THE VOODOO BUTCHER OF THE BAYOU: The Clementine Barnabet Story How a 17-Year-Old Girl Became America's Most Terrifying Serial Killer—And Then Vanished Into Legend, Leaving Behind a Mystery That Still Haunts Louisiana's Darkest Corners Lafayette, Louisiana. February 1911. A family of four lies murdered in their beds, faces destroyed beyond recognition. Across the blood-soaked floor, someone has drawn a crude cross—not splattered, but painted deliberately with a finger dipped in crimson. The weapon? An axe, leaned respectfully against the wall like a calling card. By the time the killing stopped, 35 people would be dead—17 of them children. And at the center of it all stood a teenage girl who claimed she wasn't a murderer. She was chosen. The 60-minute investigation you're about to hear reveals: How Clementine Barnabet, a 17-year-old Creole girl from ...