The Bender family terrorized travelers along the Osage Trail between 1870 and 1873 before vanishing without a trace ...

The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier” (2022) — visitors wrote home that the buildings here wanted to sink into the dirt. When husbands vanished en ...

Archaeology students from the University of Kansas are uncovering remnants from the suspected home of America’s first serial killer family.The Bender family is believed to have killed around 20 ...

If you were a weary traveller passing through Kansas state in the US during the early parts of 1870s then you would do well to steer clear of Bender Inn ... America's first serial-killing family ...

The story of the Bloody Benders is one Miller has heard for a long time, visiting the former museum in Cherryvale dedicated to the serial-killing family with a replica of the famous cabin.

By the time their dark secrets were revealed, the killers were long gone. From that point on, they’ve been known as The Bloody Benders. They were among the first serial killers in American history.