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Tangipahoa Parish’s Tickfaw Axeman revisited

Of all the cases, this column has covered these last five years, the story of the Axeman still prompts regular emails from readers. Although I shared updates on the topic in the first Bayou Justice book, readers still ask for more. This week, we revisit and update the report with everything I have learned since sharing the original story five years ago. One hundred years ago, someone claiming to be the Axeman of New Orleans sent a letter to the Times-Picayune newspaper. The letter said the killer would leave the city for good if everyone played jazz music the following Tuesday night ...

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