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Hell's half-acre : the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier

Jonusas, Susan

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Summary: "In 1873 the people of Labette County in Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried on a homestead seven miles south of the town of Cherryvale, in a bloodied cellar and under frost-covered soil, were countless bodies in varying states of decay. The discovery sent the local community and national newspapers into a frenzy that continued for over two decades, and the land on which the crimes took...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022

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