The ensuing manhunt led through swamps and shipboards before a bedraggled Henry was pulled from nearby Bayou Lafourche. 00:23:15 - With Mardi Gras being on Tuesday (February 16th) I wanted to bring you a story, or three, straight from the French Quarter. When night fell over the quarter, the Moity women and children retired to their beds while Henry paced restlessly, drinking and contemplating the hidden cane knife. He started seeing his wife coming out of the sausage grinder, and after a customer reported to the police they'd found a bit of wedding ring in their dinner, Hans was carted off to an insane asylum to live out the rest of his life. I'd recommend this tour for anyone looking for a singular tour experience! It might have been the height of Prohibition, but liquor was never hard to find in New Orleans. And then one night Theresa flashed a $5 bill (worth about $70 today) at her husband, telling him she knew how to make more money than he ever could, insinuating she was flirting with other men to gain their favor and money. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A jury in Orleans Parish Criminal Court listened to the chilling 911 tape of a woman just moments before she was brutally murdered in New Orleans East. This story is usually included in The Historic New Orleans Collections Danse Macabre: The Nightmare of History, a tour that explores the darker aspects of the city'shistory. NEW ORLEANS | "The Trunk Murders" from Infamous America on Podchaser, aired Wednesday, 24th August 2022. The New Orleans Murder Block. (Photo: Lauren George). He hacked twice at Leonide, who never woke. The money, the booze, and the passions flowed freely. . Henrys past employment as a butchers assistant was a key point in his two trials. Listen to the story of The New Orleans Murder Block. In 1957, he died of a stroke in Californias Folsom Prison, where he is buried. Leonide is believed to have written the story before moving from New Iberia. Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. Mikko was a great guide and answered some follow up questions I had and suggested some podcasts that referenced some of the stories he told. On March 26, 1948, Governor Jimmie Davis signed the pardon. In the mid 1800s, Hans Mueller immigrated to the United States from Germany with his wife. Yet violent crime continued to soar across . Henry also admitted to the murders being premeditated. we took the true crime tour in new orleans and our tour guide was awesome. . They were well respected for being hard workers and very pleasant sort of people. She called out for help until two men nearby noticed and alerted the police. At first he maintained that the murders had been the work of a redheaded Norwegian seafarer, whom he had been forced to assist. Allows using the site with your screen-reader. The initial conviction of Henry Moity was swift. The victims, later identified as Theresa and Leonide Moity, were both in their mid-twenties and natives of New Iberia. she charged into the apartment and sighted several objects on a bed. (By Daniel S. Leyer; courtesy of the Vieux Carr Survey) Megan is bringing you her very first deep dive in a well known case from her educated perspective. knew enough not to try to cut through the bone, but to cut through the joint. Was This Letter Written by Sherlock Holmes? New Orleans French Quarter, at the corner of Ursuline Avenue and Royal Street. Two couples had serious marital problems, and a few days before Halloween in 1927, the home became the site of an infamous crime that is still featured on ghost tours today.</p><p>Take a break from serious world with the . He boarded an Illinois Central train car, like the one seen here, and fled to St. Louis. Lyle Saxon, renowned author and collector of Louisiana folklore, included a very short piece about Hans Muller in Gumbo YaYa, telling of how he and his (unnamed) wife ran a successful sausage business. I would definitely do it again. The money, the booze, and the passions flowed freely. By the 1920s the neighborhood, especially in the areas closer to Esplanade Avenue, was heavily populated by first- and second-generation Sicilians, who joined the racially and ethnically diversecommunity. According to the nonpartisan watchdog Metropolitan Crime Commission, the city recorded 280 murders in New Orleans in 2022, the highest number of killings in a single year since 1996. Clothing that investigators believed had been tossed from the trunks to accommodate the womens remains was strewn about the tenement alongside discarded human remains. The story goes that Hans Muller killed his wife, and, to hide his crime, made sausages out of her body and served them out of his butcher shop for weeksonly to be found out after a customer bit into a piece of Mrs. Mullers wedding ring. