Episode

America’s First Serial Killer Was Forgotten on Purpose

Podcast: Yore Town
Published: Feb 9, 2026
Duration seconds: 1040
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Summary

Before Jack the Ripper, America’s first serial killer was already hunting. The Servant Girl Annihilator terrorized Austin, Texas in the 1880s—one of the most forgotten true crime stories in U.S. history.