February 1886, shortly after the last murder, Elgin was shot and killed by police while he was attempting to assault a girl with a knife. In popular culture William Sydney Porter, better known as the short story writer O. Henry, was living in Austin at the time of the murders. Porter coined the term "Servant Girl Annihilators" in a May 10, 1885, letter addressed to his friend Dave Hall and later included in his anthology Rolling Stones: "Town is fearfully dull," wrote Porter, "except for the frequent raids of the Servant Girl Annihilators, who make things lively in the dull hours of the night...." However, no contemporary newspaper or published source referred to the murderer(s) as "The Servant Girl Annihilator". In 2000, Steven Saylor published the novel A Twist at the End, which closely reconstructed the murders and the ensuing trials, with young William Sydney Porter playing a fictional role. The novel was published in the United Kingdom (as Honour the Dead) and has been translated into Portuguese and Hungarian. Episode 6 (2015) of the podcast Tanis, a mystery/suspense docudrama, is titled "The Servant Girl Annihilator". It suggests a connection between the killings and the mysteries central to the podcast's ongoing story. In 2022, The Drag Audio Production House published a four-part podcast, "Devilish Deeds", a nonfiction series about the murders. It explored the victims' deaths and the theories surrounding the killer or killers. See also List of fugitives from justice who disappeared List of serial killers in the United States Cited works and further reading References External links The Servant Girl Annihilator - Nathan Elgin - A Criminology Macabre Monday The Case of the Servant Girl Annihilator 1884 in Texas 1884 murders in the United States 1885 in Texas 1885 murders in the United States 19th-century American criminals American murderers of children American serial killers Axe murder Crimes in Austin, Texas Fugitives wanted by the United States History of Austin, Texas Male serial killers Murder in Texas Murder in the United States Stabbing attacks in the United States Unidentified serial killers Unsolved murders in the United States