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Return Details: 1100 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA. There's no way to really paraphrase this next bit, so: "One night, soon after, he heard a "thump! Texarkana Moonlight Murders & The New Orleans Trunk Murders Morbid Jul 25 2020 1 hr 27 mins Looks at this! PATREON: www.patreon.com/exploreoregonINSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/pdxfilmexplorerFACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/exploringportlandTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@theamateurhistorianREDDIT SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/the_amateur_historian/ WORDPRESS BLOG: https://stevetheamateurhistorian.wordpress.comIn the iconic French Quarter of New Orleans there stands, still today, a rather modest two-story residence along Ursuline Street. Oh, and she'd worked her butt off to earn that fur on her own, and it was the only thing of value she owned. A gold bracelet still hung delicately from the wrist of an arm, now unburdened of its owner. From there he caught the Illinois Central Panama Limited en route to Chicago. On that same page Barbara Brooks, "Editor of Advice to the Lovelorn" says she "Sees Tragedy As Result of Bedraggled and Besmirched Love.". Lady fingers. Four fingers had been cut from a womans hand After placing the fingers back on the bed, Gwen moved to a second bedroom, found a second trunk, and opened it. His early release turned out to be a terrible mistake that nearly cost another young woman her life. The two murders were tried separately by different judges. Available now through most major bookstores and Amazon. This is our very first virtual live show from July 23, 2020 held at AS220 in Providence RI. Discovered in a cabinet in her bedroom, its believed to be a thinly veiled autobiographical account that she had tried to publish in a popular womens magazine. Joseph cooperated with the police, telling them that hed been living at his sisters home after hed caught Leonide cheating on him. Rife with grammatical errors, its thinly veiled autobiographical story cautioned young girls to be careful, for marriage is a life sentence. The rejection slip from her submission to a popular confessions magazine lay in a pool of her own blood. Theresa, however, put up a struggle before succumbing. Nettie walked up the stairs to the second floor of the Ursulines address and as she stepped into the Moity family home, her feet were met with blood-stained floors. Mardi Gras partiers shared whether they feel safe in New Orleans after the city was labeled a murder capital after recording the second-most homicides per capita among major U.S. cities. The French Quarter of the 1920s is often remembered for the vibrant cultural scene that coalesced around writers such as Sherwood Anderson and Lyle Saxon, and institutions like the Arts and Crafts Club and the Double Dealer literary magazine. Henry was found guilty in both cases and sentenced to two concurrent terms of life in prison. (, The building at 715 Ursulines Street still stands today, in a block that has been the site of more than one gruesome crime. And on November 2, 1927, from behind bars awaiting trial, he is reported by the Times-Picayune to have threatened the man with whom he believed his wife had been unfaithful: If I ever get my hands on that Joe Caruso, Ill chop him up into little pieces, not big pieces like my wife, but little piecesmy God, Ill make him look like something thats been run through a sausage mill!. Police uncovered two trunks that had been meticulously packed with the carved-up corpses of Theresa and Leonide. He hadn't planned on her clothes, though, and soon customers were complaining about odd things in their admittedly tasty sausage. very informative and theatrical. Henry, they said, begged his way onto the ship using a false name, but the crew recognized his tattoo after reading a newspaper account of the crimes. In his confession Henry detailed his motives for the killings, while also insisting that his mind had been warped by alcohol. (, The victims of the Trunk Murders were discovered October 27, 1927, at 715 Ursulines Street. The New Orleans Police Department released her photo and asked for the public's help. New Orleans recorded 266 homicides in 2022 a 116% increase from 2019, according to the New Orleans City Council crime database. Following the trial, Dr. Roeling told a Times-Picayune reporter, The killer who decapitated the Moity women knew enough not to try and cut through the bone, but