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Hell's Half-Acre The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier

Susan Jonusas

One of NPR's "Books We Love" In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of young apple trees were the remains of countless bodies. Below the cabin itself was a cellar stained with blood. The Benders, the family of four who on...

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It was described as one of the definitive books about the Bender family and was mentioned as having recently been published in March.

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Interestingly, too, this past, I think, March, what I'm taking to be is one of the definitive books on the benders came out.

— Episode: The Tale of the Bloody Benders

Episode: The Tale of the Bloody Benders

It was described as one of the definitive books about the Bender family and was mentioned as having recently been published in March.

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Interestingly, too, this past, I think, March, what I'm taking to be is one of the definitive books on the benders came out.

It's called Hell's Half Acre, and it is by an author named... Named a drum roll... Named Susan Jo Nussus.

But it came out in March called Hell's Half Acre, and it does look pretty awesome.

Episode: The Tale of the Bloody Benders

It was described as one of the definitive books on the Benders, and was released in March, prior to this podcast episode.

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Interestingly, too, this past, I think, March, what I'm taking to be is one of the definitive books on the benders came out. It's called Hell's Half Acre, and it is by an author named...Named a drum roll...Named Susan Jo Nussus. That's how I'm going with her last name.

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