Listen to this episode from Infamous America on Spotify. The Trunk Murders and The Katrina Cannibal. He attempted to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, largely leaning on the idea that the two things that drove him to kill were whiskey and the cruelty of his wife. An eye-opening journey through the history, culture, and places of the culinary world. Police were on the look for Henry and found that he had taken the children to a family members house and had gone to a boarding house. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. While the story of Henry Moity came to an end in 1957, the peculiar circumstances of the murder lives through the urban legend of the Sausage Ghost of Ursulines Street. From there he caught the Illinois Central Panama Limited en route to Chicago. "Marriage is a life sentence. (Photo: Lauren George), On Wednesday October 26, things had come to a head in the Moity household when Theresa and Leonide revealed their plans to move out. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT, By Dylan Jordan, interpretation assistant, A photograph shows Governor Nichols and Royal Streets in 1928. The appearance of the head of the wife of the defendant . Healys dispatches to area law enforcement described Henry as having dark bushy hair, very dark brown eyes, and tattoo mark on arm, flower with lady face, also nude woman.. (New Orleans Item 11/06/1927). In the national papers and elsewhere, the fact that she had driven him to drink was another thing that made it not his fault. With jessica arcement, rob barrere, jolene dufrene, nicholas gernon. After his release, the convict moved to Los Angeles, California, where he shot a woman in the chest, puncturing her lung and leaving her to suffocate in a hotel room. Monique was entertaining and hilarious. Recounted, among other places, in Lyle Saxons collection of Louisiana folk tales, Gumbo Ya-Ya, The Sausage Ghost legend tells of mid-19th-century German immigrants Mr. and Mrs. Hans Muller, who opened a sausage factory on the ground floor of their property at 725 Ursulines Street, just a few doors down from the building where the Moity family lived. Our tour guide was amazing when it came to the city's history in general but also knew both personal and commonly known areas where gruesome murders have occurred in New Orleans. However, 20 years before the publication of his book, the infamous New Orleans trunk murders became a national sensation, and, as is so often the case, it was more compelling than the fiction it was spun into. Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Email . Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month. A natural story teller he portrayed his stories well. Available now through most major bookstores and Amazon. PRESS (THNOC, gift of Mrs. Charles Belik, 1987.25). Henry served only 16 years of his life sentence before he escaped from prison. Other stories say that the hard work took a toll on his wifes physical appearance and he no longer found her attractive. Hailing from New Iberia, Louisiana (pop 6,278), they'd hoped to find more opportunity in the city, but the brothers did mostly odd-jobs, doing their best to provide. In Henrys version of events, he was provoked to vengeance by Theresas imminent plans to leave him, in addition to her infidelities and neglect of the children. Although certainly dead by now, there is no record or obituary I could locate. The women and children went to bed. It also marks the second annual increase in murders in the city after 2019's 50-year low of 120 murders, which one crime analyst points out was still high for a city the size of New Orleans. For social distancing, we will continue to take out much smaller groups than other tours (we always have! In 1927, Theresa and Leonide shared a crowded existence with their husbandsbrothers Henry and Josephand Theresa and Henrys three small children in the second-floor rooms of 715 Ursulines Avenue. Clumps of hair lay on the floor, caught in the shadows cast from Ursulines Avenue. After getting out of prison, Henry moved to California in hopes of restarting. Henry was already suspicious of Theresas infidelity, but her running away with someone pushed him too far. Knives and unlicensed grog were their weapons of choice. He was sentenced to five years at Folsom Prison for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. In 1927 a large family lived in a 2nd-floor apartment at 715 Ursulines Avenue. On a Thursday, October 27, 1927, Housekeeper Nettie Compass entered the second-floor apartment at 715 Ursulines Street in New Orleans and stepped into a pool of blood. On Saturday, October 29two days after the womens bodies were discoveredcrewmen of the freighter Gem reported Henry Moity to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff. Was This Letter Written by Sherlock Holmes? Look at how kind he could be- how tender! The same line about Theresa Moity not sweeping was even used on Velma. The parole board insisted, saying they should never have convicted him by reason of insanity.. "She'd killed her husband because he said she couldn't go to a party!" Allegedly, a customer found a gold ring in the sausage and reported it to the police, who made a visit to Muellers sausage factory. Listen to the story of The New Orleans Murder Block. After discovering a pool of blood at her feet, she ran from the apartment screaming and caught the attention of a few