James Jessen Badal: 4 books
In the Wake of the Butcher
Cleveland Torso Murders, Authoritative Edition, Revised and Expanded
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
In 2001 The Kent State University Press published James Jessen Badals In the Wake of the Butcher: Clevelands Torso Murders—the first book to examine the horrific series of unsolved dismemberment murders that terrorized the Kingsbury Run neighborhood from 1934 to 1938. Through his access to a wealth...
Hell's Wasteland
The Pennsylvania Torso Murders
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Did the Mad Butcher of Cleveland also strike in Pennsylvania?
From 1934 to 1938, Cleveland, Ohio, was racked by a classic battle between good and evil. On one side was the city’s safety director, Eliot Ness. On the other was a nameless phantom dubbed the “Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run,”...
Though Murder Has No Tongue
The Lost Victim of Cleveland's Mad Butcher
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
The unfortunate victim of a frightened city desperately in need of a scapegoat.
Though Murder Has No Tongue tells the story of Frank Dolezal, the only man actually arrested and charged with the infamous “Torso Murders” in Cleveland, Ohio, during the late 1930s. Dolezal, a fifty-two-year-old...
Twilight of Innocence
The Disappearance of Beverly Potts
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Those who remember young Beverly Potts's disappearance and wonder what happened to her will look for clues in this book. Badal reexamines the events leading up to her disappearance and the subsequent police investigation and over-the-top, sensational publicity in the Cleveland media. His interviews...