This week, Kim brings Jilli back in time a bit to the days of homesteading. People were just minding their own business, working the land, trying to make new lives. Then along come the Benders... Their history was bloody to put it lightly.
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Dickey, C. 2022, March 16. The Story of the "Bloody Benders," The Serial Killing Family That Terrorized The Wild West - Then Disappeared. Slate. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/bloody-benders-true-story-kate-bender-crimes-susan-jonusas.html
Potter, Tim. 2013, Aug 24. The Bloody Benders: 140-year-old Crime Scene Still Fascinates Today. The Wichita Eagle. https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213258/http://www.kansas.com/2013/08/24/2962349/the-bloody-benders-140-year-old.html
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