In 2001 The Kent State University Press published James Jessen Badal’s —the first book to examine the horrific series of unsolved dismemberment murders that terrorized the Kingsbury Run neighborhood from 1934 to 1938. Through his access to a wealth of previously unavailable material, Badal was able to present a far more detailed and accurate picture of the battle between Cleveland safety director Eliot Ness and the unidentified killer who avoided both detection and apprehension. In his groundbreaking historical study, Badal established beyond any doubt the truth of the legend that Ness had a secret suspect whom he had subjected to a series of inter rogation sessions, complete with lie detector tests, in a secluded room in a downtown hotel. Badal also disclosed recently unearthed evidence that identified exactly who that mysterious suspect was. But was he the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run? Badal presented all the evidence available at the time and invited readers to draw their own conclusions. Now, armed with conclusive new information, Badal returns to the absorbing tale of those terrible murders in this expanded edition of For the first time, he presents compelling evidence that establishes exactly where the Kingsbury Run killer incapacitated his victims, and he reveals the location of the fabled “secret laboratory” where the Butcher committed murder, dismemberment, and decapitation. Was Eliot Ness’s secret suspect really the Mad Butcher? In this new authoritative edi tion, Badal is finally able to answer that question with certainty. is an assistant professor of English and journalism at the Eastern Campus of Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. He has served on the board of trustees of the Cleveland Police Historical Society since 2001. His previous books for The Kent State University Press include (2005), (2010), and (2013). He is currently working on a book devoted to the unsolved 1964 murder of 16-year-old Beverly Jarosz in Garfield Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. Front cover: Police photograph of victim no. 4’s head as it was found in Kingsbury Run on June 5, 1936. Cleveland Police Historical Society. Authoritative Edition,Revised and Expanded IntheWakeofthe IntheWakeofthe JamesJessenBadal Butcher Butcher cleveland’s torso Murders cleveland’s torso Murders isbn 978-1-60635-213-7 Kent, Ohio 44242 www.KentStateUniversityPress.com ed& ...