Did a Voodoo Cult Commit Louisiana’s Deadliest Ax Murders?

Did a Voodoo Cult Commit Louisiana’s Deadliest Ax Murders?

Between 1911 and 1912, entire families across Louisiana and Texas were slaughtered in their sleep with an ax — their bodies sometimes arranged in prayer, their blood drained into buckets, and cryptic messages scrawled on the walls. A 17-year-old girl confessed to 35 of the murders, claimed she belonged to a secret voodoo cult called the Church of Sacrifice — and then vanished into history.

Lobotomized: 8 Lives Ruined by History’s Cruelest And Most Invasive Procedure

Lobotomized: 8 Lives Ruined by History’s Cruelest And Most Invasive Procedure

A young woman institutionalized for disagreeing with her parents, a 12-year-old boy punished for daydreaming, even a Kennedy daughter silenced to protect her brother’s political career – all lobotomized. These people and five others went into surgery as individuals with hopes, dreams, and personalities — and came out as complete strangers to themselves.