Episode 65: Morbid Movie Murders - Eaten Alive/ Joe Ball the Alligator Man

Hey friends! We are back this week with a brief review over the 1978 horror/slasher film "Eaten Alive" and the story that inspired the movie. The story of Joseph Douglas Ball. Joe Ball is believed to be an American serial killer who killed between 3 and 14+ women in the 1930’s in Elmendorf, Bexen County, Texas. He was also known as the Butcher of Elmendorf or the Alligator Man or Bluebeard of South Texas. We say believed, and we will let you decide for yourself at the end of this episode.

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Sources:

Texas Monthly - July 2002 issue by Michael Hall

Eaten Alive, 1976 movie