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In nineteen thirties Cleveland, the police fought tooth and nail for their city and failed miserably It was their job to catch the notorious Cleveland Torso murderer, otherwise known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run But after years of dead ends and fruitless searching, they never brought anyone to justice Now, decades later, the authorities are trying to right their wrong if the failures of the past don't come back to haunt them The human mind is powerful. It shapes how we think, feel, love, and hate But sometimes it drives people to commit the unthinkable. This is sererial Killers and Murderous Minds, a crrime House original. I'm Vanessa Richardson. And I'm forensic psychologist, Dr. Tristan Ingels. Every Monday and Thursday, we uncover the darkest Minds in history, analyzing what makes a killer Crime House exists because of listeners like you. Want even more? Join Crime House plus and get both parts of every story dropped on the same Monday completely ad free. 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Today, we conclude our deep dive into an unidentified murderer known only as the Cleveland Torso murderer or the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run In the nineteen thirties, the torso killer terrorized the city of Cleveland, Ohio He dismembered and decapitated his victims, creating an impossible puzzle for detectives as they struggled to catch him As Vanessa goes through the story, I'll be talking about things like why killers dismember their victims after the fact, how sex can be a factor in dismemberment, and the psychology behind forced or coerced confessions And as always, we'll be asking the question, what makes a killer If you've been holding back on launching your dream business, it's time to stop making excuses. Shopify is where you finally go to get started. They offer everything you need to succeed from day one. They completely simplify the process so you can focus on what matters. 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Every day I'm thinking about some other new business, but Shopify is doing it to me because it's so easy to use. It's like I can't stop I'm addicted Start your free trial at shhopify d. com By September of nineteen thirty six, seven sets of dismembered remains had been found in different parts of Cleveland, Ohio Five of the victims were men and two were women. The authorities had only been able to identify two people, twenty nine year old Edward Andressy and forty two year old Florence Pololo Edward had been a hospital orderly who was known for his party lifestyle and womanizing, and Florence was a waitress who'd also made a living as a sex worker It seemed like the killer was targeting vulnerable people. However, due to the levels of dismemberment and decay Police were unable to determine more information about the other victims And while the authorities had long believed multiple killers were at large, they'd recently come to the conclusion that a single person was behind all the murders With no solid leads, Coner Arthur Peerce had organized a so called torso clinic, where law enforcement officials created a profile of the killer. basased on the fact that each victim's dismemembering wounds had been clean and precise And that the remains had been left in areas inaccessible by vehicle, they believed the killer was a large, strong male who worked with knives They also believed he lived a relatively normal life but was secretly clinically insane. I just wantna make one quick clarification. Psychologists would not use the term clinically insane. Insanity is not a diagnosis, but rather a legal concept. What I think they're really saying here is that they believe the offender appeared outwardly functional but was potentially suffering from a severe mental illness Well, we've evolved a lot since the nineteen thirties. Thanks for that clarification For members of law enforcement, it was a huge step in the investigation, but the public wasn't as pleased. The people of Cleveland were outraged at the lack of progress. and when it was time for Arthur to run for his position again They voted him out dor Samuel Gerber replaced him, Gerber promised the community he'd do a better job. And in the winter of nineteen thirty seven, he got his first chance to prove himself On february twenty third, five months after the last victim was found, a local man was walking on the beach of Lake Erie He was near the exact spot where the very first victim had been found in nineteen thirty four And soon it became clear that history was repeating itself Because as he walked, the man discovered a woman's beheaded torso on the beach When police arrived, they determined that just like the lady of the lake, this torso had likely washed ashore And when Dr. Gerber examined the remains, he said the victim had likely been killed two to four days earlier He was unable to decipher the woman's cause of death. However, it was clear she'd been dismembered with a large heavy knife And he could tell her heart had stopped beating before her head was removed. Well, that's an important detail because that means that the decapitation was not meant to be done to cause her death. It was meant for another purpose. And we talked about this in episode one with regard to dismemberment and how it can serve practical purposes. It can make a body easier to