With an Axe
- ISBN-10
- 0786012048
- ISBN-13
- 9780786012046
- Category
- True Crime / Murder / General
- Pages
- 351
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corporation
- Author
- H. Paul Jeffers
Description
From the infamous case of Lizzie Borden, who gave her mother "40 whacks", to the terrifying story of William Neal, whose rampage left three women hacked to death, here is a gruesome chronicle of 16 of history's most vicious axe murders. With 16 pages of shocking photos.
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