Mississippi Scoundrels: Murderers, Marauders & Downright Vile Characters

Author Alan Brown shines the light on some of worst characters in Mississippi history. Mississippi’s nickname—“The Magnolia State”—highlights the region’s natural and architectural beauty. However, Mississippi is also home to a rogue’s gallery of thieves and murderers, beginning with the nation’s first serial killers—the Harpe Brothers—and continuing to the present with Glen Rogers, “The Cross Country Killer.” Lurking through Mississippi Scoundrels is a wide variety of scalawags, ranging fr...