This story is about the “first serial killer” in America. Austin was booming, new buildings, new economy, new citizens, new crime, new terror. From 1884-1885 six women and one man were brutally murdered. Is the Servant Girl Annihilator and Jack the Ripper one in the same? This week is the sad story of the Servant Girl Murders.
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American-Austin Statesman, November 1988
Historic Mysteries https://www.historicmysteries.com/servant-girl-annihilator/
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KVUE abc article October 1, 2019 Retrace the steps of America's first serial killer on the 'Murder Walk Austin' tour
KVUE abc article November 7, 2014 The Servant Girl Annihilator: Austin's oldest unsolved murder case
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