to cut through the joint. Meanwhile, in terms of the homicide rate, New Orleans captured the crown for . (The Charles L. Franck Studio Collection at THNOC, 1979.325.6081). On Thursday, October 27, 1927, Nettie Compass arrived at the Creole-style home at 715 Ursalines Ave. in New Orleans to do a usual cleaning. Clumps of hair lay on the floor, caught in the shadows cast from Ursulines Avenue. The most horrific part of all, however, was found inside a closet. Mueller used the tools that were available to him at the time.his sausage grinder. Though the legacy of Henrys crime may persist in another local legend: the Sausage Ghost. Recounted in the 1945 Louisiana folklore collection, Gumbo Ya-Ya, the tale tells of a woman murdered by her butcher husband and turned intoyou guessed itsausages, to be sold to unsuspecting customers on Ursulines Avenue. She survived, and he went back to jail. This is a tale of greed, incest, and homicide. Henry, however, was nowhere to be found. EMAIL SIGN UP Knives and unlicensed grog were their weapons of choice. Readers of TTAG know all how Murder City, USA gained its moniker. Description When I pulled up the trunk lid, a womans body, arms, and legs severed from the torso, was exposed. His 1941 appeal for a pardon was rejected by the governor and in 1944, he briefly escaped from the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Back in the 1800s, a young German couple, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Mueller, opened a sausage factory in New Orleans. Eventually identifying the man, the authorities returned him to Angola. The papers lionized him. You lived on the second floor," I wanted to scream. . Seller of Travel Ref. In March 1928, Henry was convicted of Theresas murder and sentenced to life in prison. Joe Caruso took my wife. Texarkana Moonlight Murders & The New Orleans Trunk Murders Morbid Episode 159 Looks at this! The French Quarter of the 1920s was a diverse, working-class neighborhood. According to some stories, Mueller hired a young woman, a much younger and very attractive woman, to assist his wife with the day-to-day duties of running the household. When she threatened to fire the younger woman, Mueller murdered his wife to keep his mistress. Henry scooped up his kids, hailed a cab and dropped them with his sister without a word about what had happened. 2023 Atlas Obscura. If I ever get my hands on that Joe Caruso, Ill chop him up into little pieces, not big pieces like my wife, but little piecesmy God, Ill make him look like something thats been run through a sausage mill!. After serving an additional 2 years there, the convicted double murderer and prison escapee was inexplicably pardoned by Governor Jimmie Davis and became a free man once again. He attempted to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, largely leaning on the idea that the two things that drove him to kill were whiskey and the cruelty of his wife. Henry was tried separately for each murder and found guilty. He said they taunted him and said they'd decided to set up 'shop,' which he took to mean prostituting themselves. Henry Moity was found guilty and sentenced to concurrent two life terms in prison for the Trunk Murders, but he was given considerable leniency and was able to escape. Orleans Parish Coroner Dr. George Roeling determined that the killer had first bludgeoned the women with a lead billy club, before decapitating them with a machete and amputating their arms and legs. Murder in New Orleans: The Creation of Jim Crow Policing by Jeffrey S. Adler, True Crime Storytime Volume 1: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories to Keep You Up All Night by True Crime Seven, M. 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Henry had worked briefly as a butcher, and the Times-Picayune gleefully pointed out that the manner in which the two bodies of the women were mutilated and dismembered indicated a man familiar with this trade. Radio dispatches alerted departing steamer ships to be on the lookout for a stowaway passenger answering to Henrys description: tattooed and, according to the newspaper, singularly hairy., The room which shares a wall adjacent to crime scene. The Times-Picayune from October 1927. New Orleans Trunk Murders. thump!" In the decades after the Civil War, many wealthier residents of old inner-city neighborhoods had moved to garden suburbs along Esplanade Avenue, St. Charles Avenue, and further uptown to escape urban nuisances such as warehouses and sugar refineries. It also marks the second annual increase in murders in the city after 2019's 50-year low of 120 murders, which one crime analyst points out was still high for