neighbors and the police. Not only did he confess, but he also provided gruesome details. After serving an additional 2 years there, the convicted double murderer and prison escapee was inexplicably pardoned by Governor Jimmie Davis and became a free man once again. In his confession Henry detailed his motives for the killings, while also insisting that his mind had been warped by alcohol. New Orleans' infamous trunk murders revisited In the summer of 1944, Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate number 18038, a trustee on a routine run to the Angola post office, flagged down a taxicab. However, on March 26, 1948, Governor Jimmie Davis signed a pardon, freeing him again. This is our very first virtual live show from July 23, 2020 held at AS220 in Providence RI. Extensive archive searches turn up no Mullers, no sausage company, no gristly deaths. (Photo: 9 Incredible Meteorite Craters That Look Straight Out of 'Deep Impact', The Married Woman Who Kept Her Lover in the Attic, Sydneys Jazz Age Criminal Queens Ruled the Streets With Razors. This mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others. Before coming to New Orleans, police believed, Henry had worked as a butchers assistant. They'd greet everyone with a smile, and happily called out their regular customers' names as they walked through the door. Ill make him look like something thats been run through a sausage mill. As he later recounted to the DA, She didnt say a word or move. The victims of the Trunk Murders were discovered October 27, 1927, at 715 Ursulines Street. New Orleans French Quarter, at the corner of Ursuline Avenue and Royal Street. Be careful. You'll see where it all happened, understand the history behind it, and how the echoes of gruesome crimes still cry out. But Henry was nowhere to be found. The victims, both in their mid-20s and both originally from New Iberia, were Theresa and Leonide Moity and were married to the brothers Henry and Joseph Moity. The group . He boarded an Illinois Central train car, like the one seen here, and fled to St. Louis. According to some stories, Mueller hired a young woman, a much younger and very attractive woman, to assist his wife with the day-to-day duties of running the household. New Orleans French Quarter, at the corner of Ursuline Avenue and Royal Street. In his 1976 memoir, Healy described their discovery: We found red stains on the floor and saw a large trunk in a bedroom, partially open. She told her husband to leave so he had, taking the kids with him to his parents back in New Iberia (about 130 miles away). The sausage ghost legend also takes place on Ursulines Avenue. ), The Trunk Murders and Sausage Ghost of 1920s New Orleans, JUSTICE STORY: Handy man with a knife flies off the handle, Amid Roaring Twenties New Orleans, a brutal French Quarter murder shocked the city, Ronald DeFeo Jr. The Amityville Murders. Theresa and Leonide also worked, expressing frustration at having to manage their children while taking on sewing jobs to bring in necessary cash. On Saturday, October 29two days after the womens bodies were discoveredcrewmen of the freighter Gem reported Henry Moity to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff. "Shameless!". In one of the bedrooms they found a blood soaked mattress with severed fingers. Two days later, Saturday, October 29, crew members from the freighter Gem delivered Henry Moity to the Lafourche Parish Sheriffs Office. The mystery of the Tamam Shud case: The body found on Somerton Beach, Australia, in December 1948, was never identified. A circa 1925 image shows the criminal court building at Tulane Avenue and Elk Place. They had even been seen in town walking together and holding hands. But all was not well in an apartment near the French Quarter. Walking & Biking Tours in New Orleans: Check out 177 reviews and photos of the New Orleans True Murder Tour: Sinister Criminal Intentions. The only window into the womens interior lives is preserved in a story written by Leonide. No purchase necessary. The answer involves pseudoscience, politics, and a burglary at a windmill. Carjackings . Douglas J. Panicked, Nettie ran out of the apartment, screaming, prompting two men in the street to join her while another ran for the police. It was a smaller group than other tours we saw and very entertaining! Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. In new orleans, a young mother is found shot and burned in the trunk of her car. Despite their poverty, the author writes of living happily with her husband and their young children in her small hometown. Dolly Oesterreich, her "Bat Man," and one of the strangest sex scandals ever. Texarkana Moonlight Murders & The New Orleans Trunk Murders Morbid Episode 159 Looks at this! The quotes tell you everything you need to know about the feelings about 'modern women.'. Resting on the torso was a bloodied cane knife, of the type used on sugar plantations. It was a cautionary tale warning women against marriage, making analogies to a prison or a life sentence. Joseph told police he had recently moved in with his sister after catching Leonide with another man. It being a difficult trade, his wife had become a crone before her time, and Hans' eye was turned by a young girl. indicated that it had been skillfully removed Before coming to New Orleans, Henry had worked as a butchers assistant in New Iberia. 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