Two years later, Staton was murdered by Sam and Paris McCoy, nephews of Randolph. Sam stood trial ... and his wife Sarah was left badly beaten with a crushed skull. A few days later, bounty ...

No one knows exactly how the feud began. It could have been related to the Civil War, because of a razorback hog, or due to a doomed romance between two young lovers. It may have been all three or ...

At the center of the of the conflict were the two family patriarchs: William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield and Randolph McCoy. As legend has it, two neighboring families in the backwoods of ...