@@sheriepeterson3927 You sure got that right Sherie. Here in Chicago at our Natural Museum of Natural History, we have a skeleton of a young girl who was killed many centuries ago. From the way the girl was positioned it is believed that she was shot in the back with an arrow and died shortly after that. Who would kill a 14-year-old child? 💀😡
Sometimes the evil perpetrated in these stories leaves me at a loss for words, so much so I can’t comment. I’m always that Ron looks for these little known stories so that these dear people aren’t forgotten to time.
Ron, some people have dead consciences and feel no remorse for their evil deeds. Case in point in the 1980's was asked to write a screenplay that we all hoped to be developed in a movie based on a hitwoman I had interviewed. Ron this lady casually cited all the murders she had committed over the decades. This woman casually and calmly rattled over killing after killing. To be honest with you I was more than a bit scared of this woman. I did my level best NOT TO PISS HER OFF for the very real fear of angering her.
Another interesting story Ron, thank you for sharing Leonide and Theresa's story and the tragedy they ultimately faced. May the Alfano family be reunited and All RIP 💔🙏🌹
I was looking at memorial in back of you at start of video. Alexis Voorhies. This lady needs a whole story about herself. From what I researched, she had 20 children and many died in childhood. Her story seems very sad. Love what you do and would love to help or do same thing. So many stories to be told.
New Orleans is so unique. Amazing cemeteries. And this story is so sad! Thank you for bringing it to us. Almost 100 years ago, these terrible stories still happen today.
And what a story it is! Creepy and unbelievable that Moity was released so early from Louisiana prison. I’m gonna have to go back and re-watch this one asap. Many thanks to Ron the Renaissance Man for his hours upon hours of free labor!
What an interesting but gruesome story. Looked on Find A Grave and Theresa is listed but Leonide is not. She isn't even listed under Theresa's siblings. It shows Theresa had 2 brothers and 2 sisters but none of them were Leonide. Strange. Another strange thing is it shows Theresa has a daughter born in 1932. I'm assuming that's an error.
May the sister’s rest in peace . What a interesting story but a horrible tragedy .thank you Ron I really enjoyed seeing the cemetery and the story of the sister’s murder . May the sisters be reunited with their family and be at peace. Safe travels Ron.
Ron, there’s another story out of New Orleans that happened back some years ago after hurricane Katrina. It involved Zachary Bowen, an Iraq war veteran and his girlfriend Addie Hall who was murdered by Bowen. She was also dismembered and put into cooking pots. Horrible & sad story. This one ☝🏻was so sad to hear too. RIP 😔🙏🏻💐
Fascinating and gruesome story.🥴 It’s unbelievable how evil someone can be! Your stories are always so interesting and take a lot of “detective” work, which it truly appreciated! Blessings 🙏
Jealousy, money and love triangle is dynamite ready to explode in many situations. Very interesting story about the girls and Henry. Thank you for sharing.
For someone to kill the way he did there would have to be something mentally wrong with him. So it surprises me how they could trust someone as evil as he was, and then to try to murder another lady. Unbelievable, good story though Ron.
I've never heard of this, very intriguing and ultimately tragic story. I was particularly interested in the fact of the article written that was rejected by the women's magazine. A kind of strange prophecy. These two sisters deserve to be remembered and I'm so glad you told their story Ron. Absolutely infuriating that creep got out and away, geez!!!!
Hello Ron, looks like a beautiful day to walk through this very unique place of rest. Quite a story that you've brought to our attention and very well presented, I must say. YEAH! they should have given this Henry guy the rope, like Johnny on the spot. Also, I kind of think that marriage isn't as bad as most people make it out to be. Well, anyway, I enjoyed the story and I appreciate all of the hard work and the effort that you put into your channel. I'll catch you on the rebound RC. May all of the ALFANO family find everlasting rest, especially, THERESA & LEONIDE MOITY. signed, Greg the Egg.
So interesting Ron, love, passion and intrigue! Hope you enjoyed your time here in Louisiana, it really is a magical place. New Orleans was my old stomping ground as a teen and young woman growing up in Southern Louisiana, and I enjoyed it immensely. Always thought it was a beautiful, special city which my great x 5 grandparents fled to from Haiti during the uprising. I grew up listening to stories about my paternal grandmothers family, they raised and raced horses at the old racetrack, with my uncle Alvy as one of their jockey's So many memories on both sides of the family, strong roots in Louisiana.
