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Torso Murder Tour

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Haunted Cleveland Ghost Tours™ presents the

"Torso Murder Tour"

Oct 25, 2010 - Brand new Plain Dealer Article!!! Check it out: "Cleveland's Torso Murders continue to fascinate 75 years after first killing"

The company that brought you the Lakefront Ghost Tour & Salute To Cleveland's Ghost Tour now takes you back to the 1930's to the Great Depression. Revisit the most massive homicide investigation in this city's history. Learn why the famous Eliot Ness of "Untouchables" fame could not solve these grisly murders.

This two-hour event includes a guided bus tour of the landmark sites of the Kingsbury Run murders, where 13 headless, mostly unidentified bodies terrified a city and shocked a nation. Learn about the gruesome discovery two young men found on a warm afternoon in September of 1935. Listen to the story of the howling dog that awoke an entire neighborhood, and their chilling discovery of a basket full of body parts.

During this event, Haunted Cleveland Ghost Tours™ will retrace the steps of maybe the first serial killer in the U.S.A. Use your own detective skills while we investigate these unsolved murders. Did Eliot Ness know the true identity of the killer?

Death Mask

Our host will give details of the 13 murders while our guided bus tour takes us down Broadway Avenue, retracing the steps of the killer better known as the Mad Butcher. Then we move on to a private tour, at the Cleveland Police Museum. There we will be met by one of Cleveland's leading experts in the Torso Murders, Dr. James Badal. Dr. Badal is the author of several books including "In the Wake of the Butcher." There will be a book signing available for those who may wish to purchase one of his books. Use your own detective skills and try to solve the murders as you investigate and inspect the death masks that were made to help identify the unknown victims!

Become a detective for an evening and conduct your own investigation for these 13 unsolved murders.

Haunted Cleveland Ghost Tours™ departs at 6:30 pm from the Powerhouse parking lot, on the west bank of the Flats and concludes there at approximately 8:30pm. Date for this tour: Friday, June 08, 2012. Upon request, this tour is also available for private bookings. Reservations are a must. An introductory rate for the tour is $37.50 a seat.

To purchase your seats proceed to our schedule page, then select the date under the desired tour, next select how many seats that you require. Please remember to click the update button if you are purchaing more than one seat. Have your credit card information ready. Once you have completed your transaction you will receive a recepit from Pay Pal. Your name along with the amount of seats your purchased will be placed on our tour manifest. As a reminder we will send you a confirmation letter along with the tour information usually one week before the tour. On the day of the tour you and your guests only have to check in with us prior to the bus departure. Please plan on arriving early for the tour because the bus will depart promptly at the scheduled time.