Clementine Barnabet

ID: 274 ~ Source: http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2017/05/30/shockingly-brutal-crimes-of-axe-murderer-clementine-barnabet/

This file appears in: Midnight Axe Murders

She is wearing a “tignon” which is a type of scarf worn on the head and was common among Creole women of the time. The “tignon” is also indicative of connections to Voodoo.

This file appears in: Midnight Axe Murders

Midnight Axe Murders – The Killings of Clementine Barnabet

By Nina M. Hoffpauir

1909 marks the beginning of a fearful time for many negro families in southern Louisiana. This was the time of a murder rampage where families of five were targeted and slaughtered in the middle of the night. The weapon was always the same: an…