The Saga of the Bloody Benders by Rick Geary 80 pp.
This is one of the "Treasury of Victorian Murder" graphic novels. It is the creepy true story of the Bender family of southeastern Kansas. Subtitled "The Infamous Homicidal Family of LaBette County, Kansas," it tells the story of John, Ma, John Jr., and Kate Bender who settle along the Osage Trail and build an inn and grocery. The business is a front for their murderous occupation of killing travelers along the trail and taking their money. Eventually suspicion for the mysterious disappearances falls on them but before they can be apprehended they escape. What happened to them remains a mystery.
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