Thanks for yet another intresting story. So sad, the way they were butchered. He ended there lives so mercilessly. And they went along to pardoning him after what he did to those poor ladies. He killed them but now his also six feet under. RIP ladies.
You are so right,nancyvolke.Ron always shares the most interesting stories and introduces us to so many different parts of the Country including the unique cemeteries.
I guess he was a little jealous...a divorce wouldn't suffice so he had to cut them up. My God, with no remorse whatsoever. Who took care of those kids after all that? And those kind of murder events continue - over and over. Thank-you for the story, Ron, and the visit to the cemetery. Have a great day! 🙂
I’ve lived in La for 34 years , the cemeteries in New Orleans aren’t safe to go to unfortunately , my husband has family buried in St Roch cemetery and another one , and we won’t go there. Sad but true , New Orleans is not safe everywhere . I live on Northshore and will not go to New Orleans anymore. Hope you had a great time !
@@lisd2999 That’s what I’ve heard about the cemeteries. I loved New Orleans and had a great time, but next time I’d like to go places outside of the city!
We used to go to the old bookstores in the French quarter , they had amazing old books. Now we won’t even try it. So much crime . Glad you had a great time !
You are absolutely the best guide for these stories. Your attention to detail is second to none and I really appreciate the pictures you show. Love your channel.
A depressing story. Only a culture that does not value females, could 'punish' a man for the machete murder and dismemberment of two women so utterly feebly. That the killer, Theresa's husband Henry Moity, ultimately got a pardon, freedom, and the chance to kill another woman (who only survived by a miracle), confirms sisters Theresa and Leonide (Lonie) Moity were in reality blamed for their own vicious murders at this violent man's hands. In 1927, women were regarded as the property of men - their father, and then their husband. If a married woman stepped out of line and God forbid, cheated on her husband and/or left him, the prevailing attitude was she was a harlot who deserved everything she got (husbands could have any number of mistresses, and not face the same moral judgement). The domestic context of this case is worth including. The motive - the victim's intention to leave the killer - was typical of domestic murders then, and has been repeated endlessly in domestic homicides of women by their partners, to the present day. It's an old story, but as anyone who follows the news knows, it's the same old story in 2023. Sisters Theresa, 25, and Lonie, 28, were married to the Moity brothers Henry 29, and Joseph, 33. They worked as odd-job men described as 'shiftless' with a love of alcohol, they were frequently out of work and failed to provide sufficient funds to support their families. Theresa and Lonie took on sewing jobs to bring in desperately needed cash to raise their five small children - three from Theresa and Henry's marriage, two from Lonie and Joseph's. The sisters commiserated with each other over their unhappy marriages, and dreamed of better lives. This large family group of four adults and five children shared a cramped, second floor apartment in the new Orleans French Quarter. Neighbours heard drunken fights over money and infidelities, and at the time of the murders, both marriages were effectively over. A few weeks before the women were hacked to death by Theresa's husband Henry, Lonie's husband Joseph had left her and taken their two children with him, moving in with his parents 130 miles away. He claimed he came home and found her with another man. This left his brother Henry, Henry's wife Theresa and their three children, and Lonie, living together at the marital home. It was a ticking time bomb. Henry was enraged over his wife Theresa's rumoured affair with Joseph Caruso, their well-to-do, married landlord and owner of a store on the second floor of the apartment building. He also regarded his newly-separated and single sister-in-law Lonie as a bad influence on his wife. His jealousy was reaching boiling point. The women clearly did not realise what a deadly risk he posed to them, or the danger they were in sharing the same home. It's unclear if Theresa had actually told her husband of her intention to leave him. One account claims she and Lonie informed him they were moving away, mocked him, and were attacked and killed as they were packing the two trunks their remains were found in. But that was undoubtedly a lurid journalistic embellishment, with more than a hint of victim-blaming. The motive may have been that Henry heard rumours Theresa was planning to run off with Caruso - or had just feared her rejection. Whatever his knowledge, it's clear he knew his marriage was over, and the motive was the age-old 'If I can't have you, no one will'. He first considered murdering the children and killing himself, but then he imagined Theresa being happy with another man, and decided she and Lonie must die. The evidence suggests he stabbed both women to death as they slept. He killed his wife first, hacking the wedding ring from her hand (hence her severed fingers were found on the bed), and inserting it into a deep slash in her back. A clear clue to the identity of her killer! Then he went to Lonie's room and repeated the merciless machete attack as she too lay defenceless in bed. It's as brutal and cowardly a crime as you'll