transport, easier to conceal, and more difficult to identify And if this offender is in fact carrying victims into areas that cannot be easily reached by vehicle, then dismemberment would certainly make that process a lot easier. At the same time, mutilation is a pattern seen across multiple victims of his. That makes it less likely to be purely practical. Instead, the behavior appears ritualized. He repeats the same acts over and over again, which suggests they are serving some psychological purpose in addition to the practical ones There is a striking level of organization The killing has ended, but the offeendnder's behavior had not So now there's speculation as to whether some of these bodies were killed elsewhere or moved or killed at the scene, but either way, he's remaining with them or at the scene long enough to make additional decisions and carry out additional actions with their bodies. And that suggests a level of deliberation and behavioral control that's often absent in impulsive or emotionally driven crimes So whatever his motivations were This appears to be someone who is comfortable enough to slow down, remain engaged with their victims after their deaths, and complete a very graphic process that requires patients attention and planning. That does not tell us whether he was severely mentally ill, like experiencing psychosis, for example, but it does suggest that at least partart of the offense, he was purposeful, organized, and capable of carrying out a sequence of actions that were directed toward a very specific objective. was a chilling observation. and from there, Dr. Goerber tried something new He tested the tissue for the presence of toxic substances. Authorities hadn't done this with the previous cases, and Gerber thought it was worth a try, but the results came back negative which meant investigators still hadn't made any progress Rather than face more public fury, officials came up with a new plan to lie They told the public that the most recent victim had been found in a completely different area than all the others and that they didn't think this was the work of the same killer. Unfortunately for them, their plan backfired because public fear skyrocketed at the thought of a copycat Eventually, the police backtracked and said there was only one killer And on top of that, they were powerless to stop the violence Four months later, in June of nineteen thirty seven, a teenage boy was walking home. As he walked under the Lorraine Carnegie Bridge near Lake Erie, he spotted something in the dirt. was a human skull with two gold crowns When the police dug the skull out of the dirt, they discovered a burlap sack containing the skeletal remains of a torso The coroner determined that the saw marks where the victim had been dismembered matched the previous cases, and that this victim had likely been dead for about a year The authorities didn't think they'd be able to identify the victim, but they made an unexpected breakthrough tentatively matched the dental records to a missing woman named Rose Wallace It's not clear how old Rose was at the time of her death, but just like Florence Polo, she'd engaged in sex work before she died Serial offenders often select victims based on some combination of availability, desirability, and vulnerability. Availability refers to their opportunity. They look for people whose lifestyle routine or circumstances make them accessible Desirability refers to whether characteristics fit the offender's psychological needs, fantasies, or preferences. And vulnerability refers to how susceptible someone is to being approached, manipulated, controlled, or victimized That can include factors like age, intoxication, social isolation, physical stature, or lack of social support Sex workers are often considered a vulnerable population because their work often requires meeting strangers in private settings. They also face significant social stigma, and unfortunately, their disappearances are not always investigated with the same urgency as others This offender was not targeting only sex workers. He was targeting men as well. Edward Andersy, for example, was known to frequent bars, had prior arrests, and appears to have been living a fairly unstable lifestyle from what we know So when I look across these victims Assuming they're all connected, the strongest pattern is vulnerability What we see repeatedly are people living on the margins of society during the Great Depression. These are individuals who were transient, socially isolated, economically disadvantaged, or otherwise less protected than the average citizen at that time that both men and women are represented in his victim pool makes it harder to argue that the offender was focused on a single demographic group like sex workers alone By targeting vulnerable people, do you think that indicates anything about how he views himself potentially yes, individuals who lack empathy, like serial offenders, often target vulnerable people to establish dominance or control Rather than risking rejection, resistance or failure, they select victims who are easier to approach and overpower. can in certain cases reflect how they view other people too. So for example, if they're frequently targeting individuals who are marginalized or overlooked by society, which is frequently the case, It can suggest that they see those individuals as expendable or less valuable and therefore less likely