects have been arrested over
the years with the fourth teen niels
will hem Gustafson even coming under
suspicion in 2004 thanks to modern
examination techniques the theory was
that Gustafson had flown into a jealous
rage due to his feelings for his new
girlfriend who was the victim that
sustained the worst injuries
however Gustavson was acquitted and the
case remains unsolved
fascinating native Finn’s to this day to
the point where Finnish heavy metal band
Children of Bodom named themselves after
the mystery
number seven Edgar Allan Poe you are
Edgar Poe correct for a few more minutes
anyway
this famed American writer was found
delirious on a Baltimore Street on
October 3rd 18-49 and died days later on
the 7th do you have a cause of death I’m
sorry I don’t want to have a few ideas
but as you know he was brought in in a
very deranged state I’m told he was
ranting some historians believe Edgar
Allen Poe died of alcohol poisoning
while others have suggested syphilis
cholera or rabies some theorize however
that he may have overdosed after being
drugged by a cooping gang it was
election day in Baltimore and frequently
thugs were hired by the politicians and
they would go out and kidnap people
whooping was a practice where unwilling
participants were drugged and forced to
vote for a certain candidate in an
election often several times this would
explain why Poe was found wearing
clothes that weren’t his because he
would have been too recognizable in
Baltimore without a disguise yet the
mystery of his death lives on forever
more thus much let me avow you are not
wrong who deem that my days have been a
dream number six the highway of tears
murders something went very wrong that
night
the highway of tears is a 500-mile long
stretch of road between Prince George
and Prince in British Columbia Canada
from 1969 to 2011 at least eighteen
women were murdered along this highway
although it is estimated that the real
number may be in the 40s the majority of
women were in their teens and many of
them were Aboriginal a fact that has led
some critics to accuse the investigating
police of racism although a few victims
have been linked to a convicted serial
killer named Bobby Jack Fowler there’s
still no explanation for the other
murders hitting a dead end this case is
seemingly on a road to nowhere it’s very
difficult especially on Christmas or any
holidays and her birthday I sit here and
cry number five the mad butcher of
Kingsbury run the mad butcher of
Kingsbury run was a serial killer in
Cleveland that murdered at least 12
people throughout the 1930s with other
possible victims coming before and after
also called the cleveland torso murderer
almost all of the victims were beheaded
and dismembered with several never
identified because their heads were
never found and because many were
Drifters or members of the working poor
although the case was reviewed by Eliot
Ness the man who put Al Capone behind
bars no suspects were ever charged some
theories have even claimed that there
was no single butcher but rather several
different individual murderers
ed zoos and themselves
butcher of
he was there
number four the boy in the box in 1957 a
young boy was found naked lying face-up
in a cardboard box in the woods near
Philadelphia the body was wrapped in a
flannel blanket and the boy’s arms were
folded across his stomach the cause of
death was the result of several blows to
the head and his entire body was covered
in bruises the boy’s identity was never
learned and nobody had any confirmed
information about the murder and while
there have been several theories no hard
evidence has ever been produced the
boy’s identity and murderer remain
unknown still nags the bosses they never
so much as ID’d the boy everyone at
Philly know about this kid the unknown
boy but week after week no one reported
him missing and no one could name him
number three
Andrew and Abby Borden you see what is
it mr. Joe do come in someone has killed
father
on August 4th 1892 lizzie borden
discovered that both her parents had
been brutally murdered her father had
been repeatedly struck in the head with
a sharp instrument while her stepmother
had also been brutally mutilated Lizzie
and Bridget Sullivan the maid were
suspected with both having acted
suspiciously around the time of the
murder
Lizzie reportedly burned a dress in the
stove and Sullivan was seen leaving the
house carrying a parcel miss Borden we
have been over this a dozen times and
each time a new version now how will you
have it I don’t know
Lizzie was eventually arrested and tried
in a landmark sensational trial but she
was acquitted due to circumstantial
evidence no other suspects were ever
charged now this is the exit introduced
at trial this is one that was found in
the basement with others class
characteristics are consistent with a
weapon that could have been but there
was no blood on it it looks like it’s
been cut number two the alphabet murders
also known as the double initial murders
the alphabet murders transpired in New
York State during the early 1970s there
were three victims
Carmen Cologne Wanda wakka wits and
Michelle mine’s ax each girl was
sexually assaulted before being
strangled and was found in a town
starting with the same initial as their
names Cologne and churchville waka wits
in Webster and mines ax in Macedon
strangely each girl came from similar
backgrounds they all had learning
disabilities were Roman Catholic and
came from single-parent homes this case
was later connected to a series of
similar murders in 1970s California for
which Joseph naso was convicted and
sentenced to death but his involvement
in the New York cases has not yet been
confirmed you’re still alive if you feel
like you can get away with this
then you’re sadly mistaken but on the
other hand if you want to forgive
yourself for doing this then you don’t
have to try to talk to me about it you
just have to talk to God about it
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions a
fourth foot was found here on Kirkland
