Micajah Harpe (Big Harpe) and his cousin Wiley Harpe (Little Harpe) were as nasty a pair you could ever meet. Murder, dismemberment, robbery, and arson were their tools of trade. Operating in Tennessee in Kentucky and Tennessee in the late 18th century, they may have murdered up to 40 people -- men, women, and children -- although the official known count is 25.
Robert Wilhelm's Murder by Gaslight has the details:
http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2010/10/big-harpe-and-little-harpe.html
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