- Hello and welcome to another edition of Buzzfeed Unsolved Post Mortem, a show where we answer your
most pressing questions about the most recent episode
of Buzzfeed Unsolved, which was the Axe Man. All the questions we're answering today came from you guys via
our social media accounts, and our Buzzfeed Unsolved Facebook page. You can see all the links for that here. They probably already showed. How you feeling about this one? - Oh, it was a, it was
a, oof, titillating. Right? That was good. - I'm just smiling because
we got past that part. - Oh, shit, I forgot! - Nope, let's move on! - Ha, ha! - Alright.
- I win! - Actually, before we start,
we did get a nice gift from our post-coordinator. - Oh, we did. - A lot of you pointed this out too, after we pointed it out in the episode. - We received many comments about the fact that there were
true crime trading cards. - Yeah, yeah. - So, our wonderful porst-- (laughs) Porst-cudinator. Post-coordinator, he
got us this nice gift. - It's true crime serial
killer trading cards. As mentioned in the Axe Man episode. - [Shane] What do you got? - Look, there's a checklist. You could collect the whole set! (laughing) Oh, my God! - [Shane] Right off the bat, someone good? - First card. - [Shane] Oh, shit! - Axe Man of New Orleans. - [Shane] Perfect. - Oh, my God, they got
little stats on the back. - [Shane] How many kills? - This feels wrong, but right
at the same time, right? - Well, thank you for all the
notifications about those. We know they exist. (laughs) - And with that, let's begin. - Ha! - Ha! - I'm the Count. Here's from Instagram, from ilikefish8377, "What if Esther Pepitone was the Axeman?" - Oh, shit.
- Oh, shit. - There's no head turn in the question, he did that on his own,
that was impromptu. - "Or Axewoman. She killed Mumfre because he was the witness to the murder of Mike Pepitone. That's the only evidence I got so I have a 90% chance of being wrong." Well, at least they admit. "This is dumb theory, so
ignore it if you want to." We're not gonna! - Yeah, we didn't, we
did the opposite of that. We featured it, it was the first question of the episode.
- Holy shit. - She thinks that Esther Pepitone is actually the Axeman. I will admit, there are some things about Esther's story that strike me as odd. - They're fishy. - She saw two people at
the scene of the crime, in the original killing of
her husband, Mike Pepitone, and she stuck to that in
her story to the cops. - Yes. - Fast forward to a couple years later, her new husband goes missing, and she blames it on this Joseph Mumfre character, and conveniently says
that he's the Axeman, that's why she shot him to death. But, it glosses over
the fact that there were two people at the scene of the
crime at her former location. - It's all very convenient. - Maybe she just needed an explanation for shooting someone in the
face, and she isn't the Axeman. I think maybe she just murdered somebody. - Yeah, 'cause shooting
someone in the face, as soon as that happens
you sorta have to-- - Now I've got a bit of a
mess on my hands, literally. - Oof, Jesus. - And I gotta sweep it up,
so, maybe that, maybe-- - You could probably mop that up. - Fair. Swiffer, at the very least. - It's gonna be a lot of
that this season, folks. (laughing) - This one is also from Instagram. This is from hpym2101. - Catchy. - That's like a Stormtrooper name. - (laughs) Yeah. - "I have a theory that
the Axeman killed the Lizzie Borden family,
then fled to New Orleans, due to some similarities. Or, Lizzie Borden is the Axewoman. Just kidding, but what if? By the way, you guys are great as usual." Thank you. Thank you, appreciate that.
- Thank you. - Thank you!
- Thank you! Fun, fun, someone's havin' fun with it. - I feel like people start
to think of serial killers as they would the Marvel
Cinematic Universe. (laughs) - Yeah, like H.H. Holmes
is sort of like the, he's like the Tony Stark
and he meets a young-- (laughs) He meets a young Charles
Manson, and is like-- - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - "I'm gonna train you." - And then he meets, and
then Jack the Ripper, who's old at this time
is the new Nick Fury. - Yeah. - He's gathering them
all together in his lair. - In the compound in upstate New York. - Yeah, exactly. I don't think that's the case. But, maybe they-- - No. - Shit, now I'm going back. Maybe the Axeman did
kill the Borden family. - Like he just, was on
vacation, and he was like, "Yeah, a quick one while
I'm up in Massachusetts." - (laughs) Yeah, exactly. - Here's a question from
Facebook, from Rachael Merritt, "How did the Axeman cut a section out of people's doors
without them hearing? And wouldn't the section be
too small to fit a large man? Also why did the Axeman stop doing this?" Ah, well there was the insane theory that he shrunk down to
the size of a little ant. - [Ryan] That's one of the
weirdest details of this case, that the bottom panel of a door was knocked out consistently. I don't understand why
he did that, that was-- - He did that every time? That's how he got in? It's not quite as
threatening to imagine like, a guy trying to-- - Doggy door his way in to a crime scene.
