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. Deep kansas the bloddy benders mpr073 internet archive. 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 were a family of serial killers who owned a small general store and inn in osage township, labette county, kansas from 1872 to 1873. If youd like to learn more about what the bloody benders sinful life might have looked like, check out the 2016 film benders. If youre obsessed with true crime, sign up for our newsletter. The bender family serial killers real unexplained mysteries. In 1843, in rural kansas a family of serial killers known as the bloody benders cut a deadly swath across the prairie. 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. A troubled doctor searches for patients swallowed by the prairie and encounters the benders, homesteaders trapped by a life of unspeakable sin. Researchers have concluded that the family were thrill killers, killing for sheer pleasure. The bloody benders were a family of serial killers who lived and operated in labette county, kansas, from 1869 to 1873. Movie made in kansas about serial killer family released on dvd.
The alleged family consisted of john bender, his wife kate, son john jr. Site of 1870s bloody benders serial killings is for sale. Guillermo del toro teams with angry films on the bloody benders. They slayed at least 11 people and buried their bodies in the 1870s before going on the run when their crimes were exposed. In 1992, fern morrow wood, a cherryvale teacher, wrote the benders, keepers of the devils inn. The bloody benders are known as americas first family of serial killers. The bloody benders, americas first serial killer family mental floss. The bloody benders were the first in the united states. They settled on the infamous story of the bender family. Kate soon gained notoriety as a self proclaimed healer and spiritualist. This family of serial killers made national headlines for. Its bizarre enough when a single serial killer is terrorizing the community. The bloody benders, americas first serial killer family the benders lured travelers in with food and lodging, but their guests were never seen again. No, she was not a graphic designer, not an illustrator, she was nothing of the sort.
Kansas land where the bloody benders slayed at least 11. 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. In 1870 a family of murders moved into southeast kansas. More than a dozen victims were killed at the breakfast inn owned by the bloody benders family between 1871 and 1873. 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. Bloody benders true crime books unexplained mysteries mystery of history wonderful picture serial killers old west halloween themes that way. Over a century later, you can still find them in books, tv, and on the big screen people never get tired of their story. Made in 2008 about the bloody bender family in 1800s kansas,an audio telling of their strange story. It is the first and only comprehensive story of the bloody benders. The bloody benders mass murderers from the history of kansas. For their cruel acts, they will forever be remembered as the bloody benders, americas first serial killing family.
Guillermo del toro teams with angry films on the bloody benders spec. 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. 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. 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. The family consisted of john bender, his wife elvira bender. 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. Movie made in kansas about serial killer family released. 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. When the bender family opens a tavern along the osage trail in southeastern kansas, many westward bound travelers suddenly go missing.
But an entire family of serial killers is almost unheard of. Bloody benders property goes up for sale in kansas cnn. Bender is an independent film that has been anticipated for many people over the last many years. Tv series supernatural featured a family of serial killers named the benders and a movie named bender chronicled the story of. The bender house sat near the road from osage mission to independence. 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. 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. The bloody benders were a family of serial killers who lived and operated in labette county, kansas from 1871 to 1873. 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. Family, laura ingalls wilder, horror house, trials, authors, film, sketches, music. 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. 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. Were the benders the creepiest serial killer family ever. The bloody benders serial killers of kansas legends of.
The bender s perpetrated at least 10 murders, though it is likely they committed more. This is the story of the bloody benders, americas first family of serial killers. The family consisted of john bender and his wife, elvira, their son, john jr. The 162acre tract of cropland known as the bender farm will be sold.
The benders lured travelers in with food and lodging, but their guests were never seen again. Paranormal, true crime books, post mortem photography, radar online, cold case. Back in 1970, five families had banded together and created a township along the great osage trail, in kansas. This is another fine release from high fliers films, a company i only discovered recently with the release of the cleansing 2019. The woman who supplied us with the font to use for the bloody benders logo has passed away at age 73. Are the bloody benders the creepiest serialkiller family. Once kansas declared itself with the union and the civil war began to rage, the bloody battles continued. Guillermo del toro teams with angry films on the bloody.
The unsettling true story of americas first serial killing family. With bruce davison, linda purl, james karen, buck taylor. In real life, the bender family left kansas before law enforcement found out about their killings. 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. The movie bender is a retelling of a historical story that took place in southeast kansas during the 1870s. Especially within the advent of the horror and thriller genera, there has been little that deals with this time frame. The saga of the bloody benders is the final of rick gearys altogether eight graphic novels on various murder cases of the victorian era. They didnt appear to be anything special, just another immigrant family that had escaped the confines of. By 1871 and 1872, several people were traveling the road and searching for. A piece of land where kansas first known serial killers murdered at least 11 people in the 1870s is up for auction.
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. God bless you miss peaches, and may you rest in peace, at last. Kansas film about notorious bender family serial killers to make its. The bloody benders, americas first serial killer family. The saga of the bloody benders by rick geary is part of a treasury of victorian murder put out by nbm comics lit.
Based on the horrifying true story of americas first serial killing family. 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. Im very curious why they made a sequel to a film that hardly anyone has. The bloody benders, americas first family of serial. Kansas land where the bloody benders slayed at least 11 people in. Based off the true story of one of americas first known serial killing families, the bloody benders of kansas. It will be available on dvd, cable ondemand, and online on. It was a popular and busy route due to it being a main line for anyone looking to. 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 shocking story of the bloody benders mass murderers. The infamous bender family appeared quietly in southeastern kansas in the spring of 1872. The bloody benders were a family of serial killers who lived and operated in labette county.
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