find. But incredibly despite receiving a life sentence, Henry served only 20 years - and was released in 1958, just two years after his audacious prison escape! It seems he was eligible for a pardon on the grounds he was intoxicated when he murdered and dismembered two women. Yes, you read that right - saying you were drunk at the time, was a 'get out of jail free' card for a machete murderer! Anyone with even a passing interest in true crime, won't be surprised to learn this 'model prisoner' remained a danger to women after serving his sentence. Eight years after his release in 1956, he shot his girlfriend Alberta Orange in the chest in an LA hotel room. Miraculously she survived, with a punctured lung. Even with his known history as the convicted killer in an infamous double homicide, Henry was jailed for just 5 years for attempted murder. Unbelievable! Thankfully he suffered a fatal stroke in 1957, while serving his sentence. Henry Moity died aged 59 - if he had not, he'd have been out on the streets again as a free man in no time. Who knows how many more women he would have attacked and killed? The murders of sisters Theresa and Lonie happened in 1927, not even 100 years ago. Between them, those young women brought five children into the world, who were all left motherless by this appalling crime (three of them were present at the crime scene, and likely witnessed the unfolding horror). I wonder what their lives were like, after their mothers were murdered and dismembered by their depraved father/Uncle? The emotional and psychological damage they suffered must have been considerable. What kind of parents and partners did they become, as a result? Theresa and Lonie have many descendants alive today. Those acts of violence ended their lives, and inevitably ruined many more. Murder always creates multiple victims. You can be sure the repercussions of Henry Moity's crimes reverberated through the generations, and blighted the lives of his victims' loved ones, and all their descendants still to come, in countless different ways, most of which can't be quantified. How do you measure the long-term after-effects of such monstrous cruelty? In the 1920s, domestic violence was accepted in civilised society, as a fact of life. Women were blamed for their own murders and beatings by possessive, controlling men, their violence excused with the defence of provocation or intoxication, as we saw in this case (Henry was even excused for killing his sister-in-law, who having escaped his - no doubt also abusive - brother Joseph, was judged 'a bad influence' on his wife). Everything is the woman's fault - even her own murder. And if you think things are much better today for women, you're sadly mistaken. I researched this story on Google by typing three words, 'sisters murdered machete' in the search box. I did not find it immediately, as umpteen other cases came up of women who died similarly bloody deaths at the hands of men who claimed to love them. The late Lonie was right when she wrote her cautionary tale, warning other women about the dangers of marriage. She did not know how right she was - loving the wrong man cost her and her sister their lives, and tragically has continued to for far too many women, to the present day. Thank you for sharing this tragic story Ron. Theresa and Lonie, and all victims of domestic murder, should not be forgotten. They were human beings and deserve dignity, not just to be sensationalised as body parts in a bloody true crime story. They live on, through their descendants.
What at life style they had in those days and so sad for their deaths Rip to those women I agree marriage is a freaky thing to go threw I have seen so many bad things happen to people I knew and cared about I their pain in their eyes
I want say I am so sorry about my comment on the two sisters the parents and family must have been going crazy when they heard the news so sad rest n peace
Some of the mausoleum’s (if that’s what they are called?) are beautifully constructed. I’m sure that they were expensive to construct that many years ago. How some held up over the years where others did not. Keep on telling their stories you have an interested audience listening!!! Be safe in your travels Ron!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
May these two sisters rest in peace thank you for always doing these interesting stories. I really do enjoy watching your videos my husband and I usually walk around the cemeteries. Some probably think I I am weird I enjoy that with much older cemeteries and also finding out story of the people who have been long forgotten I really enjoy your Channel keep up the amazing work that you do to bring these stories to light so that no one is forgotten God bless from April in Iowa
Am sure about the same time in phoenix. Written about winnie ruth judd, by jana bommersbach. The story appeared in the arizona republic newspaper. Almost identical. Thanks for all you do!
Hi Ron, Just wanted to say that I've seen your lecture on the Franklin expedition from way back and I didn't realize it was you because I just recently, watched it again. I just wanted to say it was fantastic just like your videos! Cheers🍻
RIP the Poor sisters! A gruesome story indeed. Why wasn't the penalty for their deaths, life imprisonment or death? Thank you for this episode Ron, stay safe and keep well.
My step son goes to LSU, he went back yesterday after his spring break. Will share with him. I have always said that the whole state has this creepy vive to it.