island just south of Vancouver and then
the fifth foot was found last month
floating right here off Weston Island
examination of the bodies determined
that each of the victims have been
bludgeoned with the claw hammer and Sue
and John had been stabbed repeatedly
including both being stabbed once in the
throat
creepiest thing of all a smiley face was
drawn near where many of their drowned
bodies were found the case ended as
dramatically as it started with a call
to 911 a grandmother there’s something
wrong with my my daughter’s car today
and it’s not represented by another car
number one Amber Hagerman Amber’s family
is keeping vigil begging for her safe
return
the Amber Hagerman task force continues
to look for suspect in this case however
it has been downside she’s the girl for
which the Amber Alert was named while
Amber does stand for America’s missing
broadcast emergency response it was
actually originally named for Amber
Hagerman a nine-year-old girl who was
abducted while riding her bike in
Arlington Texas On January 13 1996 just
four days later her body was discovered
in a storm drainage ditch her killer
still hasn’t been found
while undoubtedly a tragedy Amber’s
murder helped create tougher laws for
child abductors and sex offenders with
Bill Clinton signing the Amber Hagerman
Child Protection Act into law which
created the national sex offender
registry one of these days that one
little thing is gonna happen and they’re
gonna find him and wake this keep a
bleep of that and it helps us to go home
do you agree with our list which
unsolved murder mystery piques your
interest for more creepy top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com early Sunday morning
October the 7th about 5 o’clock in the
morning he regained consciousness and he
said god help my poor soul and then he
died
you
year we felt like ten wasn’t enough he
frequented bars and restaurants and was
violent towards men and women and picked
up hitchhikers
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for another top
ten unsolved murder mysteries for this
list we’re taking a look at murder cases
throughout history that have yet to be
conclusively cracked if you think we may
be missing a famous murder mystery be
sure to check out our original list of
the top 10 unsolved murder mysteries
number 10 the ax man of New Orleans
murders I am what you are lenience call
the axe man between 1918 and 1919 a
serial killer simply known as the axe
man terrorized New Orleans the axe man
is believed to have murdered eight
people although it’s speculated there
were several more victims let’s lay
thousands of your best citizens where I
am in close relationship with the angel
of death almost all the confirmed
victims were italian-american and were
killed with an axe
on March 13 1919 a person claiming to be
the ax man had a letter published in the
newspaper claiming he or she was not
human but rather a demon from Hell the
murders suddenly stopped shortly
thereafter and the axe man’s identity
was never discovered though it is likely
he or she was a fan of jazz as the
murderer claimed not to murder those who
played that jar of music at their homes
number nine the hinter kai-shek murders
in Turkey fuck was a small ranch in
Germany and home to one of the country’s
strangest murder mysteries on March 31st
1922 the six people living on the
supposedly haunted farm were murdered
with a mattock which is like a pickaxe
that’s a cutter mattock used for digging
trenches and cutting roots the crime
scene suggested each family member was
led to the barn where they were then
killed among the victims were
seven-year-old cos iliac ruber and her
two-year-old brother Yosef just days
before the massacre their father andreas
Gruber discovered footprints in the snow
leading to the farm but none leading
back away although police questioned
over 100 suspects nobody was ever
convicted number 8 the Lake Bodom
murders come on I’ll show you where you
can get change like something out of a
horror movie four teens were camping
under the stars near Finland’s Lake
Bodom one weekend when three of them
were brutally murdered as they slept
many suspects have been arrested over
the years with the fourth teen niels
will hem Gustafson even coming under
suspicion in 2004 thanks to modern
examination techniques the theory was
that Gustafson had flown into a jealous
rage due to his feelings for his new
girlfriend who was the victim that
sustained the worst injuries
however Gustavson was acquitted and the
case remains unsolved
fascinating native Finn’s to this day to
the point where Finnish heavy metal band
Children of Bodom named themselves after
the mystery
number seven Edgar Allan Poe you are
Edgar Poe correct for a few more minutes
anyway
this famed American writer was found
delirious on a Baltimore Street on
October 3rd 18-49 and died days later on
the 7th do you have a cause of death I’m
sorry I don’t want to have a few ideas
but as you know he was brought in in a
very deranged state I’m told he was
ranting some historians believe Edgar
Allen Poe died of alcohol poisoning
while others have suggested syphilis
cholera or rabies some theorize however
that he may have overdosed after being
drugged by a cooping gang it was
election day in Baltimore and frequently
thugs were hired by the politicians and
they would go out and kidnap people
whooping was a practice where unwilling
participants were drugged and forced to
vote for a certain candidate in an
election often several times this would
explain why Poe was found wearing
clothes that weren’t his because he
would have been too recognizable in
Baltimore without a disguise yet the
mystery of his death lives on forever
more thus much let me avow you are not
wrong who deem that my days have been a
dream number six the highway of tears
murders something went very wrong that
night
the highway of tears is a 500-mile long
stretch of road between Prince George
and Prince in British Columbia Canada
from 1969 to 2011 at least eighteen
women were murdered along this highway
