Tracking Ozzy

The song "Crazy Train" is based on a man named Moe D. Lon, who worked as a train conductor in the 1800s, traveling across the country on the railroad. In the late 1870s, unspeakable crimes began to occur: homes were broken into, and victims were found bludgeoned by a sledgehammer. At the time, the police were unaware that these crimes were happening nationwide. 
In 1879, the Apple family awoke to a window in their home being shattered. When the father went downstairs to investigate, he came face-to-face with a man wielding a sledgehammer. Attempting to protect his family, he miraculously survived the attack and saw the man flee through the back door, boarding a train connected to the railway behind his home. 
After being informed, the police deduced that the perpetrator was a train conductor. They formed a task force, stationing officers at random homes along the railway system across the country. After months of surveillance, the suspect broke into one of these homes. Officers were unable to arrest him on the spot, but they later spotted his train in transit and pursued him on horseback for nearly a full day, trying to force a surrender. 
After hours of evasion, the conductor changed course and veered onto nearby tracks. Within minutes, he approached a bridge that was only half-completed. Before he could react, the train hurtled off the tracks and plunged several hundred feet into the water below. When officers reached the wreckage, however, the conductor was nowhere to be found.
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