![]() ![]() ![]() The idea that a family of seemingly respectable homesteaders-one among the thousands relocating farther west in search of land and opportunity after the Civil War-were capable of operating "a human slaughter pen" appalled and fascinated the nation. The discovery sent the local community and national newspapers into a frenzy that continued for decades, sparking an epic manhunt for the Benders. ![]() The Benders, the family of four who once resided on the property were nowhere to be found. Below the cabin itself was a cellar stained with blood. Buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of young apple trees were the remains of countless bodies. In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery. A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier-shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war. ![]()
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