About this episode
In July of 1902, a wealthy Tennessee plantation owner went on a murderous rampage in the middle of the night, killing his entire family with an ax. But what they found at his home after his death was even more horrifying. Since the tragic slaying of six innocent people that night, and dozens of others over the years, the home has been turned into one of the scariest haunted houses in America: Frightmare Manor. This is the story of murderer Jeremiah Lexer. But 10 years earlier, an even more well-known ax murder case occurred just a few states away when a young woman is believed to have murdered her father and stepmother. So this is also the story of Lizzie Borden. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Frightmare Manor: https://frightmaremanor.com/history-jeremiah-lexer-plantation-crockett/ 2. The Southern Voice: https://thesouthernvoice.com/evil-isnt-new-the-jeremiah-lexer-story/ 3. The Knoxville News-Sentinel: https://www.newspapers.com/image/777973849/?terms=jeremiah%20lexer&match=1 4. Historic Archaeology: https://historicarchaeology.weebly.com/journal/small-town-cover-up-of-serial-killer-responsible-for-30plus-deaths 5. UT Daily Beacon: https://www.utdailybeacon.com/opinion/columns/east-tennessees-hidden-history-serial-killers-in-knoxville/article_70a8c42a-bfd6-11e7-ab64-5300d0bb2906.html#:~:text=The%20notorious%20Harpe%20Brothers%20are,in%201798%2C%20beginning%20in%20Knoxville . 6. WBIR: https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/five-at-four/haunted-house-frightmare-manor-specializes-in-screams-and-scares/51-c30cffa1-ae5f-4d8d-bc4d-2b45b730bc55 7. Serial Killer Calendar: https://serialkillercalendar.com/PAUL-REID-THE-FAST-FOOD-KILLER.php 8. Bizarrepedia: https://www.bizarrepedia.com/when-nashville-bled-paul-dennis-reid-jr/ 9. JustThoughtLounge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSfuBN0c_A4 10. Associated Press: https://bobbyrossjr.com/2003/04/27/april-2003-the-associated-press/ 11. Casetext: https://casetext.com/case/state-v-reid-224 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.