296: The Atlanta Ripper w/ Jeffrey Wells - A True Crime History Podcast
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In the years following the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot, a wave of terror rocked the city. Over twenty black women were brutally murdered, often in a fashion that mimicked the infamous Jack the Ripper murders twenty years earlier. My guest is Dr. Jeffery Wells, author of "The Atlanta Ripper: The Unsolved Case of the Gate City's Most Infamous Murders". He talks about the racially-charged atmosphere of Atlanta in the 1910s, the likelihood that the rash of murders were committed by multiple people and the connection between the Atlanta Ripper killings and the sensational Mary Phagan murder case. More about the author and his book here: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781609493813/The-Atlanta-Ripper-The-Unsolved-Case-of-the-Gate-Citys-Most-Infamous-Murders Dr. Wells' Georgia history blog: http://georgiamysteries.blogspot.com/ For a list of victims attributed to the Atlanta Murderer or Murderers, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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