Dr. Francis Sweeney: The Cleveland Torso Killer

Dr. Francis Sweeney: The Cleveland Torso KillerFrom September 1935 to August 1938, a killer stalked the margins of Depression-era Cleveland, leaving a trail of decapitated and dismembered bodies in the ravine known as Kingsbury Run. Dubbed the Mad Butcher, this methodical, surgically skilled predator claimed at least twelve official victims, most of them nameless then, and nameless still. Despite ...