The Hatfield and McCoy Feud

In this episode of Disturbing History, we take a deep and unflinching look at the Hatfield-McCoy feud, the most infamous family conflict in American history. Spanning nearly three decades along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River on the West Virginia-Kentucky border, this was far more than a backwoods rivalry over a stolen pig. It was a blood feud born from Civil War guerrilla violence, deepened by land disputes and a failed justice system, and driven to its worst extremes by vigilante executions, a doomed love affair, and a midnight raid that left children dead and a home in...