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Show Notes
December 30, 1884 was the beginning of a nightmare in Austin, Texas when 25 year old Mollie Smith was murdered in the middle of the night, in her bed by an unknown intruder. Over the next 12 months, there would be 7 more murders almost exactly like it. All in the middle of the night, all shockingly violent. This was completely unprecedented, and quite possibly the first serial killer in the United States.
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Sources:
Articles
Texas Monthly | Capital Murder
AustinTX.Gov | Brief History of Austin
Culture Map | The Horrifying History of Austin's Infamous Servant Girl Annihilator (Shelley Bueche)
Legal History Miscellany | Death’s Gatekeepers: The Victorian Coroner’s Officer
KVUE News | The Servant Girl Annihilator: Austin's Oldest Unsolved Murder Case
Books
The Servant Girl Murders: Austin, Texas 1885 (J. R. Galloway)
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