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title: "The Bloody Harpes: America’s 18th Century Serial Killer Duo"
description: "The horrifying true story of Micajah and Wiley Harpe, America's first documented serial killers, who terrorized the frontier with brutal murders, kidnappings, and atrocities during the Revolutionary War era."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-bloody-harpes-americas-18th-century-serial-killer-duo.md
canonical: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-bloody-harpes-americas-18th-century-serial-killer-duo
datePublished: 2026-07-01
dateModified: 2026-07-01
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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type: Article
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summaryUrl: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-bloody-harpes-americas-18th-century-serial-killer-duo.md.summary.md
---

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The horrifying true story of Micajah and Wiley Harpe, America's first documented serial killers, who terrorized the frontier with brutal murders, kidnappings, and atrocities during the Revolutionary War era.
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