The Bender Family: Hell's Half Acre
from Prairie Journal Hosted by Kaye McIntyre
More than 100 years ago, a grisly series of murders took place in an isolated cabin in southeast Kansas. Susan Jonusas is the author of "Hell's Half Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family." Our Kansas 250 Bookshelf series continues with "Mad Prairie," a set of unsettling short stories by Kate McIntyre.
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