The Bender family ran an inn along the Great Osage Trail from 1870 to 1873. They were a spiritualist family of German immigrants, well known in the area. Little did their neighbors know that many of their lodgers would never leave the inn alive.

EP 16 The Bloody Benders

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Nikolai Dzhumagaliev was known by the media as Metal Fang. He raped and killed at least seven women, and was suspected of up to fifty more.

EP 20 Metal Fange, The Kazakhstani Cannibal

Leonarda Cianciulli was a fiercely protective and superstitious mother who would stop at nothing to keep her children safe....including human sacrifice.

EP 19 The Italian Soap Maker

Elfriede Blauensteiner was a middle aged woman in Austria who took deadly care of her elderly gentlemen companions, then forged their wills for inheritance money.

The Austrian Black Widow

David and Joe Nicely masqueraded as constables executing a warrant when they shot elderly Herman Umberger in front of his family.

EP 16 The Bloody Benders

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