Episode 106 The Singing Slayer of the South
Kenneth Neu loved two things: music and himself. He was a talented singer and dreamed of becoming a star with his name in newspapers and his voice on the radio. Neu would get his wish in the 1930s when people from New York City to New Orleans heard his name on radio reports and saw his name and photos printed in newspapers. The headlines featured news that he had confessed to two murders.
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Episode Resources Theater Manager Found Murdered. The Wilmington Morning News. September 11, 1933
Slayer of Two Held By Lack of Car Tag. The Gaffney Ledger. September 23, 1933
Crooner Held for Murder Pens Poems in Jail Cell. The Shreveport Times. September 23, 1933
Neu’s Defense at N.O. is Insanity. The Alexandria Town Talk. December 13, 1933
State Demands Death for Penalty for Slayer. The Monroe-Star News. December 15, 1933
Night Club Singer Goes to N.O. Gallows Today. The Shreveport Times February 1, 1935
Girl Pays for Neu’s Funeral. The Alexandria Town Talk. February 2, 1935
State v. Neu, 180 La. 545, 157 So. 105 (La. 1934). Casetext
Singer Kept Singing All the Way to the Gallows. The Ottawa Citizen. October 25, 1980
Fit as a fiddle and ready to hang: depression-era crooner was the ‘singing slayer’. Medium. December 1, 2018
Is Gay Panic Still An Excuse For Murder In The Courtroom? Oxygen True Crime. August 20, 2019
Episode Music Loneliest Road in America by Jesse Gallagher Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution
Slow Hammers by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Source: http://incompetech.com
Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use