3: The Bloody Benders

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This week on Life Is a Prison, Megan takes us back to the 1800s for some good old Western fun—except this is the kind of fun that ends in frontier horror. Saddle up as we explore the terrifying story of America’s first serial killer family: the Bloody Benders.Watch the documentary: Evil Kin: The Bloody BendersRead the book: All the Blood We Share: A Novel of the Bloody Benders of Kansas by Camilla Brucehttps://a.co/d/fs1T27KRead the book: Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier by Susan Jonusashttps://a.co/d/eqwQJOkEmail us: [email protected]

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