This is the story of the bloody benders, americas first family of serial killers. In the 19th century, kansas was a bloody place, especially before the civil war as freesoilers and slavery advocates duked it out for control of the new territory. Were the benders the creepiest serial killer family ever. It is the first and only comprehensive story of the bloody benders. The bloody benders were a family of serial killers who lived and operated in labette county. The woman who supplied us with the font to use for the bloody benders logo has passed away at age 73.
The bender house sat near the road from osage mission to independence. In 1843, in rural kansas a family of serial killers known as the bloody benders cut a deadly swath across the prairie. It was a popular and busy route due to it being a main line for anyone looking to. Made in 2008 about the bloody bender family in 1800s kansas,an audio telling of their strange story. They slayed at least 11 people and buried their bodies in the 1870s before going on the run when their crimes were exposed. Bender is an independent film that has been anticipated for many people over the last many years. If youd like to learn more about what the bloody benders sinful life might have looked like, check out the 2016 film benders. Bloody benders true crime books unexplained mysteries mystery of history wonderful picture serial killers old west halloween themes that way. In real life, the bender family left kansas before law enforcement found out about their killings. Geary has done another bangup job merging history, murder, and detailed drawings to pull the reader into a time that is often difficult to understand.
Guillermo del toro teams with angry films on the bloody benders. The bender s perpetrated at least 10 murders, though it is likely they committed more. The bloody benders near here are the bender mounds, named for the infamous bender family john, his wife, son, and daughter kate who settled here in 1871. The bloody benders were a family of serial killers who owned a small general store and inn in labette county, kansas from 1872 to 1873 shared with people but. The bloody benders were a family of serial killers who owned a small general store and inn in osage township, labette county, kansas from 1872 to 1873.
The bender family, also known as the bloody benders, were serial killers who butchered travelers who entered their and buried them in the garden. The bloody benders mass murderers from the history of kansas. See more ideas about bloody benders, serial killers and true crime. The bloody benders serial killers of kansas legends of. Its bizarre enough when a single serial killer is terrorizing the community. Hop in your covered wagon for the journey into episode 66, and when you see the benders inn on the side of the osage trail, best keep moseying on by. The film is considered to center on a dark justice league team that consists of john constantine, swamp thing, deadman, zatanna and etrigan the demon. This film follows a descendant of the benders of kansas, john bloody bender, as he goes on a torture and killing spree after escaping from an insane asylum. They settled on the infamous story of the bender family. Depicting the arrival of a murderous german immigrant family in rural kansas shortly after the civil war, it makes no attempt whatsoever to analyze its characters actions and worldviews from a contemporary perspective. The bloody benders were a family of serial killers who lived and operated in labette county, kansas, from 1869 to 1873. Paranormal, true crime books, post mortem photography, radar online, cold case.
The approximately 152 acres of land that was once the property of the bloody benders, who may be the first serial killer family in america, is up for auction. The saga of the bloody benders by rick geary is part of a treasury of victorian murder put out by nbm comics lit. Kansas land where the bloody benders slayed at least. Wilder recalls the ingalls stopping at the bender s homestead on the trip between independence and the little house, seeing young kate bender in the doorway, but not entering.
In 1870 a family of murders moved into southeast kansas. The bloody benders were the first in the united states. The bender family serial killers real unexplained mysteries. The bloody benders were a family of serial killers who lived and operated in labette county, kansas from 1871 to 1873. Tv series supernatural featured a family of serial killers named the benders and a movie named bender chronicled the story of. The alleged family consisted of john bender, his wife kate, son john jr.
In 1992, fern morrow wood, a cherryvale teacher, wrote the benders, keepers of the devils inn. Family, laura ingalls wilder, horror house, trials, authors, film, sketches, music. The bloody benders, americas first serial killer family mental floss. The unsettling true story of americas first serial killing family. The 162acre tract of cropland known as the bender farm will be sold. With bruce davison, linda purl, james karen, buck taylor. In april, 1873 on a homestead in labette county, kansas, another of these stories was unfoldingone that would leave a local family with a nickname that remains infamous almost 150 years later. Especially within the advent of the horror and thriller genera, there has been little that deals with this time frame. The benders lured travelers in with food and lodging, but their guests were never seen again. Deep kansas the bloddy benders mpr073 internet archive. Guillermo del toros necropia entertainment and angryfilms susan montford and don murphy are teaming to option the bloody benders, a spec script by adam robitel.
