Kate Bender, who was around 23, was cultivated and attractive and spoke English well, with little accent. A self-proclaimed healer and psychic, she distributed flyers advertising her …

2020年2月4日 · In the 1870s, a family of four settled on the frontier prairie lands of southeastern Kansas, not far from the town of Cherryvale. John and Kate Bender, along with their two adult …

Kate Bender gained the reputation as an attractive but dangerous woman in her Labette County community. She lived with her parents and brother while helping them run an isolated grocery …

2022年3月26日 · A new book reveals how eight victims slain by the Bender family (above, from left: Pa, Ma, John and Kate) were dug up here on their Labette County, Kan., apple orchard.

2019年8月15日 · The Benders’ neighbors found themselves asking the question: could Kate Bender be serving travelers death with dinner at their roadside inn? Calling herself Professor …

2022年7月2日 · Elvira Bender and Kate Bender arrived in 1871. Elvira Bender was the matriarch of the family and called Ma by all. She was however not hospitable and had an infamous …

2022年3月16日 · On Oct. 22, 1889, a strange trial got underway in the town of Niles, Michigan. A woman, Almira Monroe, had accused her adult daughter Sarah Eliza Davis of larceny, …

One of these families was the Benders who presented themselves as John “Pa” Bender, Sr., wife “Ma” Bender, son John Jr., and daughter Kate. Both John Jr. and Kate were adults when the …

Kate Bender was a central figure in the infamous "Bloody Benders," a family of serial killers who operated in Labette County, Kansas, between 1871 and 1873. The family consisted of John …

One vigilante group claimed to have shot down the men and Ma Bender and burned Kate alive as the witch they believed her to be. Another group claimed they had caught the Benders while …