The horror continues in Blurry Photober with a mega episode about the Barnabet axe murders. Flora is joined by authors Alan Gauthreaux and Dr. Daryl Hippensteel as well as numerous Louisianans to explore the ghastly tale of the Barnabet axe murders. Southwestern Louisiana was terrorized in 1911-12 by brutal axe murders. One young woman was pinned with not only perpetrating them, but possibly masterminding more. Hoodoo and Voodoo were found to be involved, which the media picked up at the time and ran with. Hear the shocking story and how it ended, told via news articles and criminal justice perspectives. And make sure to head to Alan’s YouTube channel for much more content and grab Alan and Daryl’s books! Just remember, for this episode of Blurry Photos, content is very graphic. Listener discretion is advised.
Featuring the voice talents of Brea Joy as Clementine Barnabet
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Music
Myst on the Moor, Dirt Rhodes, Zombie Voodoo – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Bonnie and Clyde 1, 4, 5, 7, 8 – Co.Ag Music (YouTube)
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Valley of Vice and Devices, Oh I Went Down – Mr. and Mrs. Smith
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Driving to the Delta, Bad Old Daemons – Lobo Loco
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Sources
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Gauthreaux, Alan, and Hippensteel, D. G., Ph.D. Dark Bayou: Infamous Louisiana Homicides. McFarland & Company, Inc. Jefferson, NC. 2016.
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The Advertiser, “”BERNABET CONVICTED”,” Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders, accessed October 27, 2020, https://whodidit.omeka.net/items/show/14.
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The Advertiser, “”ARRESTED AS SUSPECT”,” Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders, accessed October 28, 2020, https://whodidit.omeka.net/items/show/33.
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Lafayette Advertiser (La.). “Ax Fiend At Beaumont. – Mother and Three Children Killed While They Sleep – Crime Similar to Louisiana Murders.” Feb. 23, 1912, p. 1.
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Lafayette Advertiser (La.). “Ax Fiend Again. – Kills Family of Five in San Antonio. – Total Victims Now Forty.” Apr. 16, 1912, p. 1.
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The New Orleans Times Picayune, “”New Grand Jury Will Investigate Mysterious Killing”,” Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders, accessed October 28, 2020, https://whodidit.omeka.net/items/show/46.
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El Paso Herald (Tx.). “Voodoo’s Horrors Break Out Again.” Mar. 14, 1912, p. 13.
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The Crowley Signal. “”WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN MURDERED IN CROWLEY LAST NIGHT.”,” Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders, accessed October 30, 2020, https://whodidit.omeka.net/items/show/36.
- The Weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.), 13 April 1912. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccnsn88064323/1912-04-13/ed-1/seq-2/>
- Seven, Team. Axe Murderers. True Crime Seven. July 19, 2019. Web. https://truecrimeseven.com/axe-murderers-6-horrific-true-crime-stories-1-common-tool/
- Female Serial Killer Index. Clementine Barnabet Study Collection. Feb. 21, 2016. Web. http://female-serial-killers-index.blogspot.com/2016/02/clementine-barnabet-study-collection.html?m=1
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