{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/697689427396c6aa98652cc1/6a1bbd8449418f56c4b3c247?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"27- \"The Worst Scoundrels To Ever Infest Kansas\": The Bloody Benders","description":"<p>Feeling weary after a long day traveling in a rickety wagon? Stop into a cozy little house and forget your worries with a simple seance ritual; or so you think. Join us on today's episode as Hatter takes us on a messy ride to the Osage trails multitudinous murders of unsuspecting travelers, succumbing to the charms of a sweetly dubious Kate Bender and her devious family</p><p><br></p><p>0:00 Settling back into the frontier with this intro</p><p><br></p><p>03:44 Benders arrive to conduct seance business with some pretty weird mannerisms</p><p><br></p><p>12:13 Too many disappearing travelers for the Osage trails taste</p><p><br></p><p>18:15 The Bender’s constant evasion from the law concerning their heinous crimes</p><p><br></p><p>26:14 Conflicting narratives of incarceration or executions of the Benders</p><p><br></p><p>31:07 Unknown family origins and shocking discoveries of who they truly are</p><p><br></p><p>35:55 Share your thoughts at investigatingwithus@gmail.com and help us debunk the way complete strangers could conspire together</p><p><br></p><p>37:40 A sneak peek into our next episode &amp; outro</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Resources:</p><p>Kansas Historical Society</p><p>&nbsp;Legends of America</p><p>&nbsp;Richmond, Kansas: A History of the Sunflower State</p><p>&nbsp;Zink, Wicked Kansas</p><p>&nbsp;Smithsonian Magazine</p><p>https://www.humanitieskansas.org/get-involved/kansas-stories/people/true-crime-in-kansas-the-mystery-of-the-benders</p><p>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Benders</p><p>https://web.archive.org/web/20111010080847/http://www.flexassistant.com/images/Benders.pdf</p><p>https://legendsofkansas.com/labette-county-kansas/</p><p>https://kualumni.org/stories/bloody-benders-property/</p><p>https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/</p><p>https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/how-a-serial-killer-family-murdered-8-and-got-away-with-it/</p><p>https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106</p><p>https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/kate-bender/11980</p><p>https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Grimm Hatter"}