Morbid Curiosity: The Bloody Benders

The Belfry Network

The 1870s were a rough time in Kansas. Travelers and settlers on the frontier struggled against the odds to make even a modest living. The Bender family had a unique method of survival: murder.

CW: forced relocation, murder of adults and children, suicide

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