The Atlanta Ripper w/ Jeffrey Wells

In the years following the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot, a wave of terror rocked the city. Over twenty black women were brutally murdered, often in a fashion that mimicked the infamous Jack the Ripper murders twenty years earlier.
My guest is Dr. Jeffery Wells, author of "The Atlanta Ripper: The Unsolved Case of the Gate City's Most Infamous Murders". He talks about the racially-charged atmosphere of Atlanta in the 1910s, the likelihood that the rash of murders were committed by multiple people and the connection between the Atlanta Ripper killings and the sensational Mary Phagan murder case.
More about the author and his book here: www.arcadiapub...
Dr. Wells' Georgia history blog: georgiamysterie...
For a list of victims attributed to the Atlanta Murderer or Murderers, click here.

[@RED-cy7ig]

This is the first time i have ever heard of these cases. I do remember the atlanta child killings. I was a kid at that time and my school was teaching safety because of what was happening.

[@garlickebagg]

1915 Leo Frank & Mary Phagan.

[@cheryllakin6736]

Thanks

[@dianayount2122]

the 'fiend" is language consistent w that time frame, right? seems the time of language the press may have been using at the time...

[@AntoineC.FerbosI]

I would like to hear the first two parts first. This is part 3 and I want to hear parts 1 and 2. Please put them in the list to be heard.

[@leonardmorgan974]

in all these killings which the murders are simmilar , but were never caught as were none of the murdered victims , but over the years bits were added on to killings , right up to last ripper jack 1888 , i cant count the new copycat one,s its just funny how none of them were never caught , it still took time for yorkshire ripper so even with all information in this day and age , you think they would want to boast after so many years if not caught , lets just hope this is the end , but it sells book,s dont it , yours in respect L . w . morgan walthamstow london ,.