On March 11, 2011, a violent murder and assault occurred in the small community of Bethesda, Maryland, shaking the trust and security of local residents. As the truth about what happened slowly came to the surface, everyone touched by the tragedy was left wondering how they could possibly move forward.

This month on Into the Basement, Jess reveals to Adrian the bizarre and tragic reality of one of the most brutal murders in recent history: The Lululemon Murder.

In this episode we jump in the Wayback Machine to talk about a family of homesteading serial killers in Kansas: the Bloody Benders.

Research

1. The Benders: Keepers of the Devil's Inn by Fern Morrow Wood, 1992 (https://amzn.to/2S6pjk8)

2. Kate Bender, The Kansas Murderess: The Horrible History of an Arch Killer by Allison Hardy, Copyright 1944, E Haldemann-Julius (https://amzn.to/2ytX86G)

3. Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie by Harold Schechter (Amazon Original Stories), June 28, 2018 (https://amzn.to/2PNmCT6)

4. Legends of America "The Bloody Benders" https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/

5. Murderpedia http://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bender-family.htm

6. Investigation Discovery Evil Kin S2E2: "The Bloody Benders" (https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/evil-kin/full-episodes/the-bloody-benders)

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In this episode, we delve into one of our strangest cases to date. Get ready for some alien reptile conspiracy theories, ninja assassins, a narcissistic con man, a strikingly naive woman, and of course, murder.

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In this episode we look at our first international case, with the World's End Murders from Scotland.

The book Jess mentions as her main research source is this book: https://amzn.to/2MxRc5t

In this month's episode, Jess and Adrian discuss Dana Sue Gray: A killer with a habit other than murder.

On this month's episode of Into the Basement, we cover killer cadets Diane Zamora and David Graham who, in 1995, murdered Adrianne Jones for all the wrong reasons before heading off to military academies.

Jess tells Adrian about teenage couples who kill their parents just so they can be together, and Adrian offers "sage advice" to the parents out there.

No one knows the real identity of Jack the Ripper, but we know at least a few people who definitely WERE NOT. In this episode, Jess tells Adrian about some of the less serious suspects and Adrian tells Jess the many ways Jack the Ripper has appeared in pop culture, particularly Scifi TV.

Charles Manson: The myth, the legend, the actual man.

Benjamin and Erika Sifrit were an American couple convicted of murdering two tourists, Joshua Edward Ford and Martha Margene "Geney" Crutchley, in Ocean City, Maryland, in 2002.