Original Air Date: 2/7/2018
From December of 1884 to December of 1885 a serial killer terrorized the city of Austin Texas. He had multiple nicknames: the Midnight Assassin, the Intangible Nemesis and the Servant Girl Annihilator. Journalist Skip Hollandsworth, author of “The Midnight Assassin: The Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer”, shares the story of this brutal murderer’s killing spree, the suspects, the hapless police department who pursued him, and the rumors that the killer was none other than Jack the Ripper.
More about the author here: https://www.texasmonthly.com/contributors/skip-hollandsworth/