- Yeah. - I think--
- Like in Home Alone. - I mean, this guy was
obviously into theatrics, so maybe it was just one more calling card to let people know. This one is also from the
Unsolved Facebook page, it is, "Is it possible that
the Axeman really enjoyed Italian grocery stores and
anytime he felt wronged by one of the grocers they
became his next target?" - So this would be like, if anytime I was at Whole Foods nowadays. - Yeah, yeah. - And someone gave me a
snide remark, or wasn't-- - If you murder them! - Yeah, just follow them home, see if they have a nice corner lot, and break in their door
and bash their brains in. - (laughs) I guess. The Axeman seems to have
very strong opinions, and he is very willing to enforce them. - By enforce, you mean-- - Like, kill people. - Yeah. - I mean, he loved jazz so much, he threatened to kill an entire community. So, it wouldn't surprise
me if these were all just people that slighted
him at grocery stores, to be honest. - Here's another one from the Gram, from mysteriousity, "My
theory is that Axeman was multiple people and
that the crimes committed was some sort of gang
or mafia initiation." Plausible.
- Plausible. Very plausible, yeah-- - I almost jinxed you on that.
- Yeah. - I was gonna say plausible. - We could've both stamped
it at the same time. Plausible! Yeah. This one is also from Instagram, this comes from peytonbaize, "The letter could've been
anyone, don't you think? Like, they may have done it as a joke. I definitely think that
this was done by a human." I agree. - Yeah. I think so too.
(laughs) Well, of course it was done by a human! What do you think a ghost
sat down at a typewriter? A ghost can barely lift
a tube of toothpaste, as far as we're concerned! It's not hacking out, and goes, "Ooh, I gotta go buy some
stamps at the grocery store, I guess I'll just lift them out of there!" Hey, there's stamps flying
through the grocery store! That's strange! Must be a ghost mailing
a letter to the Picayune! From @skanderlous,
"Wait, how did Anna Lowe accuse her husband of being a Nazi spy when the Nazi party only became
active in Germany in 1920?" - Yeah. - I didn't mean to drop my phone. - Yeah, was that like a-- - My hand just stopped working. - Good point. The Nazis didn't officially
exist until, you said, 1918? - I think there was a precursor
party in the eighteens. - Our research says that she said that, so either she's full of bologna, or-- - When did she say that? Was it post, was it after-- - This was in the investigation, so it was either 1918 or
1919 when she said that. - Oh, weird. - Obviously, there was a German
spy ring, around that time. - Yeah. - And that's why they suspected him, because they found the letters
that were written in Yiddish. - Or maybe she just had
the vision, and was like, "There are going to be Nazis." - Like, she was a psychic? - Yeah. - Of some sort? - She was trying to warn
the world about Nazis. - The last question we have here, I've been getting this a lot,
this comes from Instagram, from soelianee, how would you say that? - So Elaine. - So Elaine. - So, Elaine, "E". - Oh, so, Elaine.
- So, Elaine. What's the question? - (laughs) It says,
"Are we still Boogaras, or are you gonna change it
again? #Boogaras #Ryantists." And possibly, we could've
included #Ryanosaurs there. That's a lot of names. - Yeah, I feel sorry for your crowd, you know, us Shaniacs, we've been-- - Okay, here-- - We've been here since day one! - That's because your nickname was created as an accident, it wasn't created
like, "I need a nickname!" I had to think of a name, which was, I feel like much harder,
much more pressure on me. Obviously. - Yeah, a lot of pressure. - Fuck you. I personally think
Boogaras is the best one. - That's a good one, it's the best one. - It does make me giggle. - Especially if you say it, "Boo-garas"! - "Boo-garas"! - "Boogaras"! It's better than Ryantists, which is-- - Ryantists was pointed
out to me that it sounds too much like Ryantits. Boogaras, that's the
answer to that question. - Shaniacs, you don't have
to deal with any of this. You're welcome! - I think that's it. - Yeah, but you know, hey, buckle up, gotta whole season comin' your way, huh? - Oh, yeah, the next episode! - Oh, shit! - Next is about an
unfortunate thing with a box. - It may or may not involve John Travolta. - Definitely doesn't,
I can promise you that. That's a red herring, for sure. That has nothing to do with the episode. - You never know! - (laughs) Okay. We'll see all of you guys next time on the next Buzzfeed Unsolved Post-Mortem, after the episode airs on Friday. Make sure to ask your questions at the Buzzfeed Unsolved Facebook page, you'll see a post there
to ask the question. So, that information is right here. - And here comes Axeman Santa! Here he goes, whoa! - At least you had the courtesy of citing a creature we already created. - That's true, what a jolly guy. (crashing sound effect) - Super dumb. Was that him crashing into the wall? I heard a crash from the right side. - I don't know what the was. (light electronic music)
