Cleveland's Torso Murders Project

I made this picture video for my forensics class in my 11th grade year.

Pictures and informantion:
"In the Wake of the Butcher: Cleveland's Torso Murders" by James Jessen Badal

Music:
"Eye of the Storm"
Midnight Syndicate
Album: "Out of the Darkness"

NOTE: There are some "grammatical" errors in the video.... deal with it.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Midnight Syndicate
• Cleveland's Torso Murder
• Cleveland Torso Killer

[SugarStar66]

*sigh* I don't care who did it. Honestly. I don't. I made the video with what information that I had at that moment! Must I start blocking comments about who did it or who didn't do it? It does not matter. The person is DEAD. Just like all of the victems and just like everyone around that age at that time. DEAD. IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL ROTTING! Ok, my rant and rave is done.

[thirdandlong303]

that is the devils work

[SugarStar66]

What my project or the actual murder itself? Haha

[exileayahika]

Trad, finally someone else who knows who the torso slayer was. Francis E. Sweeney was the murderer. Eliot never had the chance to get him convicted unfortunately... =[

[SugarStar66]

Eh oh well. Never found that really in the book, or might have skimmed over it. All in all, it makes it one hell of a tale to tell to people, especially it being in my hometown. :D

[WizardOfHumor1989]

The lady of the lake. Looks more like a dead jellyfish or squid to me.

GREAT WORK!

[SugarStar66]

Yeah, they thought it was drift wood. Wrong. haha

[Traductus5972]

Dr. Francis E. Sweeney was the guy who was strongly suspected they even gave him a polygraph test which he failed severely at but he wasn't convicted because he had political relatives, plus when he committed himself into a mental hospital the killings apperently stopped. then he mocked and taunted Elliot Ness and Ness's family well into the 50's, he's send him threatening postcards and paper mache torsos

[ledhicks]

Oh my America, what a deadly place back then. Was it even more than today? Serial killers are all fucked up humans!

[doctorw2]

@grvalda no there is no connection between elizebeth shorts murder and that of those of the murders commited in cleavland. elizebeth short was killed by someone in organized crime.

[pinkfreud62]

I grew up at the same time as Dahmer and he lived 15 miles from me. Robert Berdella also grew up 2 miles from me. Anthony Sowell of Cleveland butchered 11 women just recently. I don't know why there are so many serial killers from NE Ohio. Must be in that nasty Cuyahoga River water, lol!

[mebizzarobrian]

Autopsy revealed that the killer used a butcher knife to severe the limbs.What makes these murders even more gruesome is that the limbs were cut off with the head being last.They were still alive until the head was severed.The muscles at the neck had retracted meaning that was the kill point.Genitals of the male victims had also been removed.

[PoPing89]

@Traductus5972

Thank you

[simplekeepitsimple]

this guy was probably the Lipstick Killer as well

[grvalda]

the guy who did all this could also have killed the Black Dalhia ( Elizabeth Sort )

[MARVIA35]

ive seen alot of serial vids., but 4 some reason this one truly bothers me. how did u manage 2 find the pics?

[MARVIA35]

@SugarStar66 you did a great job 11th grade or not. nice. thumbs up. thanx 4 the upload. appreciate it love.

[janweltevreden]

Oh come on! He only started hacking people to pieces because he came from a broken home . . . It was not his fault, he was misunderstood.