Bloody Benders: America's First Serial Killer Family (And How We Fit In) - RE:WIRE

We talk America’s first serial killer family, the Bloody Benders, and discover if we’re descended from the fiendish family. Family tree animation by Perry Froelich Thanks to Adam Moore and James Toyama for lending their voices to the letters! Check out "Hell’s Half-Acre" by Susan Jonusas: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo... RE:WIRE Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @rewiretube   / rewiretube   [email protected] MUSIC “Hell Departed” by Bent Brothers https://bentbrothers.bandcamp.com/ BIBLIOGRAPHY https://www.archives.gov/education/le... https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4201p.r... https://cdn.website-editor.net/020d9c... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_... https://www.spthb.org/about-us/who-we... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sc... https://truewestmagazine.com/article/... https://kansasreflector.com/2021/10/3... https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/5... http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/TEIge... https://www.nydailynews.com/true-crim... https://allthatsinteresting.com/blood... https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-b... https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-ben... https://billiongraves.com/grave/Katie... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-... https://www.historynet.com/the-bloody... https://www.historicalcrimedetective.... http://www.pioneergirl.com/blog/archi... https://www.coloradohistoricnewspaper... https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritu... https://web.archive.org/web/201110100... https://alookatserialkillers.tumblr.c... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc... http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2012/... https://mrparallel.wordpress.com/cate... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc... https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo... TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction 1:36 Part One: Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie 4:29 Part Two: The Family 8:52 Part Three: The Killings 12:58 Part Four: Left Behind 17:31 Part Five: Disappearing Into Legend 24:35 Part Six: Bloody Bloodline 32:48 Part Seven: Today #serialkillers #truecrime #oldwest