a city the size of New Orleans. Severed fingers on the floor. The Historic New Orleans Collections Williams Research Center. Listen to this episode from Infamous America on Spotify. In 1927, Theresa and Leonide shared a crowded existence with their husbandsbrothers Henry and Josephand Theresa and Henrys three small children in the second-floor rooms of 715 Ursulines Avenue. They believed he was planning a getaway on a ship. An eye-opening journey through the history, culture, and places of the culinary world. "She wouldn't even sweep the stoop!" Then he saw the bloody ghost of his wife, with her head crushed to a pulp, coming toward him. It's hard to not take away the sexism and worry about feminism underlying it all. The Trunk Murders and 'Sausage Ghost' of 1920s New Orleans. CONTACT US "Marriage is a life sentence. NEW ORLEANS - Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was found in the trunk of her burned out car in New Orleans East in June, according to CBS affiliate . Youll find out in a moment how this tragedy got its grisly nickname, and how it inspired a famous New Orleans urban legend. Theresa's wedding ring was mashed into a gash in her back. There was no place like New Orleans in the Roaring 20s. The dramatic surge of murders left the city with 265 murders in 2022,. Carjackings rose by 165% in the two-year period. Spend 2 hours listening about gruesome murders of the French Quarter. He isolated her from her friends and familyall classic signs of abuse we recognize today. However, a butcher at a New Iberia sausage factory told the reporter that the Moity brother who worked for him was named Joseph. He was underweight and bedraggled and he quickly admitted who he was. 1100 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA Open in Google Maps End of tour is near this location. "Right now our mayor doesn't love New Orleans so the citizens and the residents stood up," Eileen Carter, vice chair of the No LaToya recall campaign, told Fox News. The Texarkana Moonlight Murders were a series of unsolved murders and other violent crimes in 1946. After separating from her husband, Joseph, Leonide continued to live with Henry and Theresa, and Henry fretted over her influence on his wife. Upon. It was a cautionary tale warning women against marriage, making analogies to a prison or a life sentence. (By Daniel S. Leyer; courtesy of the Vieux Carr Survey). They had been drawn to the city by the call of promise and opportunity, but the move wasnt all it was cracked up to be. (Mobile Users:. "She wears that FUR everywhere!" After Joseph left the apartment both sisters brought men to the apartment when Henry was out. Lonie, 28, and Theresa, 25 were sisters from New Iberia. After getting out of prison, Henry moved to California in hopes of restarting his life. Theresa and Leonides personal effects lay strewn among the gore: childrens clothing, unfinished sewing projects, the womens lace garments, silk stockings, and beauty creams. From the time the Moitys moved in, Theresa and Caruso were pretty thick, Henry claimed in his confession to the District Attorney. Did human trafficking gangsters kill Allie Rice. Stop At: Omni Royal Orleans, 621 St Louis St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA, See where a murderer committed suicide and hear the story behind it, Stop At: Jackson Square, 615 Pere Antoine Alley, New Orleans, LA 70116-3234. We have the benefit of nearly 100 years of progress between then and now, but several things jump out at the modern eye. Since divorce was unheard of during this time, his only option of getting out of the marriage was to murder his wife. But all was not well in an apartment near the French Quarter. Refresh the page, check Medium. Henry did not make it hard for prosecutors to prove premeditation. This mode enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations. Your email address will not be published. While it may blend in with its surroundings today, the inside of this place was the site of one of the most gruesome crimes in the history of the city: the Trunk Murders of 1927.Come with me as I take you there and tell the story of this twisted double murder, bore out of a jealous mania held by one man who lived there. (, Henry Moity was found guilty and sentenced to concurrent two life terms in prison for the Trunk Murders, but he was given considerable leniency and was able to escape. Dave easily shared his knowledge and love of true crime with us. It was fun walking around at night while seeing where some of these crime scenes took place. The answer involves pseudoscience, politics, and a burglary at a windmill. PRIVACY POLICY Headlined Bodies Found