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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Naomi Corrigan & Liam Buckler

Inside the squalid shack where 'most inbred' family 'who barked at people' lived

A filmmaker who was able to document America's most famous inbred family has revealed their horrifying secrets.

Mark Laita first met the Whittaker family - who are widely regarded as America's most famous inbred family - after being granted access to their weird world.

The family have little contact with anyone in the outside world and when Laita first attempted to photograph the family, neighbours threatened him.

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