There have been so many really strange and just plain weird stories that would keep a person up at night,in south Louisiana. I guess the last one, would be the Zak and Addie murder/suicide
I live about 6 hrs from New Orleans. When you were in Texas did you visit the Texas Killing fields? The memorials of several girls are there. It's off I45 going to Galveston? Sorry I suck at navigating lol. The killings started in the early 80's possibly the 70's, and the killer was never found.
Wow! That was an ugly story. How sad for the entire family and the children left behind. The one sister who wrote that story makes me think she had reason to believe that Henry was certainly capable of this. He certainly did get off easy for the murder of 2 people and attempted murder of a third woman.
Shocking, how could he be treat so well in prison after what he'd done to the sisters.. Horrid man... thank you Ron. Rip to the sisters, what happened to the children i wonder? Pardoned Henry? Thats as bad as our laws here...🕊⚘️🙏🕊⚘️🙏
Holy crap. A truely monstrous personality. He didn’t give a damn. -it’s seems about anything at all. Like that level of murder -and annihilation destruction of people, and interestingly, nor about his own life. Happy enough outside happy enough in jail. -No real life in him. Love to know what happened to his brother (who was married to him one of the victims), and to know what he was like, and how he felt about things. This is one of those true tales that just opens much more mystery after it us told, than before it was told. Wow wow wow. Incredible. Makes me want to take a plane and go visit members of both families and old files and townsfolk to write a book . My book begins a generation BEFORE the killer. Wow. Thank you
It's so outrageous someone who committed such an awful crime could be pardoned! It doesn't even make sense.
It really baffles me how much murder has plagued this earth
It’s a sad truth
Murder has plagued this earth since the beginning of time 😢
@@sheriepeterson3927 You sure got that right Sherie. Here in Chicago at our Natural Museum of Natural History, we have a skeleton of a young girl who was killed many centuries ago. From the way the girl was positioned it is believed that she was shot in the back with an arrow and died shortly after that. Who would kill a 14-year-old child? 💀😡
You got that right!!
And there’ll only be more.
Sometimes the evil perpetrated in these stories leaves me at a loss for words, so much so I can’t comment. I’m always that Ron looks for these little known stories so that these dear people aren’t forgotten to time.
I agree .I was thinking the same myself
Thank you for your hard work!
Can't believe he got pardoned & then I can't believe he ONLY got 5yrs for his 3rd murder!? Wow, SMH
He should of gotten life in prison
Ron, some people have dead consciences and feel no remorse for their evil deeds. Case in point in the 1980's was asked to write a screenplay that we all hoped to be developed in a movie based on a hitwoman I had interviewed. Ron this lady casually cited all the murders she had committed over the decades. This woman casually and calmly rattled over killing after killing. To be honest with you I was more than a bit scared of this woman. I did my level best NOT TO PISS HER OFF for the very real fear of angering her.
Another interesting story Ron, thank you for sharing Leonide and Theresa's story and the tragedy they ultimately faced. May the Alfano family be reunited and All RIP 💔🙏🌹
I was looking at memorial in back of you at start of video. Alexis Voorhies. This lady needs a whole story about herself. From what I researched, she had 20 children and many died in childhood. Her story seems very sad. Love what you do and would love to help or do same thing. So many stories to be told.
Why does that name sound familiar?? I noticed it too!! I’m off to Google!!
@@joycepuzak4309 All I thought of was Mrs. Voorhies of Friday the 13th! But I second that we want her story as well.
New Orleans is so unique. Amazing cemeteries. And this story is so sad! Thank you for bringing it to us. Almost 100 years ago, these terrible stories still happen today.
😪💔 Tragic . RIP Sweet Souls .
Im so sorry there is PURE EVIL MIXED WITH TRASH in this Beautiful world .
Tragic. So sorry for the children.
Such a sad story may the sisters Rest in Peace. Thank you Ron for your Awesome storie telling.
crimes like this still go on to this day. Great story telling Ron!
And what a story it is! Creepy and unbelievable that Moity was released so early from Louisiana prison. I’m gonna have to go back and re-watch this one asap. Many thanks to Ron the Renaissance Man for his hours upon hours of free labor!
Thanks for sharing the old photos. I loved seeing them. I'm from New Orleans,thanks for showing our beautiful cemeteries. Safe travels.
What an interesting but gruesome story. Looked on Find A Grave and Theresa is listed but Leonide is not. She isn't even listed under Theresa's siblings. It shows Theresa had 2 brothers and 2 sisters but none of them were Leonide. Strange. Another strange thing is it shows Theresa has a daughter born in 1932. I'm assuming that's an error.
