Ben Kissel

Tone!

Watson was born on November 11th, 1855.

You know, back when America was great.

Hmm.

His father, Elijah, was a Civil War veteran and an abusive drunk, which is redundant for sure.

Elijah would routinely beat Edgar and his mom, and after about a decade of that, they fled to Fort White, Florida, where Edgar would spend the rest of his childhood.

Because of the inconsistent record-keeping back then, there were a lot of question marks in Edgar's timeline.

There was a lot of unverified stories, and they start with his departure from South Carolina.

One version is the story goes that his mom, Minnie, got tired of dealing with an alcoholic maniac, so she left.

That makes sense.

The other version had Edgar committing his first murder at the age of nine.

Wow.

Prompting the move.

That one kind of almost makes sense once you hear the rest of Edgar's story.

Nine-year-olds commit murder.

Have you guys ever heard about Edgar Watson?

So either way, they settled into Fort White and Watson would eventually grow up and meet a nice young lady and get married.

Unfortunately, Watson's wife would tragically die during childbirth with a baby passing away as well, which made Edgar super easy to get along with.

Watson's first confirmed killing would come a bit later.

The victim was his unnamed cousin.