DragonKing Dark Episode 27: The Bloody Benders
Recently, a listener to DragonKing Dark suggested the Bender family murders as a topic. Host Karl Stern, knowing nothing about the topic, began researching the story or the mysterious Kansas family.
Then Karl received multiple emails with information about the serial killer family from Kansas in the 1800’s. Once he read it had ties to LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE then he knew it must be a topic for DragonKing Dark!
This week’s episode deals with a family who killed upwards of 20 or more people and then disappeared, in a sparsely populated area of Kansas ominously called by their last name, the bloody Benders.
Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.