in Trunks, it tells the ghastly end of Theresa and Leonide Lonie Moity. It being a difficult trade, his wife had become a crone before her time, and Hans' eye was turned by a young girl. This story appears on THNOCs tour Danse Macabre: The Nightmare of History, which explores the darker side of New Orleans history. It was meant to be a life sentenceand at hard labor in Angola prison, which often didn't mean a very long onebut Henry toughed it out and was released after 20 years. Hailing from New Iberia, Louisiana (pop 6,278), they'd hoped to find more opportunity in the city, but the brothers did mostly odd-jobs, doing their best to provide. The property is shown in this 1960s photograph. It wasnt long before the families fell apart in the most dramatic way possible: a double homicide. Our tour guide was amazing when it came to the city's history in general but also knew both personal and commonly known areas where gruesome murders have occurred in New Orleans. On Saturday, October 29two days after the womens bodies were discoveredcrewmen of the freighter Gem reported Henry Moity to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff. Leonides husband, Joseph, turned himself in that evening. This mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others. She told her husband to leave so he had, taking the kids with him to his parents back in New Iberia (about 130 miles away). Why is Everyone Fighting Over the Skull of 'Brigand Villella'? I would recommend this True Murder tour to ANY crime doc fanatic (as I am), especially with Jonathan. New Orleans teen admits to carjacking spree, faces possible life prison term In addition to Costco carjackings, Tyrese Harris has confessed to murder of 12-year-old. Stop At: Lalaurie Mansion, 1140 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70116-2706. Listen to the story of The New Orleans Murder Block. At a Los Angeles hotel in 1956, Henry shot his girlfriend Alberta Orange in the chest, puncturing her lung. The facade of 715 UrsulinesAvenue by day. When he admitted his identity, he was returned to prison in Louisiana. Henry had previously been a butcher before landing in New Orleans, so the method and motive all lined up perfectly to convict in court. . Alaina covers the Texarkana Moonlight Murders and goes over all the fine details with her 1940's magnifying glass! Unable to lay low, Henry once again attacked another young woman. In the summer of 1944, on a routine trip to the post office, Henry simply hired a taxi to take him to Hammond, Louisiana. The murders of Theresa and Leonide Moity were hardly typical New Orleans homicides. In new orleans, a young mother is found shot and burned in the trunk of her car. Made with Squarespace. Before coming to New Orleans, police believed, Henry had worked as a butchers assistant. Nevertheless, the Trunk Murders stood out as an exceptional case of violence that rattled and captivated the city. "What stoop? 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. There was a travel trunk on the floor and inside were the severed arms, legs, head, and torso of Theresa. You'll see where it all happened, understand the history behind it, and how the echoes of gruesome crimes still cry out. (Photograph by Eli A. Haddow). To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. This lively era in the French Quarter was unfortunately accompanied by a spate of crime. Back in the 1920s, a pair of horrific murders took place on the 700 block of Ursulines Avenue in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Extensive archive searches turn up no Mullers, no sausage company, no gristly deaths. The in-person tour is on hiatus, but THNOC's Visitor Services department produced a new series of videos based on the stories. He tells a story reallllly well and it wasnt boring at all! Still, Henry was upset that his wife didn't make him dinner. The infamous New Orleans trunk murders The Sausage Ghost Legend Lyle Saxon, renowned author and collector of Louisiana folklore, included a very short piece about Hans Muller in Gumbo YaYa, telling of how he and his (unnamed) wife ran a successful sausage business. Artists, writers, and partisans of the bohemian lifestyle were drawn to the lower rents and old-world aesthetic of the Vieux Carr. This unusual method of stowing the bodies is where the story gets its name. MURDER SUSPECT SEIZED WITH HOSTAGE; Buried Body Discovered . Memory of his crime survives in part due to the themes this true story shares with a popular French Quarter ghost story. No purchase necessary. