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61. The Bloody Benders
Season 2 · Episode 61

61. The Bloody Benders

Into The Dark

March 13, 202434m 47s

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Show Notes

In this episode, Payton ventures into the heart of the Kansas frontier during the tumultuous 1870s. As travelers disappeared without a trace, whispers swirl regarding an enigmatic family homestead lurking ominously on the outskirts of town.


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Case Sources:


Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer 

Hell’s Half-Acre by Susan Jonusas

A&E - https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/bloody-benders 

The Joplin Globe - https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/bill-caldwell-bloody-benders-were-frontier-serial-killers/article_f6349444-0acf-11ee-974c-53c671e62b02.html 

Slate - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/bloody-benders-true-story-kate-bender-crimes-susan-jonusas.html

New York Post - https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/how-a-serial-killer-family-murdered-8-and-got-away-with-it/ 

Kansas Reflector - https://kansasreflector.com/2021/10/31/a-mysterious-murder-site-has-a-new-owner-hes-looking-for-answers-about-the-bloody-benders/ 

Humanities Kansas - https://www.humanitieskansas.org/get-involved/kansas-stories/people/true-crime-in-kansas-the-mystery-of-the-benders

CPI Inflation Calculator - https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1873?amount=2000

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