Big Harp Little Harp Sign The first known serial killers in
American history were the Harp boys. During the years of the
Revolutionary War, the two cousins went on an indiscriminate
killing rampage, killing anyone who got in their way. They
killed infants, including their own, children, women and
numerous men. They killed for the sake of killing. by Doris Lane
Harp's Hill is near the Pond River in western Muhlenberg County,
Ky., not far from Highway 62. There is a crossing in the road
near Dixon named Harp's Head and one of the crossing roads is
named Harp's Head Road. Some miles away, the precise location
lost to time, there is a cave known as Harp's House. To tell how
these places earned their names is to tell the story of Micajah
(Big) and Wiley (Little) Harp, America's first known serial
killers. They passed for brothers, but were cousins, sons of
brothers John and William Harpe, Scottish immigrants to Orange
County, N.C. The boys were named William (Micajah/Big), son of
John, and Joshua (Wiley/Little), s