to generate consequences for them And there are more examples, of course, but the point is it can tell you how they view themselves and how they view themselves in relation to the people that they target. The authorities were grateful for any possible pattern they could identify, and a month later, the killer gave them a brand new layer to their existing profile On july sixth, nineteen thirty seven, a male torso was found floating in the Cuahoga River About an hour later, the man's arms and legs were also found floating nearby During the autopsy, Dr. Gerber noted that the cuts were consistent with what they'd seen before This time, the killer had done something new He'd removed everything from the man's abdomen. He'd even opened the chest cavity and removed his heart this was a clear sign that the killer was becoming more violent and brutal Soon, the public and press were in a frenzy. And not just in Cleveland, a national magazine called Official Detective Stories offered a five thousand dollars reward for information that led to the killer, provided the magazine got exclusive rights to the informant's story Tips flooded in, but the magazine quickly realized that most were shams from people who just wanted the money At the same time, the authorities were also getting about fifty leads a day and none of them were going anywhere either Some people are always going to be motivated by opportunity, especially where money is involved. But even when there is no reward, there's still often a surge in tips. So it's not always just about the money. This is a very scary situation and fear changes how people interpret information If there is a serial killer operating in your community, you're going to become hyper vigilant and attune to every aspect of your environment in ways that you weren't before There's also a psychological tendency to search for patterns and explanations when we feel threatened People begin connecting unrelated events and convincing themselves that something they witnessed months ago might be relevant to the case Most of the time they're not intentionally misleading investigators. They genuinely believe that they might have useful information and they desperately want to put an end to this fear and regain control or certainty. And then of course, there are a small number of people who do want attention or recognition or to just be part of this notorious case We still see that today. It still happens quite frequently Overall, the vast majority of tips and high profile investigations do tend to come from people who genuinely believe that they're helping, even if what they're reporting ultimately is unrelated Though of course, there are people, like I said, who are always going to be motivated by opportunity, especially when money is involved Does a high volume of tips tend to help or hurt an investigation? So nowadays, even when tons of tips are coming in, what patterns do investigators look for to determine what's probably legit and what's most likely not helpful? How do they know So yeah, it can be both. A single tip can solve a case, but a flood of tips can also bog down the tip line with false leads and speculation. and because of that, they have to do a lot of filtering and use a lot of discernment. And to do that, they look for patterns. They're going to put much more weight on reports that come in detailing the same person or the same location or the same vehicle that come from multiple people rather than single reports of possible one off events. So they're also looking for information that can be verified and that aligns with known evidence that the public may not have as well. It does take a lot of time and a lot of manpower. That's how they're able to determine what's actually worth looking into Well, unfortunately, in this case, police had nothing solid to land on, which meant the nightmare continued. On march seventeenth, nineteen thirty eight, a woman was at her home in Sandusky, about sixty miles west of Cleveland, when her dog emerged from the woods carrying a severed human leg with the foot still attached. 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That's B Elg A R d d. com In March of nineteen thirty eight, an eleventh set of remains were found in Sandusky, Ohio, sixty miles from Cleveland When the authorities brought in Cleveland law enforcement for help, they shared their criminal profile of the mad butcher, and that's when a light bulb went off It's not clear what exactly sparked their epiphany, but it's possible that when the investigators put their heads together They realized there might be another element to the killer's profile that he was a vagrant, possibly mixed up with the area's unhoused community That's a bit of a leap Targeting a particular group does not automatically mean the offender belongs to that group. It may tell us where he was finding and selecting vulnerable victims, but not necessarily who he was. This aligns with what we talked about in episode one In their eyes, it would explain not only why the killer had struck in a new area, but how he'd crossed paths with a party goer and a small time criminal like Edward Andressy, as well as women who engaged in sex work like Florence Pololo and Rose Wallace The only problem for them was, many law enforcement officials still believed the killer was a highly trained surgeon, which seemed to go against this new notion Once again, the investigation