"The Man From the Train" Serial Killer w/ Rachel McCarthy James
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- For decades, the 1912 Villisca, Iowa axe slaughter of the Moore family has been one of the greatest unsolved family massacres in American history. Many believe that it was a local townsperson, but others believe it was the work of an transient serial killer.
From the late 1890s until possibly as late as the 1920s, Paul Mueller, a German sailor, rode the American rails, murdering entire families with the blunt edge of an axe, according to my guest, Rachel McCarthy James. She, along with her co-author and father, baseball historian and statistician Bill James, make a convincing case in their book, The Man From the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery, that they have discovered the slayer of potentially a hundred or more people across the United States, Canada, and even Germany.
I loved this book! I wasn't sold on the Hinterkaifeck connection, but the commonalities among so many crimes fascinated me.
The similarities to the German farm house and the ones around America are what makes this a possibility
So I'm now somewhat skeptical on the German farmhouse being the Axeman but it remains possible.
Amazing book. Authors did a great job relating the events but, even better, the time & place.
10:00 is when they start talking about the book
thank you !
Thank you!
It's only in recent years that alot of these axe murders spread across the country and across many years.
The internet and easier access to public records and old newspapers transfered to digital archives from microfiche, has made making the connections possible.
Great podcast. Looking forward to everything about The Man From The Train.
I think that another reason Jones hiring someone is unlikely; obviously the overkill of the children alone, but the fact that the neighbor's girls were there. If the killer had been watching the house (and was hired) he likely would have postponed it that night due to their presence, or even just not kill them.
According to the coroner, all the children were only hit once with the axe. They were just little that's why it seemed like there was so much more damage done. Only the parents were hit numerous times. One theory is that Lena was the target since she was the only one moved & posed & had her undergarments off. Maybe the killer saw the 2 sisters walking home with the family that night from the church program.
i’m obsessed and get pulled into most true crime cases, uh oh!
Really good book. One of the best that I’ve read in years, and I generally read 1-2 books every week.
Comic don't count.
MM Solo lol haven’t read a comic book in probably a decade now, so they don’t count
@@im11sostfu86 A decade? Reading comics at age one, huh? You must be a child prodigy!
yes, a very good book!
And you're only 11?
Read the book and now I have like 10 questions.....sure wish Bill would open a forum somewhere. So at the 45:50 mark there is a whisper of a... "yeah" Also, I agree the book needed maps and pictures.
44:40 describes me to a "T". Lmao
There is a very good chance there are a lot more than 100 victims. I know from doing genealogy research that very few newspapers from that era still exist and are digitized.
Unknown axeman on yt covers this terrifying case.
Scared me so much!
WONDER did Ms McCarthy check German police records for '1907 and 1908?
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Really enjoyed this.
“moneyball” is one of my favorites!
Are they any autopsy photos in this book?
No , I have it and it at least needs to be revised with some maps or a chart with the commonalities between the killings.
What ragtime song is that at the beginning
I think the evidence of the Simon's train ride with Rev Kelly the next morning was the best evidence of the
Crime and he should have been convicted and would have been had the trial not been corrupted by a very corrupt detective named Wilkerson
Can someone tell me who “dad” is?
Her father Bill James. She coauthored this book with him. He is a famed baseball statistician.
I dont believe the villisca murders can be "solved" using any formula. Ill listen to Dr. Epperly ANYDAY. I think someday in the future science might find a way to solve the case, who knows. But i personally have no doubt rev. Kelly did it 100%
So good but probably fictional?
Not really. It is actually probable.
It's actually fact but there are so many cases that are eerily similar from around 1885 -1923 or 4 which is why the book is so interesting putting so many together but there are a few theories.
Confusing.
I heard something about lynchings, black people etc.
But what percentage of the victims were black?
Read the book
Vallasca? Bruh 🤣🤣🤣
I know, it was irritating me to death! It’s Vill-IS-ca dude!
@@tigerlioness1 .
Vill as in Pill
iss as in Piss
ca as in
.........don't make me say it.