# Billy the Axeman

Unsolved · 1911

Billy the Axeman (also referred to as the Ax-Man, the Midwest Axeman, and the Man from the Train) was the name of a suspected serial killer thought to be responsible for a series of family murders that occurred mainly in the U.S. Midwest between September 1911 and June 1912. Attacks attributed to this killer are characterized by the slaying of a whole family in their beds by crushing their skulls with a blunt…

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=74607393
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/billy-the-axeman-w74607393

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## Timeline

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## Open questions

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## Unverified findings

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## Sources

1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=74607393


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