Thank you, Ron. Have an amazing blessed weekend 🤗❤️
The court system has changed much !! The murderer always seems to get the easy path !!
May they all R.I.P,🙏🙏👏👏👍🇦🇺
May the sister’s rest in peace . What a interesting story but a horrible tragedy .thank you Ron I really enjoyed seeing the cemetery and the story of the sister’s murder . May the sisters be reunited with their family and be at peace. Safe travels Ron.
Ron, there’s another story out of New Orleans that happened back some years ago after hurricane Katrina. It involved Zachary Bowen, an Iraq war veteran and his girlfriend Addie Hall who was murdered by Bowen. She was also dismembered and put into cooking pots. Horrible & sad story. This one ☝🏻was so sad to hear too. RIP 😔🙏🏻💐
They were on a national magazine but I don't know which one before the murder happened.
@@sondragramse1770 Ok. 👍🏻😊 I remember reading about it a few years ago. It was gruesome! 😔🙏🏻
I think the show Ghost Adventures did a show on them
Great book too, but I don’t remember the name.
Well We have never heard this.Awful,the things people can do.What happen to him?
Fascinating and gruesome story.🥴
It’s unbelievable how evil someone can be!
Your stories are always so interesting and take a lot of “detective” work, which it truly appreciated!
Blessings 🙏
Thankyou for the tour and the story telling. Very interesting. Rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🙏🙏.
Jealousy, money and love triangle is dynamite ready to explode in many situations. Very interesting story about the girls and Henry. Thank you for sharing.
For someone to kill the way he did there would have to be something mentally wrong with him. So it surprises me how they could trust someone as evil as he was, and then to try to murder another lady. Unbelievable, good story though Ron.
I've never heard of this, very intriguing and ultimately tragic story. I was particularly interested in the fact of the article written that was rejected by the women's magazine. A kind of strange prophecy. These two sisters deserve to be remembered and I'm so glad you told their story Ron. Absolutely infuriating that creep got out and away, geez!!!!
Ron you truly bring history to life. I could listen all day. Thank you for your hard work bringing us this timeless entertainment. ❤from UK 🇬🇧
Such interesting cemeteries.
Thanks for always being us such unusual and cool stories Ron!
Always interesting
This was very interesting. Don’t understand how people can be so evil my word! Good video. that Cemetery is amazing.
Hello Ron, looks like a beautiful day to walk through this very unique place of rest. Quite a story that you've brought to our attention and very well presented, I must say. YEAH! they should have given this Henry guy the rope, like Johnny on the spot. Also, I kind of think that marriage isn't as bad as most people make it out to be. Well, anyway, I enjoyed the story and I appreciate all of the hard work and the effort that you put into your channel. I'll catch you on the rebound RC. May all of the ALFANO family find everlasting rest, especially, THERESA & LEONIDE MOITY. signed, Greg the Egg.
So interesting Ron, love, passion and intrigue! Hope you enjoyed your time here in Louisiana, it really is a magical place. New Orleans was my old stomping ground as a teen and young woman growing up in Southern Louisiana, and I enjoyed it immensely. Always thought it was a beautiful, special city which my great x 5 grandparents fled to from Haiti during the uprising. I grew up listening to stories about my paternal grandmothers family, they raised and raced horses at the old racetrack, with my uncle Alvy as one of their jockey's So many memories on both sides of the family, strong roots in Louisiana.
Hi John, what a horrible story. Pretty and sweet sisters😭🌹.
How horrible. May the sisters and family Rest in Peace❤️
Very interesting story and I love the cemetary walks. So peaceful.
Thanks for yet another intresting story. So sad, the way they were butchered. He ended there lives so mercilessly. And they went along to pardoning him after what he did to those poor ladies. He killed them but now his also six feet under. RIP ladies.
A good story,Ron. Makes you wonder what possesses someone commit murder to someone so dear to them.
You always find the best and most intriguing stories for us!!
Thanks for sharing and safe travels!!👋🏻🙏🏻
That’s what I strive for!!
You are so right,nancyvolke.Ron always shares the most interesting stories and introduces us to so many different parts of the Country including the unique cemeteries.
I guess he was a little jealous...a divorce wouldn't suffice so he had to cut them up. My God, with no remorse whatsoever. Who took care of those kids after all that? And those kind of murder events continue - over and over. Thank-you for the story, Ron, and the visit to the cemetery. Have a great day! 🙂
I'm so grateful and happy beyond words that all I can say is THank YOU!⚘️🌻😊
Ron you are in my favorite part of the US for cemeteries! I'm very excited. This story is tragic. May the victims and Alfano family rest in peace.❤
we could all make donations and when you do these episodes you could bring flowers to the featured grave(s)....just a thought
Fascinating story and cemetery. I could wander around there for hours. Thanks for taking us there xx
Love listening to you, regards from Australia
Fascinating episode, as always.