was at a standstill. Safety director Elliot Ness racked his brain for a possible explanation. through old witness interviews and tips trying to identify some sort of pattern, anything to explain how a surgeon could end up running with a more rough and tumble crowd. And that's that personal bias we talked about because they're not able to consider the fact that perhaps a surgeon is somebody who also enjoys the company of perhaps sex workers or rough and tumble crowds Those two things can also be true Suddenly, something dawned on him. As Ness flipped through the documents on his desk, he realized there was someone who fit that profile to a T forty four year old Dr. Francis Sweeney. Dctor Sweeney was a wealthy and well connected surgeon, but his life was troubled He was a World War I veteran, and after serving overseas, he developed serious mental health issues He struggled with alcohol and barbiturates, and by nineteen thirty four, his behavior had become so violent and erratic that his wife left him After being kicked out of his house, Sweeney had spent time at a veterans facility, which was located just three miles from where the most recent set of remains had been found Police had no grounds to arrest Sweeney just yet they decided to keep a closer eye on him, hoping to catch him in the midst of a criminal act. To try and prevent Sweeney from catching wind and outsmarting them, Ness concealed the fact that he was a suspect and the authorities didn't inform the public or press of this new development And in many of their records, they referred to Sweeney as Dr. X However, despite their efforts, the police couldn't prevent more deaths eighth, nineteen thirty eight, a severed human leg was found near the Cuahoga River in Cleveland Coroner Samuel Gerber noted that the precise saw marks matched earlier victims, except this time they seemed a little more rushed, as though the killer had been in a hurry Then, one month later, a thigh, foot, and severed torso believed to be from the same victim, were found in the river This time, Dr. Gerber discovered something new All along he'd been testing for the presence of toxic substances but none of the prior victims showed any signs of it until now The most recent set of remains tested positive for enough morphine to render someone unconscious and possibly even kill them this was the first time the offender used morphine, there are several possible explanations He may have been adapting his methods, becoming more efficient, or looking for a way to gain greater control over his victims. That's very common in serial offending. And sedating them can do that. And even more so if he needed to do this in a hurry, which they suspect was the case here, that would make sense But I think the more important point is that the first seven victims were not screened for toxins by Dr. Pierce. They were examined for other things like slaked lime, but toxicology was not conducted. So we don't actually know whether this is a new behavior or a newly discovered piece of evidence Those are two very different things. Sometimes an investigation uncovers a new fact about an offender and it creates the appearance that the offender changed. when in reality, investigators simply learned something they didn't know before. That distinction actually is very significant and matters a lot when it comes to profiling or understanding the investigation The use of morphine seemed to bolster the idea that the killer was a surgeon Elliot Nest believed only a doctor would have access to the drug, which meant Dr. Francis Sweeney was looking like a more viable suspect Still, the authorities had to tread carefully. They didn't want Swweeney to catch on to them. And if they failed again, they didn't want the public to know about it Unfortunately, as Ness scaled up the surveillance on Sweeney, the press somehow found out And they published stories about it. Even though the press didn't name Sweeney, they described the criminal profile in detail. Sure enough, Sweeney himself read the story and knew instantly that police were eyeing him However, rather than get angry or defend himself, he decided to have a little fun Once, while walking down the street, he realized an officer was following him So he stopped and introduced himself, blowing the officer's cover in the process Another time, Sweeney was riding a streetcar when he realized an officer was also on board. So he jumped off and ran in the other direction, blowing that officer's cover as well After that, Sweeney immediately called the police station and smugly told them what he'd just done. He said the officers they were sending after him were worthless If police wanted to try again the next day, he'd be at a local department store around two PM. It's not clear if any officers went to the store, but they did seem to make contact with the killer in other ways Police and Elliott Ness received letters signed by the killer mocking the investigation. One letter contained articles about the murders labeled, quote, for my file Ness also received a photo of a tree that said, dig here Unwilling to leave anything to chance, Ness ordered officers to dig up that area, but they didn't find anything Similar to the police tips that we talked about earlier, we don't know for sure that these letters are in fact from the actual killer. But assuming that they are, because that would also not be unusual Th one possible