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Louis H. F. Wagner [1] (also spelled Lewis Wagner; [2] died June 25, 1875) was a German-born fisherman who arrived in the United States around 1865. Eight years later he was accused of the axe murders of two Norwegian women, Anethe Matea Christensen and Karen Christensen, on Smuttynose Island in the Isles of Shoals of Maine and New Hampshire.
Like in the film, Shreve's source novel partly retells a semi-fictionalized account of the 1873 double murders of two Norwegian immigrants, a crime for which Louis Wagner was ultimately charged and executed. [7] The murder story is contrasted with a fictional contemporary narrative about a journalist researching the crimes. [8]
Smuttynose Island (formerly "Smutty-nose") is a 27-acre island [1] in the Isles of Shoals, a group of small islands and tidal ledges located 6 miles (10 km) off the coast of New Hampshire and 7 miles (11 km) off the coast of Maine, United States.
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