I’m in New Orleans right now! Sadly the people I’m with don’t want to visit the cemeteries! 😢
I live vicariously through you!!!
omg, NOLA is the Mecca for cemeteries! get out there, find a new friend 😃👍
I’ve lived in La for 34 years , the cemeteries in New Orleans aren’t safe to go to unfortunately , my husband has family buried in St Roch cemetery and another one , and we won’t go there. Sad but true , New Orleans is not safe everywhere . I live on Northshore and will not go to New Orleans anymore. Hope you had a great time !
@@lisd2999 That’s what I’ve heard about the cemeteries. I loved New Orleans and had a great time, but next time I’d like to go places outside of the city!
We used to go to the old bookstores in the French quarter , they had amazing old books. Now we won’t even try it. So much crime . Glad you had a great time !
@@lisd2999 thank you!!
Oh my! He was in Folsom Prison with my Step-dad! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sad story of these sweet sisters ty Ron for this story and safe travels...have a good week ahead...💕💕
What a sad 😢 story. RIP 😢 😔 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 sisters 😢 💔.
you're a good storyteller.
You are absolutely the best guide for these stories. Your attention to detail is second to none and I really appreciate the pictures you show. Love your channel.
A depressing story. Only a culture that does not value females, could 'punish' a man for the machete murder and dismemberment of two women so utterly feebly. That the killer, Theresa's husband Henry Moity, ultimately got a pardon, freedom, and the chance to kill another woman (who only survived by a miracle), confirms sisters Theresa and Leonide (Lonie) Moity were in reality blamed for their own vicious murders at this violent man's hands.
In 1927, women were regarded as the property of men - their father, and then their husband. If a married woman stepped out of line and God forbid, cheated on her husband and/or left him, the prevailing attitude was she was a harlot who deserved everything she got (husbands could have any number of mistresses, and not face the same moral judgement).
The domestic context of this case is worth including. The motive - the victim's intention to leave the killer - was typical of domestic murders then, and has been repeated endlessly in domestic homicides of women by their partners, to the present day. It's an old story, but as anyone who follows the news knows, it's the same old story in 2023.
Sisters Theresa, 25, and Lonie, 28, were married to the Moity brothers Henry 29, and Joseph, 33. They worked as odd-job men described as 'shiftless' with a love of alcohol, they were frequently out of work and failed to provide sufficient funds to support their families. Theresa and Lonie took on sewing jobs to bring in desperately needed cash to raise their five small children - three from Theresa and Henry's marriage, two from Lonie and Joseph's. The sisters commiserated with each other over their unhappy marriages, and dreamed of better lives.
This large family group of four adults and five children shared a cramped, second floor apartment in the new Orleans French Quarter. Neighbours heard drunken fights over money and infidelities, and at the time of the murders, both marriages were effectively over.
A few weeks before the women were hacked to death by Theresa's husband Henry, Lonie's husband Joseph had left her and taken their two children with him, moving in with his parents 130 miles away. He claimed he came home and found her with another man. This left his brother Henry, Henry's wife Theresa and their three children, and Lonie, living together at the marital home. It was a ticking time bomb.
Henry was enraged over his wife Theresa's rumoured affair with Joseph Caruso, their well-to-do, married landlord and owner of a store on the second floor of the apartment building. He also regarded his newly-separated and single sister-in-law Lonie as a bad influence on his wife. His jealousy was reaching boiling point. The women clearly did not realise what a deadly risk he posed to them, or the danger they were in sharing the same home.
It's unclear if Theresa had actually told her husband of her intention to leave him. One account claims she and Lonie informed him they were moving away, mocked him, and were attacked and killed as they were packing the two trunks their remains were found in. But that was undoubtedly a lurid journalistic embellishment, with more than a hint of victim-blaming. The motive may have been that Henry heard rumours Theresa was planning to run off with Caruso - or had just feared her rejection.
Whatever his knowledge, it's clear he knew his marriage was over, and the motive was the age-old 'If I can't have you, no one will'. He first considered murdering the children and killing himself, but then he imagined Theresa being happy with another man, and decided she and Lonie must die.
