We’ve Always Been Weird

The Bloody Benders


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In the 1870s, one of America's first serial killer families took up residence on the plains of Kansas. Under the roof of their general store and inn, the Benders, also known as the bloody Benders in true crime circles, saw many travellers, some of which never made it off of the vast property alive.


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sources:

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/

wikipedia

https://www.aetv.com/articles/bloody-benders

https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/what-happened-to-the-bloody-benders/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-benders

https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/bloody-benders-americas-first-serial-killers

https://www.historicmysteries.com/history/bloody-benders/25264/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sale-kansas-land-where-bloody-benders-committed-their-crimes-180974121/


charities to check out:

The Loveland Foundation https://thelovelandfoundation.org/

For the Gworls https://www.forthegworls.com/home

RAINN https://rainn.org/

Doctors Without Borders/MSF https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org/


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We’ve Always Been WeirdBy Hannah Haley