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S1E3 - Chapter 2 - The Bloody Benders

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 Episode Notes Emporia News (Emporia, KS), May 9, 1873. Chronicling America, Library of Congress. https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/ The Lake County Star (Chase, MI), May 15, 1873, coverage referencing the Benders. Chronicling America, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85026421/1873-05-15/ed-1/?sp=2&st=text Archival collections, museums, and primary materials Kansas Memory (Kansas Historical Society) — portal to digitized Kansas history collections. Search “Bender.” https://www.kansasmemory.org/ Kansas Historical Society, Kansapedia (archived) — “Bender Knife.” Background and collection note for the knife associated with the case. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215120007/https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106 Pittsburg State University, Digital Commons — “Bender Crimes photographs, 1873.” https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/439/ Cherryvale Museum (official Kansas tourism listing). Exhibits include Bender-related materials and a cabin replica. https://www.travelks.com/listing/cherryvale-museum/1480/ Books and long-form studies Jonusas, Susan. Hell’s Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier. Viking, 2022. Publisher page. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622578/hells-half-acre-by-susan-jonusas/ Jonusas, Susan. Hell’s Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier. Paperback edition details. https://books.google.com/books/about/Hell_s_Half_Acre.html?id=BYqeEAAAQBAJ James, John T. The Benders in Kansas. Kan-Okla Publishing, 1913. Catalog record with publication details. https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Benders_in_Kansas.html?id=U10qQAAACAAJ James, John T. The Benders in Kansas (defense attorney’s narrative). Antiquarian listing with bibliographic description confirming first edition details. https://www.buckinghambooks.com/book/the-benders-in-kansas-by-john-t-james-attorney-for-the-defense-in-the-trial-of-the-bender-women-atoswego-labette-county-in-1889-1890-the-complete-story-facts-not-fiction-1/ Adleman, Robert H. The Bloody Benders. Stein and Day, 1970. Library catalog record. https://csu-sonoma.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?adaptor=Local+Search+Engine&context=L&docid=alma991002869589702901 Geary, Rick. The Saga of the Bloody Benders: The Infamous Homicidal Family of Labette County, Kansas. NBM Publishing, 2007. Library record. https://archive.org/details/sagaofbloodybend0000gear Articles, essays, and reference overviews Library of Congress, Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room blog. “The Bloody Benders: Homestead of Horrors” (curated links to 1873 newspaper coverage in Chronicling America). https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/ Wichita Eagle. Tim Potter, “The Bloody Benders: 140-year-old crime scene still fascinates today” (Aug. 24, 2013). https://www.kansas.com/news/article1121436.html Kansas Reflector. Max McCoy, “A mysterious murder site has a new owner. He’s looking for answers about the Bloody Benders.” (Oct. 31, 2021). https://kansasreflector.com/2021/10/31/a-mysterious-murder-site-has-a-new-owner-hes-looking-for-answers-about-the-bloody-benders/ Humanities Kansas. “True Crime in Kansas: The Mystery of the Benders” (Oct. 26, 2022). https://www.humanitieskansas.org/get-involved/kansas-stories/people/true-crime-in-kansas-the-mystery-of-the-benders/ HistoryNet. “The Bloody Benders’ Grim Harvest” (Mar. 30, 2012). https://www.historynet.com/the-bloody-benders-grim-harvest/ Crimereads. “The Bloody Benders: America’s First Family of Serial Killers” (Aug. 19, 2019). https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-benders-americas-first-family-of-serial-killers/ Recent research, digs, and broadcast coverage KCTV5 (Kansas City). “Kansas’ Bloody Benders: Digging for clues in century-old murders” (Jul. 4, 2024). https://www.kctv5.com/2024/07/04/kansas-bloody-benders-digging-clues-century-old-murders/ Yahoo News video write-up, KU research effort at the Bender site (May 31, 2024). https://www.yahoo.com/news/ku-researchers-dig-deeper-bloody-234633828.html University of Kansas feature video about ongoing archaeological work related to the Benders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLF0-4E_nXQ Tourism and site markers Historical Marker Database entry for “The Bloody Benders” (notes the marker’s former location and removal status; useful for site documentation history). https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=275329 Roadside America note on the Cherryvale Historical Museum display of the three Bender hammers. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/79636 Publisher and review references for Jonusas’s study Scribner UK edition page for Hell’s Half-Acre (paperback, 2023). https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Hells-Half-Acre/Susan-Jonusas/9781471190322 Publishers Weekly review of Hell’s Half-Acre (Jan. 14, 2022). https://www.publishersweekly.com/...
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