The evidence suggests he stabbed both women to death as they slept. He killed his wife first, hacking the wedding ring from her hand (hence her severed fingers were found on the bed), and inserting it into a deep slash in her back. A clear clue to the identity of her killer! Then he went to Lonie's room and repeated the merciless machete attack as she too lay defenceless in bed.
It's as brutal and cowardly a crime as you'll find. But incredibly despite receiving a life sentence, Henry served only 20 years - and was released in 1958, just two years after his audacious prison escape! It seems he was eligible for a pardon on the grounds he was intoxicated when he murdered and dismembered two women. Yes, you read that right - saying you were drunk at the time, was a 'get out of jail free' card for a machete murderer!
Anyone with even a passing interest in true crime, won't be surprised to learn this 'model prisoner' remained a danger to women after serving his sentence. Eight years after his release in 1956, he shot his girlfriend Alberta Orange in the chest in an LA hotel room. Miraculously she survived, with a punctured lung. Even with his known history as the convicted killer in an infamous double homicide, Henry was jailed for just 5 years for attempted murder. Unbelievable!
Thankfully he suffered a fatal stroke in 1957, while serving his sentence. Henry Moity died aged 59 - if he had not, he'd have been out on the streets again as a free man in no time. Who knows how many more women he would have attacked and killed?
The murders of sisters Theresa and Lonie happened in 1927, not even 100 years ago. Between them, those young women brought five children into the world, who were all left motherless by this appalling crime (three of them were present at the crime scene, and likely witnessed the unfolding horror). I wonder what their lives were like, after their mothers were murdered and dismembered by their depraved father/Uncle? The emotional and psychological damage they suffered must have been considerable. What kind of parents and partners did they become, as a result?
Theresa and Lonie have many descendants alive today. Those acts of violence ended their lives, and inevitably ruined many more. Murder always creates multiple victims. You can be sure the repercussions of Henry Moity's crimes reverberated through the generations, and blighted the lives of his victims' loved ones, and all their descendants still to come, in countless different ways, most of which can't be quantified. How do you measure the long-term after-effects of such monstrous cruelty?
In the 1920s, domestic violence was accepted in civilised society, as a fact of life. Women were blamed for their own murders and beatings by possessive, controlling men, their violence excused with the defence of provocation or intoxication, as we saw in this case (Henry was even excused for killing his sister-in-law, who having escaped his - no doubt also abusive - brother Joseph, was judged 'a bad influence' on his wife). Everything is the woman's fault - even her own murder. And if you think things are much better today for women, you're sadly mistaken.
I researched this story on Google by typing three words, 'sisters murdered machete' in the search box. I did not find it immediately, as umpteen other cases came up of women who died similarly bloody deaths at the hands of men who claimed to love them.
The late Lonie was right when she wrote her cautionary tale, warning other women about the dangers of marriage. She did not know how right she was - loving the wrong man cost her and her sister their lives, and tragically has continued to for far too many women, to the present day.
Thank you for sharing this tragic story Ron. Theresa and Lonie, and all victims of domestic murder, should not be forgotten. They were human beings and deserve dignity, not just to be sensationalised as body parts in a bloody true crime story. They live on, through their descendants.
What a story Ron, thanks for the memory of them. I imagine the two sisters are there beside the family too
What at life style they had in those days and so sad for their deaths Rip to those women I agree marriage is a freaky thing to go threw I have seen so many bad things happen to people I knew and cared about I their pain in their eyes
I don't understand how a mind can go there... So gursom!
As always fabulous story ❤ Thanks Ron
Very sad story but you told it very well as usual Ron. I know that every nite I get to spend it with you and your stories. Thank you once again
Suz
wow, great walk, sad 💔story but very interesting👌 hope the sisters are resting in peace 🙏🙏
thanks for sharing till the next one 👋love from Holland
Going to be interesting. Course your stories are always awesome.
Thank you Ron. Your mention of Folsom Prison brought to mind one of my favourite singers, the late Johnny Cash. Folsom Prison Blues. Bob. New Zealand.
Kia Ora Bob
I want say I am so sorry about my comment on the two sisters the parents and family must have been going crazy when they heard the news so sad rest n peace
@@meatavoreNana Hi Christine, greetings to you from Lower Hutt.
@@daddybob6096 gidday from Havelock North.
This is gonna be great!(and of course I've never heard of this crime)
that what I strive for!
Its gona bring a lot of attention.people so they can learn things from long ago I be watching 4 real
Me neither!!!
Thank you for the adventure!