explanation is that this is confidence By this point, he's been operating for years without being caught, and he has been committing very serious crimes, crimes that require a lot of physical strength to carry out and dispose of without being seen. And repeatedly getting away with that can create a sense of superiority or invincibility. He likely thinks that he can outsmart investigators. He also seems to have sadistic tendencies and with that often comes pleasure in tormenting or taunting others. and that includes law enforcement. The Golden State Killer is an example of that, and so is the Zodiac killer. And in most cases, they don't start taunting law enforcement right away. They do it when they feel safest and most confident comes with time. Of course, another possibility is that the letters have nothing to do with the murders at all That's why investigators have to evaluate the content very carefully. By late May of nineteen thirty eight, Ness was done playing games the killer's wayay. It was time to get that ball back in his own court Ness ordered police to grab Sweeney off the street and bring him in for questioning, but not to the police station. Instead, he reserved a hotel room so they could interrogate him privately. They could keep him there as long as they wanted without anyone knowing and hopefully wear him down Soon, Sweeney was in the room with detectives, but eliciting a confession would prove more challenging than they'd hoped. Instead of cracking under pressure, Sweeney seemed to enjoy it He not only denied being the killer, but his responses were intentionally vague, and his smug attitude frustrated the police Eventually, Nest forced Sweeney to undergo a polygraph test The results suggested he was lying, and the polygraph expert believed he was the killer. However, lie detector results were inadmissible in court, so authorities were at a loss Ness had to let Sweeney go Investigators felt it was only a matter of time before they unearthed another murder, and they had a nagging feeling that the next time it happened, the killer would taunt them again Three months later, they were proven right On august sixteenth, nineteen thirty eight, three men were scavenging a dump site when they stumbled upon human remains Police arrived to find a woman's torso, two thighs, and her severed head, all wrapped in paper Later that same day, a second set of male bones were found in the same dump site, which happened to be visible from Elliot Ness's office window at City Hall It sent a chill down the authorities' spines, especially since the public didn't know about Dr. Sweeney's interrogation The timing is what makes this difficult to ignore Just three months earlier, after police had interrogated Dr. Sweeney and released him, the two sets of remains appear in a location that's visible from Elliot Nessa's office If the offender knew that, any reasonable person would wonder whether that was an intended message Especially when you consider that Elliot had also been receiving letters mocking the investigation as well. That combination is pretty strong. And when you consider the broader pattern that we've seen from this offender, this really fits. I mean, he left remains in baskets for the community to find right after they started to believe that Edward, the lady in the lake and the unnamed man were killed in a love triangle gone wrong. I mean, he's potentially posed bodies, he's mutilated genitalia does seem plausible that he enjoys communicating and taunting. So if he did indeed intentionally put these remains here because it was meant to further taunt Elliot Ness then that indicates he's getting even more confident and risk adverse by the day In this case, in your professional opinion, do you think it was purely coincidental or could it suggest that Sweeney was the killer It could absolutely have been purely coincidental. Let's be honest, we simply don't know. And if investigators knew for certain that the location was meant as a message, they likely would have had much stronger evidence of a suspect than they did. But what I'm actually struck by is investigators seem to have largely zeroed in on doctor Sweeney because they believe he fits the profile they developed He's a physician, he has a troubled history. He has substance use issues, he has a history of instability. He's the only physician that they think could do something like this based on the biases they have So in many ways, he checks the boxes that they've created, but they seem to have become attached to him as a suspect. And when that happens, there's always a risk of tunnel vision. Are they looking for other suspects or are they just continuing to look for reasons that he is their suspect? becausecause that means they might overlook other real possibilities in the process I mean, could Sweeney be the killer? Absolutely. He raises legitimate concerns, but it is also possible that he was just a troubled physician who enjoyed provoking law enforcement once he realized that he was under suspicion. His behavior toward police is certainly unusual, but it's also not uncommon and it's not proof of murder Pople who have had a long history of conflict with authority figures can become cynical, defiant, and provocative when they interact with them. see it quite frequently in my practice. So to me, it sounds like he just fits a theory they have. I don't see any direct evidence linking him to anything. And I all understand why investigators focused on Sweeney. I just think there's a real risk if they're only focused on him. Two days later, the frustrated safety director ordered a raid on what he felt was the killer's victim supply, the homeless encampments located in Kingsbury Run. 