RDR2's Skinner Brothers Gang Are Even Creepier Than You Realize
The Skinner Brothers are the most horrifying gang in Red Dead Redemption 2, but they may be even more terrifying than most players realize. The Skinners don't make an appearance until the epilogue, and their sheer brutality is horrific to witness. Even so, some well-hidden details provide clues that the Skinner Brothers gang is even creepier than initially thought, and that a supernatural element may be at play.
[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for RDR2.]
The Skinner Brothers are one of Red Dead Redemption 2's many gangs. Unlike most of the game's gangs, who spend a lot of their time robbing and killing for money, the Skinner Brothers don't seem to care about money at all. Everything that the Skinners do seems to be focused on killing and torturing people in terrible ways only matched by RDR2's serial killer Edmund Lowry Jr. Although they don't show up until the John Marston-led epilogue, the sheer cruelty of their actions makes them arguably the most memorably horrific gang in the game, only rivaled by the Murfree Brood and Night Folk.
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However, there is something deeper to the Skinner Brothers' actions that makes what they do even more disturbing. According to a video by GTA and Red Dead Redemption YouTuber Strange Man, the Skinner Brothers can sometimes be heard muttering some odd statements if the player gets close without being detected. In these lines of dialogue, the Skinners discuss hoping that their murders impress someone, with the implication being that they're speaking of some higher power, and are more of a cult than a gang. Even though Arthur Morgan can fight a vampire in RDR2, the Skinner Brothers are the most horrific threat roaming
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