The family consisted of john bender and his wife, elvira, their son, john jr. When the bender family opens a tavern along the osage trail in southeastern kansas, many westward bound travelers suddenly go missing. Movie made in kansas about serial killer family released. A piece of land where kansas first known serial killers murdered at least 11 people in the 1870s is up for auction. The investigation passed several times through the cabin of the benders, a family of german immigrants who ran a small grocery store and restaurant outside of cherryvale, kansas, but the benders appeared completely innocent.
The family consisted of john bender, his wife elvira bender. Kansas film about notorious bender family serial killers to make its. The bloody benders were a family of serial killers who owned an inn and small general store in labette county, kansas from 1871 to 1873. Guillermo del toro teams with angry films on the bloody. This is another fine release from high fliers films, a company i only discovered recently with the release of the cleansing 2019. Kansas land where the bloody benders slayed at least 11. More than a dozen victims were killed at the breakfast inn owned by the bloody benders family between 1871 and 1873. Based off the true story of one of americas first known serial killing families, the bloody benders of kansas. When people begin to mysteriously vanish on the frontier, the troubled doctor york goes searching for answers and stumbles upon the benders, a homesteading family with an unnatural way of living off the land. Bloody benders property goes up for sale in kansas cnn. Are the bloody benders the creepiest serialkiller family. In the 1870s, labette county, kansas became a destination for a small groups of spiritualists among them, the bender family, who built a cabin that served as their home and an inn for travelers. It will be available on dvd, cable ondemand, and online on. Bender tells the true tale of this bizarre quartet and it became available on hd vod, as well for dvd purchase, as of august 1st thanks to candy factory films.
A troubled doctor searches for patients swallowed by the prairie and encounters the benders, homesteaders trapped by a life of unspeakable sin. Im very curious why they made a sequel to a film that hardly anyone has. A family of individuals, some of whom were immigrants. They didnt appear to be anything special, just another immigrant family that had escaped the confines of. The bloody benders, americas first serial killer family. Guillermo del toro teams with angry films on the bloody benders spec. God bless you miss peaches, and may you rest in peace, at last. A movie that was made in kansas and shown at last years tallgrass film festival was released on dvd, digital and on demand this week bender is a thriller about a reallife kansas. By 1871 and 1872, several people were traveling the road and searching for. Back in 1970, five families had banded together and created a township along the great osage trail, in kansas.
Kate soon gained notoriety as a self proclaimed healer and spiritualist. Based on the horrifying true story of americas first serial killing family. Once kansas declared itself with the union and the civil war began to rage, the bloody battles continued. Movie made in kansas about serial killer family released on dvd.
If youre obsessed with true crime, sign up for our newsletter. Kansas land where the bloody benders slayed at least 11 people in. The saga of the bloody benders is the final of rick gearys altogether eight graphic novels on various murder cases of the victorian era. The bloody benders, americas first serial killer family the benders lured travelers in with food and lodging, but their guests were never seen again. Researchers have concluded that the family were thrill killers, killing for sheer pleasure. Site of 1870s bloody benders serial killings is for sale. The bloody benders, americas first family of serial. For their cruel acts, they will forever be remembered as the bloody benders, americas first serial killing family. It turns out, the bender tavern became their final. The bloody benders are known as americas first family of serial killers.
The infamous bender family appeared quietly in southeastern kansas in the spring of 1872. Serial killers, the bender family aka the bloody benders. The shocking story of the bloody benders mass murderers. In the early 1870s the counties of labette and montgomery in kansas were experiencing an alarming number of missing persons. The site right where the bender family home inset stood will be sold. No, she was not a graphic designer, not an illustrator, she was nothing of the sort. The movie bender is a retelling of a historical story that took place in southeast kansas during the 1870s. This family of serial killers made national headlines for.
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