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He operated under the theory that the three identified victims Edward Andersy, Florence Polilo, and Rose Wallace, had known each other when they were alive Lions thought that if he spoke to their mutual acquaintances, he might uncover something. Cleveland pololice had already tried this tactic and it led them nowhere Lions felt it was worth another try From a psychological standpoint, there are good reasons to re interview witnesses, even when they've already been questioned Memory is generally most accurate closest to an event, but that doesn't mean the first interview captures everything a witness knows. Sometimes investigators simply just have better questions later. A witness who wasn't asked about a particular person, location, or time frame the first time might now have useful information about that New information needs to be run by those witnesses for the first time a second time around. I mean, people also do not store memories like video recordings. Memory is reconstructive. Certain details may become easier to access when a person is asked to think about the event in a different way or is prompted with different contextual cues And a new investigator can provide a different approach that taps into that. At the same time, there are definitely risks As time passes, memory is conveyed or be influenced by conversations, media coverage, and other outside information, and repeatedly asking questions can cause memory contamination too. So there are pros and there are cons to everything. It's just really about how you approach it Lion's idea proved to be a good one New witness statements eventually led him and his team to a dive bar near Kingsbury Run, where Edward, Florence, and Rose all used to hang out Some regulars there told investigators about a man named Frank Dolizol, who also frequented the bar. According to rumor, fifty two year old Dolizol owned an arsenal of butcher knives. And whenever he got into a dispute with someone, he'd threatened them with his blades. As Lyons looked into Frank Doles all more, he learned he'd previously worked in a slaughter house and used to live in an apartment near the manufacturing plant where Florence's remains had been found Even though Dolizol had a much smaller stature than the authorities expected from the killer, a lot of things about him aligned with the profile Because of this, Lions obtained a warrant to search Dolazol's old apartment And once he and his team stepped inside They were stunned. They found large dark stains on the bathroom floor and in the tub, which were later confirmed to be blood That was enough to warrant Dolizal's arrest. And on july fifth, nineteen thirty nine, officers tracked him down and brought him into custody. Over the next two days, investigators denied him food or rest and questioned him nonstop Finally, on july seventh, authorities made an announcement. Frank Dolisol had confessed to the murder of Florence Pololo. Everything you just described, the sleep deprivation, starvation and that prolonged interrogation are all risk factors for false confessions. When people are exhausted, their judgment, memory, concentration, and decision making become impaired. At that point, the goal is relief. and in a situation like that, relief would mean agreeing with investigators and confessing to acts they may not have committed The worst part about this is that once a confession is obtained under these conditions, its validity becomes scrutinized. So even if Dolizol was guilty, Can you honestly say that confession is reliable? Especially if there is nothing else to it. Did he give information only investigators had Did the blood test positive for human blood or Florence's in particular? He worked in a slaughter house. couldould it have been animal blood? Is there anything else about his confession that could have made it more reliable? Because without that, this confession doesn't seem like one that wouldn't be questioned or scrutinized onn the stand Cleveland had been waiting so long for answers, they seemed willing to believe the story police told According to them, Dolizal said that on the Friday evening before Florence's remains were found, the two had been drinking together at his apartment. Apparently, Florence tried to steal money from him and they got into a fight Dolazol said Florence attacked him with a butcher knife and he hit her in self defense, which caused her to fall and hit her head on the bathtub Dolizal believed she was dead, so he hoisted her entire body into the tub then cut off her head and limbs. Afterward, he put her limbs and torso into two baskets and left them outside the manufacturing plant nearby. When investigators asked Dolisalle what he'd done with Florence's head, he told them he'd tossed it into Lake Erie. And once Dolisol was officially charged with Florence's murder, more evidence against him came to light Police found more suspicious stains on the walls and floor of his old apartment, and his former neighbors claimed they'd seen him not only with Florence, but with Edward Andressy and Rose Wallace on separate occasions