Ep. 2 - Bloodlust of the Harpe Brothers
There are things out there that we can't explain. Serial killers have long fascinated true crime enthusiasts. We wonder what drives a human to hunt other humans. Is there really a compulsion there? A visceral need? Or do some serial killers just do it purely for the pleasure? Individuals who commit serial murder have been among us from the dawn of human history, but the actual term "serial killer" is fairly new. There are debates about who was the first to coin the phrase, but most people credit FBI agent Robert K. Ressler with popularizing the term in the late 1970s. The first serial killer is more than likely lost to history, being someone going back to ancient history. The first recorded serial killers in America seemed to have a real bloodlust and they were cousins. The Harpe Brothers. John and William Harpe were Scottish brothers who decided to immigrate to America in the mid-1700s. This was a peak period of immigration for the Scots-Irish and many were coming for ...