The Butcher of Elmendorf - January 7 2023

<div>January 7th: Joe Ball Born (1896)<br> Some stories are stranger than fiction. On January 7th 1896 a man was born who would take on folklore status for crimes that, to this day, we don’t know the real magnitude of. <br> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ball&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1672686645097381&amp;usg=AOvVaw2m6Y2bVZr-eTg1pxHC6xvm">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Ball</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://texasmonthly.com/articles/two-barmaids-five-alligators-and-the-butcher-of-elmendorf/&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1672686645097458&amp;usg=AOvVaw3hWYdlXkoDv5UjosrmizPG">texasmonthly.com/articles/two-barmaids-five-alligators-and-the-butcher-of-elmendorf/</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/ball-joseph.htm&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1672686645097516&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ssZdbVXYvMPbn9obxVj7k">https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/ball-joseph.htm</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/07/02/chilling-story-about-the-man-known-as-the-butcher-of-elmendorf/&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1672686645097569&amp;usg=AOvVaw1NNRHW9xCHUTGSByN3IFaV">https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/07/02/chilling-story-about-the-man-known-as-the-butcher-of-elmendorf/</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/1930-serial-killer-fed-victims-alligators-article-1.1519563&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1672686645097624&amp;usg=AOvVaw1_MaXu7QV0W2YPrQgJRmhY">https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/1930-serial-killer-fed-victims-alligators-article-1.1519563</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://torontosun.com/news/world/crime-hunter-bootlegger-joe-ball-fed-women-to-gators&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1672686645097676&amp;usg=AOvVaw2q4Vo9PyFtZ658bjMB1iuu">https://torontosun.com/news/world/crime-hunter-bootlegger-joe-ball-fed-women-to-gators</a> </div>