Boone Helm the Kentucky Cannibal

== Early Life ==
Boone was born in Lincoln County, Kentucky in 1828. He moved Missouri where he would become known for throwing his bowie knife in the ground and picking it up while on horseback. Helm was nearly arrested by a sheriff, but fled on horseback. He later got married in 1851 and had a daughter but was abusive and would ride his horse inside the house which caused him to be divorced.
== Murders ==
He planned to move to California during the Gold Rush and asked his cousin to join him. When his cousin refused, Helm stabbed him to death. He was convicted of the murder, and was later sent to a mental asylum due to his odd behavior and for the safety of the other prisoners. while he was in a mental institution he built trust with the guards and was allowed the privilege of walking in the nearby woods. it was during one of this walks that he escaped and fled to California. He is suspected of killing an unknown amount of people while living there He later joined a group of men on their way to Idaho and subsequently admit to them that he was a murder and he would eat his victims. after leaving Idaho, with the group was they planned to go to Salt Lake City, Utah but were attacked by a group of native Americans causing them to flee to the woods. During this time, Helm claimed a member of there group named Burton had committed suicided Helm also claimed to have have eaten the body, Helm being the only survivor from the group would later live with a Native American Tribe until being discovered by John Powell who took him to Salt Lake City, he would later join the Secret Association of Mormons as a hitman which caused him to be wanted again, Helm fled to California and befriend a rancher who took him in which lead to the ranchers death, Helm would begin a long spree of murders and robberies while going to Oregon, he later stopped at a town called Florence and shot a man named Dutch Fred at a saloon and went on the run with a unknown fugitive, while on the run they robbed a man named Sokolowski who was said to have 32,000$ dollars in gold which ended in the death of Sokolowski, while on the run he killed his partner due to the fact he was hungry. Helm would later be caught while living in Victoria, Canada, and was arrested and was forced to work on repair and build roads in Victoria. He would later ask his brother Old Texhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boone_Helm for to accompany him while on the run and moved to Texas.
== capture and execution ==
He later joined Henry Plummer's gang in Montana and was arrested and hanged in 1864 with his last words being "Every man for his principals Hurrah for Jeff Davis let em' Rip! (sic)" before being hanged.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqaulZp_ZIo