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Colin Browen

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Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

One of the boys' best friends, Ross Davis, would tell author James Keen in his novel, In with the Devil, quote, "...the house was a big place, but it was a dump. It was like a path to walk through. Stuff was piled everywhere. Mrs. Hall was always having a rummage sale, and we used to joke that they lived inside a rummage sale. All the years I knew the family, I never once saw her do any cleaning.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

They would eat out every day because she was too lazy to cook. That's why they never saved a penny." She was just a big fat lady who sat around the house all day and did nothing but yell and stir up a lot of trouble."

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

They would eat out every day because she was too lazy to cook. That's why they never saved a penny." She was just a big fat lady who sat around the house all day and did nothing but yell and stir up a lot of trouble."

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

They would eat out every day because she was too lazy to cook. That's why they never saved a penny." She was just a big fat lady who sat around the house all day and did nothing but yell and stir up a lot of trouble."

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

Now, like we mentioned, Larry did really poorly in school. By the time he was in junior high, he was still reading below a sixth grade level. With his low IQ, it was difficult for him to grasp the curriculum. But the one subject he always did really well in was history. He loved hearing the stories of all the different wars, especially the United States Civil War.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

Now, like we mentioned, Larry did really poorly in school. By the time he was in junior high, he was still reading below a sixth grade level. With his low IQ, it was difficult for him to grasp the curriculum. But the one subject he always did really well in was history. He loved hearing the stories of all the different wars, especially the United States Civil War.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

Now, like we mentioned, Larry did really poorly in school. By the time he was in junior high, he was still reading below a sixth grade level. With his low IQ, it was difficult for him to grasp the curriculum. But the one subject he always did really well in was history. He loved hearing the stories of all the different wars, especially the United States Civil War.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

But other than that, he really struggled in school, and it was still hard for him to make friends. By the time he was hitting puberty, Larry was described as short, chubby, and he had a lot of acne, something that kids would make fun of him for. It was reported that he would often walk through the halls with his head down. However, on the other hand, his brother Gary was thriving.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

But other than that, he really struggled in school, and it was still hard for him to make friends. By the time he was hitting puberty, Larry was described as short, chubby, and he had a lot of acne, something that kids would make fun of him for. It was reported that he would often walk through the halls with his head down. However, on the other hand, his brother Gary was thriving.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

But other than that, he really struggled in school, and it was still hard for him to make friends. By the time he was hitting puberty, Larry was described as short, chubby, and he had a lot of acne, something that kids would make fun of him for. It was reported that he would often walk through the halls with his head down. However, on the other hand, his brother Gary was thriving.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

Gary had a big friend group. He was popular, outgoing, and he was involved in school sports. So the two brothers couldn't have been more different from one another. Larry often compared himself to his twin brother. He wanted to be more like him, but he didn't know how. Which only led Larry to have even more insecurities.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

Gary had a big friend group. He was popular, outgoing, and he was involved in school sports. So the two brothers couldn't have been more different from one another. Larry often compared himself to his twin brother. He wanted to be more like him, but he didn't know how. Which only led Larry to have even more insecurities.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

Gary had a big friend group. He was popular, outgoing, and he was involved in school sports. So the two brothers couldn't have been more different from one another. Larry often compared himself to his twin brother. He wanted to be more like him, but he didn't know how. Which only led Larry to have even more insecurities.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

they would never be anything more at age 15 larry and gary started to get into some trouble that year they were actually arrested for breaking a storefront window in downtown wabash once the boys were taken to the station they sat down with detective ron smith and apparently larry confessed that he was the one who broke the window from there robert and bernice were forced to pay the damage a total of five hundred dollars

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

they would never be anything more at age 15 larry and gary started to get into some trouble that year they were actually arrested for breaking a storefront window in downtown wabash once the boys were taken to the station they sat down with detective ron smith and apparently larry confessed that he was the one who broke the window from there robert and bernice were forced to pay the damage a total of five hundred dollars

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

they would never be anything more at age 15 larry and gary started to get into some trouble that year they were actually arrested for breaking a storefront window in downtown wabash once the boys were taken to the station they sat down with detective ron smith and apparently larry confessed that he was the one who broke the window from there robert and bernice were forced to pay the damage a total of five hundred dollars

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

and Robert made Larry mow the cemetery lawn to pay it back. But this was only the beginning of a set of petty crimes Larry would be responsible for. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, several mysterious fires were set around Wabash, including fires at a lumberyard, a bridge, and a few buildings. Now, they were never able to catch the arsonist, but they always suspected it was the Hall twins.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

and Robert made Larry mow the cemetery lawn to pay it back. But this was only the beginning of a set of petty crimes Larry would be responsible for. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, several mysterious fires were set around Wabash, including fires at a lumberyard, a bridge, and a few buildings. Now, they were never able to catch the arsonist, but they always suspected it was the Hall twins.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

and Robert made Larry mow the cemetery lawn to pay it back. But this was only the beginning of a set of petty crimes Larry would be responsible for. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, several mysterious fires were set around Wabash, including fires at a lumberyard, a bridge, and a few buildings. Now, they were never able to catch the arsonist, but they always suspected it was the Hall twins.

Murder In America
EP. 200: SERIAL KILLER Larry Hall

And later on, Larry would later admit that he was responsible for the fires. And by this point, he had admitted to and committed two specific behaviors that are often seen in budding serial killers, bedwetting and setting fires.