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Axeman of New Orleans

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The Axeman of New Orleans was an unidentified American serial killer who was active in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, between May 1918 and October 1919. Press reports during the height of public panic over the killings mentioned similar crimes as early as 1911, but recent researchers have called these reports into question. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Axeman of New Orleans has received more than 2,274,220 page views. Their biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Axeman of New Orleans is the 207th most popular extremist, the 5,650th most popular biography from United States and the 69th most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Axeman of New Orleans ranks 207 out of 283Before them are Ronald DeFeo Jr., Frank James, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Irmgard Möller, Abdullah Çatlı, and Herbert Mullin. After them are John Bodkin Adams, Ernst Zündel, Christopher Scarver, William Bonin, Dawood Ibrahim, and Jonathan Wild.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Axeman of New Orleans ranks 5,650 out of 20,380Before them are Marilyn Burns (1949), Mitchell Leisen (1898), Bob Gale (1951), William Lloyd Garrison (1805), Country Joe McDonald (1942), and James Blish (1921). After them are J. William Fulbright (1905), Milton Berle (1908), Rube Goldberg (1883), Big Bill Broonzy (1903), Joe Lando (1961), and M. C. Gainey (1948).

Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Axeman of New Orleans ranks 69Before them are Mary Surratt (1823), Charles Starkweather (1938), Stand Watie (1806), Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951), Frank James (1843), and Herbert Mullin (1947). After them are Christopher Scarver (1969), William Bonin (1947), Ottis Toole (1947), Marshall Applewhite (1931), Gary Gilmore (1940), and Robert Berdella (1949).