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The Serial Killers Who Invented America

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The Serial Killers Who Invented America

Two men-maybe brothers-set off into the wild to murder, rob and rape. Their reign of terror is an all but forgotten founding myth of the United States, but who were they? Can we ever know for sure or just feel their influence?

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The Serial Killers Who Invented America

The Harpes.

Two men (cousins? brothers?): Outlaws, bandits, gangsters, pirates, cult leaders, rapists, or serial killers? All the above? But we don’t really know who they were. The monsters that inspired Daniel Webster and Edgar Allen Poe have faded into obscurity, which may be for the best, but in the era of true crime podcasts maybe they’re ready for a comeback?