The 10 Deadliest Outlaws Appalachia Ever Hid
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For a hundred years, these mountains ran on two kinds of law. One had a badge and a courthouse. The other settled things with a rifle at the tree line, and most of the time, the mountain won. These are the ten deadliest outlaws Appalachia ever produced. Mountain folk hid them from posses, from prison guards, and even from the FBI.
A preacher who traded his Bible for a pistol. A train robber more wanted than the James gang. Two brothers many call the first serial killers in American history. A guerrilla who admitted to killing more than a hundred men. And at number one, a crime so bold it still holds a record in American history.
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10. Michael John Shornock, the "real Rambo" of Sugarloaf Mountain, North Carolina
9. Clarence Cox and John Stanley, and the hanging 5,000 people came to watch
8. Billy Dean Anderson, the preacher who made the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list
7. Rube Burrow, the Alabama train robber the Pinkertons hunted
6. Devil John Wright of Letcher County, Kentucky
5. Kinnie Wagner, the circus sharpshooter the bloodhounds wouldn't track
4. Devil Jim Turner of Harlan County, Kentucky
3. The Harpe brothers, Big Harpe and Little Harpe
2. Champ Ferguson, the Civil War guerrilla they hanged for it
1. The deadliest of them all
Most of these stories never made it into a history book. They live on porches, around fires, and in the memory of these old ridges. Subscribe, and I'll keep telling them.
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The 10 Deadliest Outlaws Appalachia Ever Hid
Otis Boone Stories
4,210 views
If you want to walk up into this country and come back down alive: www.Otisboone.com
For a hundred years, these mountains ran on two kinds of law. One had a badge and a courthouse. The other settled things with a rifle at the tree line, and most of the time, the mountain won. These are the ten deadliest outlaws Appalachia ever produced. Mountain folk hid them from posses, from prison guards, and even from the FBI.
A preacher who traded his Bible for a pistol. A train robber more wanted than the James gang. Two brothers many call the first serial killers in American history. A guerrilla who admitted to killing more than a hundred men. And at number one, a crime so bold it still holds a record in American history.
In this video:
10. Michael John Shornock, the "real Rambo" of Sugarloaf Mountain, North Carolina
9. Clarence Cox and John Stanley, and the hanging 5,000 people came to watch
8. Billy Dean Anderson, the preacher who made the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list
7. Rube Burrow, the Alabama train robber the Pinkertons hunted
6. Devil John Wright of Letcher County, Kentucky
5. Kinnie Wagner, the circus sharpshooter the bloodhounds wouldn't track
4. Devil Jim Turner of Harlan County, Kentucky
3. The Harpe brothers, Big Harpe and Little Harpe
2. Champ Ferguson, the Civil War guerrilla they hanged for it
1. The deadliest of them all
Most of these stories never made it into a history book. They live on porches, around fires, and in the memory of these old ridges. Subscribe, and I'll keep telling them.
#Appalachia #Outlaws #TrueCrime #AppalachianHistory #OtisBoone #HarpeBrothers #ChampFerguson #DevilJohnWright #Kentucky #Tennessee #Virginia #History