The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run: The Case That Haunted Cleveland | The Missing Files

The Missing Files: Cold cases, evidence & unanswered questions · Sep 6, 2026 · 8m

Dive into the chilling history of The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, the unidentified serial killer who terrorized Cleveland in the 1930s. This episode explores the dark socio-economic landscape of the Great Depression-era slums known as Kingsbury Run and 'Hobo Jungle,' where marginalized drifters and the working poor became victims of a methodical murderer. Host Madison Rogers details how the killer erased identities through decapitation, dismemberment, and chemical preservation, leaving behind only fragments that defied identification for nearly a century. We examine the high-stakes…