although it is estimated that the real
number may be in the 40s the majority of
women were in their teens and many of
them were Aboriginal a fact that has led
some critics to accuse the investigating
police of racism although a few victims
have been linked to a convicted serial
killer named Bobby Jack Fowler there’s
still no explanation for the other
murders hitting a dead end this case is
seemingly on a road to nowhere it’s very
difficult especially on Christmas or any
holidays and her birthday I sit here and
cry number five the mad butcher of
Kingsbury run the mad butcher of
Kingsbury run was a serial killer in
Cleveland that murdered at least 12
people throughout the 1930s with other
possible victims coming before and after
also called the cleveland torso murderer
almost all of the victims were beheaded
and dismembered with several never
identified because their heads were
never found and because many were
Drifters or members of the working poor
although the case was reviewed by Eliot
Ness the man who put Al Capone behind
bars no suspects were ever charged some
theories have even claimed that there
was no single butcher but rather several
different individual murderers
ed zoos and themselves
butcher of
he was there
number four the boy in the box in 1957 a
young boy was found naked lying face-up
in a cardboard box in the woods near
Philadelphia the body was wrapped in a
flannel blanket and the boy’s arms were
folded across his stomach the cause of
death was the result of several blows to
the head and his entire body was covered
in bruises the boy’s identity was never
learned and nobody had any confirmed
information about the murder and while
there have been several theories no hard
evidence has ever been produced the
boy’s identity and murderer remain
unknown still nags the bosses they never
so much as ID’d the boy everyone at
Philly know about this kid the unknown
boy but week after week no one reported
him missing and no one could name him
number three
Andrew and Abby Borden you see what is
it mr. Joe do come in someone has killed
father
on August 4th 1892 lizzie borden
discovered that both her parents had
been brutally murdered her father had
been repeatedly struck in the head with
a sharp instrument while her stepmother
had also been brutally mutilated Lizzie
and Bridget Sullivan the maid were
suspected with both having acted
suspiciously around the time of the
murder
Lizzie reportedly burned a dress in the
stove and Sullivan was seen leaving the
house carrying a parcel miss Borden we
have been over this a dozen times and
each time a new version now how will you
have it I don’t know
Lizzie was eventually arrested and tried
in a landmark sensational trial but she
was acquitted due to circumstantial
evidence no other suspects were ever
charged now this is the exit introduced
at trial this is one that was found in
the basement with others class
characteristics are consistent with a
weapon that could have been but there
was no blood on it it looks like it’s
been cut number two the alphabet murders
also known as the double initial murders
the alphabet murders transpired in New
York State during the early 1970s there
were three victims
Carmen Cologne Wanda wakka wits and
Michelle mine’s ax each girl was
sexually assaulted before being
strangled and was found in a town
starting with the same initial as their
names Cologne and churchville waka wits
in Webster and mines ax in Macedon
strangely each girl came from similar
backgrounds they all had learning
disabilities were Roman Catholic and
came from single-parent homes this case
was later connected to a series of
similar murders in 1970s California for
which Joseph naso was convicted and
sentenced to death but his involvement
in the New York cases has not yet been
confirmed you’re still alive if you feel
like you can get away with this
then you’re sadly mistaken but on the
other hand if you want to forgive
yourself for doing this then you don’t
have to try to talk to me about it you
just have to talk to God about it
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions a
fourth foot was found here on Kirkland
island just south of Vancouver and then
the fifth foot was found last month
floating right here off Weston Island
examination of the bodies determined
that each of the victims have been
bludgeoned with the claw hammer and Sue
and John had been stabbed repeatedly
including both being stabbed once in the
throat
creepiest thing of all a smiley face was
drawn near where many of their drowned
bodies were found the case ended as
dramatically as it started with a call
to 911 a grandmother there’s something
wrong with my my daughter’s car today
and it’s not represented by another car
number one Amber Hagerman Amber’s family
is keeping vigil begging for her safe
return
the Amber Hagerman task force continues
to look for suspect in this case however
it has been downside she’s the girl for
which the Amber Alert was named while
Amber does stand for America’s missing
broadcast emergency response it was
actually originally named for Amber
Hagerman a nine-year-old girl who was
abducted while riding her bike in
Arlington Texas On January 13 1996 just
four days later her body was discovered
in a storm drainage ditch her killer
still hasn’t been found
while undoubtedly a tragedy Amber’s
murder helped create tougher laws for
child abductors and sex offenders with
Bill Clinton signing the Amber Hagerman
Child Protection Act into law which
created the national sex offender
registry one of these days that one
little thing is gonna happen and they’re
gonna find him and wake this keep a
bleep of that and it helps us to go home
do you agree with our list which
unsolved murder mystery piques your
interest for more creepy top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com early Sunday morning
October the 7th about 5 o’clock in the
morning he regained consciousness and he
said god help my poor soul and then he
died
you
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