Kentucky Historian James Prichard discusses America's first serial killers, the Harpe Brothers.

In the aftermath of the Revolution and the long and bloody Indian wars, the Kentucky frontier remained a dangerous land. Throughout 1799 two brothers, Wiley and Micajah Harpe, terrorized the entire state from the Wilderness Trail to the far reaches of the Green River country. Posing as Methodist circuit riders or weary pilgrims bound for the West, these Tory outcasts left a trail of bodies and burned cabins in their wake. Their bloody deeds and violent end are as chilling today as the notorious crimes of modern day serial killers.

Outro Music:

J.D. Wilkes, Charlie Stamper - "Wabash Blues"

taken from the album Cattle in the Cain

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