The True Story Of America's First Documented Serial Killers

While the 18th century beginnings of the United States of America as we know it may seem like a hopeful but challenging time in American history, it's hard to imagine that a pair of violent serial killers were already stalking the wilderness and claiming countless victims… but that's exactly what the notorious Harpe Brothers were doing, as if pioneering the wilderness wasn't difficult enough.

Their terrifying and graphic crime spree followed them everywhere they went, claiming everyone from innocent passing travelers to their own children. So, what happened to the Harpe Brothers, America's first serial killers? The truth is more violent than you might expect.

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Not really brothers | 0:00
Revolutionary soldiers, kind of | 1:04
A scary frontier | 1:50
Kidnapped their wives | 2:38
The murder spree begins | 3:31
Murder wasn't enough | 4:27
Too much for pirates | 5:14
The minster racket | 6:15
The beginning of the end | 7:08
The bloody end | 7:56
Freedom for the wives | 8:58
Harpe brother magic | 9:29

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