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it. The Black Dahlia is the nickname given to Elizabeth Short. That was the beginning of the end for old Hans. (Photo: 9 Incredible Meteorite Craters That Look Straight Out of 'Deep Impact', The Married Woman Who Kept Her Lover in the Attic, Sydneys Jazz Age Criminal Queens Ruled the Streets With Razors. Between 1920 and 1945, only 1.3 percent of local killers slaughtered their victims with axes or machetes, and no other New Orleans killer hacked off his victims' heads and limbs. 715 Ursulines Avenue was the home of the Moity brothers, their wives, and children. Superintendent Healy radioed the seven ships sailing out of New Orleans that day to be on the lookout. He boarded an Illinois Central train car, like the one seen here, and fled to St. Louis. Unlike many daring prison breaks, this one was quite boringwhile running an errand at the post office for the prison, he simply hailed a cab and fled to California. This article talks about who she was before being remembered as just a murder victim. A photograph shows Governor Nichols and Royal Streets in 1928. In the national papers and elsewhere, the fact that she had driven him to drink was another thing that made it not his fault. Not for the faint of heart! In 1927 a large family lived in a 2nd-floor apartment at 715 Ursulines Avenue. If you are Playing the Game, the answer is elementary. The same line about Theresa Moity not sweeping was even used on Velma. Douglas J. Henry died of a stroke in 1957 while serving his term at Folsom. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. If only that woman would've appreciated what she had, all this ugliness could've been avoided. The money, the booze, and the passions flowed freely. Places Buried in a deep gash on one of the victims backs, the coroner found a gold wedding band. Upon the gruesome discovery of the two murdered women, New Orleans Superintendent of Police Thomas Healey set about locating the husbands. The sisters married brothers Henry and Joseph Moity, the New Orleans Police Departments prime suspects in the case. A butcher by trade, Mueller established a sausage factory at 725 Ursaline Avenue. It is not often that we bring heavily covered cases to the podcast but even if you have heard this ca. I will post images of some of the actual newspaper clippings below, if you want to blow them up and read for yourself. Two days later, Saturday, October 29, crew members from the freighter Gem delivered Henry Moity to the Lafourche Parish Sheriffs Office. When the coroner and Healys female colleague, Gwen, arrived. You'll see where it all happened, understand the history behind it, and how the echoes of gruesome crimes still cry out. Tucked between dog-eared title records and 19th-century floor plans were the dismembered corpses of two young flappers, expertly diced. Look, said Gwen, holding up these objects. Two couples had seriou He was sentenced to five years at Folsom Prison for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. (Photo: Lauren George), On Wednesday October 26, things had come to a head in the Moity household when Theresa and Leonide revealed their plans to move out. He also blamed his sister-in-law for being a bad influence on his wife. Newly arrived immigrants from Sicily settled in large numbers beginning in the 1880s. Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Email . New Orleans Parish Coroner, Dr. George Roeling determined that the killer had first bludgeoned the women with a lead billy club, before decapitating them with a machete and amputating their arms and legs. The lady fingers were discovered to have belonged to Theresa Moity, whose missing wedding ring was later retrieved from a gaping wound in her back. The Trunk Murders and The Katrina Cannibal. Love Me Not: The New Orleans Trunk Murders Shockingly Wicked Podcast At the end of the Roaring Twenties, New Orleans was rocked by one of the grizzliest murder scenes the city had ever seen. It was a great way to walk the French Quarter and hear local stories from the experts. The factory and store were on the first floor, with the living quarters on the second level. At a Los Angeles hotel in 1956, Henry shot his girlfriend Alberta Orange in the chest, puncturing her lung. (Photo: Lauren George). Police were on the look for Henry and found that he had taken the children to a family members house and had gone to a boarding house. Ill make him look like something thats been run through a sausage mill. Fingers and teeth were left strewn on the floor and blood was everywhere. The victims, both in their mid-20s and both originally from New Iberia, were Theresa and Leonide Moity and were married to the brothers Henry and Joseph Moity. 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