HELL'S HALF-ACRE: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier

In 1873, the people of Labette County, Kansas, made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside cabin were the remains of many bodies. The Benders, the family of four who once resided on the property, were nowhere to be found. The idea that a family of seemingly respectable homesteaders were capable of operating "a human slaughter pen" fascinated the nation.