Kingsbury Run

Coordinates: 41°28′49″N 81°38′26″W / 41.480162°N 81.640461°W / 41.480162; -81.640461 (Kingsbury Run)

Kingsbury Run is the name that refers to an area in Cleveland, Ohio, located near its suburb Shaker Heights. The area is stretched westward through Kinsman Road.[1] It contained a natural watershed that ran through East 79th Street and carried storm waters into the Cuyahoga River, draining them from the areas known now as Maple Heights and Warrensville Heights.[2] Most of the area has been filled for industrial or residential use, and only at its mouth, where it flows into the Cuyahoga is there an actual body of water. Kingsbury Run was named after James Kingsbury (1767–1847) who was one of the earliest settlers in the Western Reserve and became the first inhabitant of Newburgh in 1797.[3] It is also the route through which the RTA rapid transit travels on its way to Public Square in downtown Cleveland. Between Sidaway Ave. and East 65th St. the ravine is spanned by a no longer used suspension bridge.

The area is also known because of an unidentified serial killer who left there the dismembered bodies of some his victims in the 1930s. The killer is known as Cleveland Torso Murderer or the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run.

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References

  1. ↑ Lytle, Alea. "Kingsbury Run". Cleveland Historical. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
  2. ↑ "KINGSBURY RUN". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
  3. ↑ "KINGSBURY, JAMES". The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Retrieved 2013-09-10.


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