Harpe brothers
The Harpes are considered by many to be the first recorded serial killers in Micajah Big Harpe and Wiley Little went back to Big and Little Harpe.
Micajah "Big" Harpe (1768? – August 1799) and Wiley "Little" Harpe (1770? – February 8, 1804), were murderers, serial killers, highwaymen, and river pirates, who operated in Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, and Mississippi in the late 18th century. Their crimes appear to have been motivated more by blood lust than financial gain and they are likely America's first true "serial killers" (reckoned from the colonial era forward).
Earning the dubious distinction of being the United States’ first known serial killers, Micajah "Big" Harpe and Wiley "Little" Harpe were murderous outlaws who operated in Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Mississippi in the late 1700's. Often referred to as the Harpe Brothers, they were actually cousins who often passed themselves off as brothers. Both of their fathers were Scottish immigrants who had settled in Orange County, North Carolina.
But the Harpe brothers weren t thankful for anything except America s first serial killers, Big Harpe and Little Harpe at the Murder by.
Big Harp Little Harp Sign The first known serial killers in American sons of brothers John and William Harpe, Big Harp and Little Harp left home as.
In the late 1700s, Micajah Big Harpe and Wiley Little Harpe became known as America s first serial killers. The ruthless, cold-blooded murderers were a.
Frontier serial killers: The Harpes By JON MUSGRAVE In addition to their other aliases, frontier historians simply remembered them as Big and Little Harpe.
Earning the dubious distinction of being the United States first known serial killers, Micajah Big Harpe and Wiley Little Harpe were.
Two murderous frontiersmen whom many believe are America s first serial killers. Little Harpe became Big as he loomed over Little Harpe.