Kim here.. I love your storytelling! I loved this story! Waiting for more.. ♥
Some of the mausoleum’s (if that’s what they are called?) are beautifully constructed. I’m sure that they were expensive to construct that many years ago. How some held up over the years where others did not. Keep on telling their stories you have an interested audience listening!!! Be safe in your travels Ron!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank's for sharing ron
Another great story Ron, thank for sharing.
May these two sisters rest in peace thank you for always doing these interesting stories. I really do enjoy watching your videos my husband and I usually walk around the cemeteries. Some probably think I I am weird I enjoy that with much older cemeteries and also finding out story of the people who have been long forgotten I really enjoy your Channel keep up the amazing work that you do to bring these stories to light so that no one is forgotten God bless from April in Iowa
Alice is amazing 😊 Thank you Ron for another interesting story
Have visited this cemetery a several times. Great story Ron.
Ron thank you for this video
Thank you Alice!!👏
Thank you Sharon Alcala 🌞
@@alicefotfmod7094 Your very welcome Alice!🙂
Thankyou for sharing this story with us Ron . ❤
Can't wait!
Very interesting thank you for sharing.
I love this channel. A week in and so much awesome history. ❤
Un grand merci de France pour vos vidéos instructives et passionnantes
As always an amazing story! Thank you.
Awesome video Ron thanks for all your wonderful videos
One must be a special kind of crazy to cut up someone else, hope they rest in peace, beautiful cemetery and interesting story, thanks for the walk.
he’ll be back: that warden’s such a fool! wouldn’t have pardoned him
Always fascinating to listen and learn!
Happy Sunday Ron
Thank you for sharing
Am sure about the same time in phoenix. Written about winnie ruth judd, by jana bommersbach. The story appeared in the arizona republic newspaper. Almost identical. Thanks for all you do!
Sweet Sisters
There is truly evil that walks among us
Omg this is horrific i cant possibly imagine the fear them poor woman went through so so sad 😭😭😭😭
Hi Ron, Just wanted to say that I've seen your lecture on the Franklin expedition from way back and I didn't realize it was you because I just recently, watched it again. I just wanted to say it was fantastic just like your videos! Cheers🍻
cool, glad you found me here Chance! 👍👍
or I should say, found me "there"
God bless them. So sad.
RIP the Poor sisters! A gruesome story indeed. Why wasn't the penalty for their deaths, life imprisonment or death? Thank you for this episode Ron, stay safe and keep well.
My step son goes to LSU, he went back yesterday after his spring break. Will share with him. I have always said that the whole state has this creepy vive to it.
May the sisters rest in peace 🙏
hAPPY easter sweet friend...hope it was a great day for you and your family
My Family is buried in St Peter.. dating back when the church and cemetery was first established.
Interesting story Ron. Too bad you couldn’t message the sisters children to find out where they were, but I guess that’s over stepping.
There have been so many really strange and just plain weird stories that would keep a person up at night,in south Louisiana. I guess the last one, would be the Zak and Addie murder/suicide
I live about 6 hrs from New Orleans. When you were in Texas did you visit the Texas Killing fields? The memorials of several girls are there. It's off I45 going to Galveston? Sorry I suck at navigating lol. The killings started in the early 80's possibly the 70's, and the killer was never found.
Wow! That was an ugly story. How sad for the entire family and the children left behind. The one sister who wrote that story makes me think she had reason to believe that Henry was certainly capable of this. He certainly did get off easy for the murder of 2 people and attempted murder of a third woman.
Maybe I missed it, but what harmed to the other husband and all the children?! ( I like details )!!! Thank you.
We live across the street from the building on Ursulines. So many ghosts in nola.
very cool!!!!!!
So what happened to the children, growing up without their parents ?
Shocking, how could he be treat so well in prison after what he'd done to the sisters.. Horrid man... thank you Ron. Rip to the sisters, what happened to the children i wonder? Pardoned Henry? Thats as bad as our laws here...🕊⚘️🙏🕊⚘️🙏
Holy crap. A truely monstrous personality. He didn’t give a damn. -it’s seems about anything at all. Like that level of murder -and annihilation destruction of people, and interestingly, nor about his own life. Happy enough outside happy enough in jail. -No real life in him. Love to know what happened to his brother (who was married to him one of the victims), and to know what he was like, and how he felt about things. This is one of those true tales that just opens much more mystery after it us told, than before it was told. Wow wow wow. Incredible. Makes me want to take a plane and go visit members of both families and old files and townsfolk to write a book . My book begins a generation BEFORE the killer. Wow. Thank you