Bloody Benders

The cabin was a single room.

The Benders divided it with a canvas curtain, heavy wagon canvas strung across the middle.

The front half was the store and the dining area, the back half where the family lived.

The dining table sat against the east wall, beside the curtain, with a bench running along the curtain behind it.

The weekly Kansas Chief published its first full account on May 22nd, 1873.

By multiple newspaper estimates, 3,000 people had descended on the Bender property within days of the discovery.

The Benders were already gone.

Sometime between early April and early May, they had loaded a wagon and driven to Thayer, Kansas.

Let's be honest about it.

It might make... things better or might not depending on your individual circumstances and your morals this week Kat is talking about the bloody benders the bloody benders who were very possibly America's first family of serial killers now people always say to me that I think too much about serial killers and I would say that I don't I they don't think enough because if you were thinking a lot about serial killers maybe you wouldn't get killed by a serial killer because I try and make sure I'm not in those positions.

So if you think that, you know, it's all about, think more,

think more.

This is not medical or legal advice.

Please don't sue.

This is History After Dark and I'm going to talk about the bloody benders.

Are we ready? Yeah.