Navigate a gruesome landscape with us as we travel to 19th century Kansas, where a simple pioneer family was devastatingly underestimated. As they say, a family that kills together, stays together. Note: This episode is not for the Alana’s of the world. 

Tea of the Day: Lords Tea

Theme Music by Brad Frank

Source Notes:

• Hell's Half Acre by Susan Jonusas
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/
• https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/how-a-serial-killer-family-murdered-8-and-got-away-with-it/
• https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/homestead-act#
• https://www.nydailynews.com/true-crime-justice-story/ny-bloody-benders-true-crime-20210131-ak2iomaujndrvn67ghwocauqci-story.html
• https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bender-family.htm