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

1873, Labette County, Kansas. The townspeople made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of apple trees were the remains of countless 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" appalled and fascinated the nation. Illus.