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A sweeping narrative background of a terrifying serial killer - America's first - who stalked Austin, Texas, in 1885. In the past due 1800s, metropolis of Austin, Texas, was on the cusp of growing from an isolated traditional western outpost into a really cosmopolitan metropolis. But beginning in Dec 1884, Austin was terrorized by someone just as vicious and, in a few ways, a lot more diabolical than London's infamous Jack the Ripper. For nearly exactly twelve months, the Midnight Assassin crisscrossed the whole city, striking on moonlit evenings, using axes, knives, and long steel rods to rip apart women from every race and class. At that time the idea of a serial killer was unthinkable, but the murders extended, the killer became more brazen, and the individuals' panic come to a fever pitch. Before it was around, at least a dozen men would be imprisoned in connection with the murders, and the crimes would expose just what a newspaper referred to as "the most considerable and profound scandal ever known in Austin". And yes, when Jack the Ripper started out his problems in 1888, London police investigators did wonder if the killer from Austin experienced crossed the ocean to terrorize their own city. With vibrant historical aspect and novelistic flair, Texas Regular journalist Miss Hollandsworth brings this terrifying saga to life. The launch and epilogue are read by the author.
