If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project andor contribute to the. When the bender family opens a tavern along the osage trail in southeastern kansas, many westward bound travelers suddenly go missing. The bands name is taken from the bloody benders, a family john bender, his wife, son and daughter of serial killers who owned an inn and small. Its in post production now, and we wont see it until summer of 20 but in the meantime, hes got his slightly bloodstained fingers into a new project. The inn is separated by a canvas curtain, from behind which the bleeck family kills visitors seated in a chair of honor with a hammer. The woman who supplied us with the font to use for the bloody benders logo has passed away at age 73. A troubled doctor searches for patients swallowed by the prairie and encounters the benders, homesteaders with an unnatural way of living off. More than 140 years ago, one family committed such evil that they became known as the bloody benders. In real life, the bender family left kansas before law enforcement found. The bloody benders serial killers of kansas bender mounds, kansas by kathy weiseralexander. From october 1870 until april 1873, a german family. And their story remains a ghastly part of kansas folklore to this day. The bloody benders serial killers of kansas legends of.
I remember him calling me after reading the wiki story and being fascinated by it. Bloody benders history 620 8910072 329 main and 200 e 4th, cherryvale, ks 67335 visit website. I grew up around independence and have heard all of the lore surrounding those familiarly known as the bloody benders. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your rotten tomatoes account against an email address associated with a. Mass shootings, are they on the rise or arent they. It premiered at last years tallgrass film festival, and was released on dvd and digital this. In the 1870s, labette county, kansas became a destination for a small groups of spiritualists among them, the bender family, who built a cabin that served as their home and an inn for travelers. Much less well known today, but perhaps even more notorious in their own time, were a family of four who went by the last name of bender and who operated an inn and. Site of 1870s bloody benders serial killings is for sale. The illustrations are far more complex and intriguing. Over a century later, you can still find them in books, tv, and on the big screen people never get tired of their story.
The big valley, season 3, episode 6, ladykiller 1967 loosely depicts the story of the bloody benders, as an innkeepers pretty daughter is the bait used to rob and kill visitors. The saga of the bloody benders is the final of rick gearys altogether eight graphic novels on various murder cases of the victorian era. The bloody benders were a family of serial killers who lived and operated in labette county. Books about the bloody benders include robert adlemans the bloody benders, and rick gearys graphic novel, the saga of the bloody benders. One of the most intriguing mysteries of the old west concerns the disappearance of the kansas murder family known as the benders. Movie made in kansas about serial killer family released on dvd. When it comes to vintage serial killers who shat where their ate, so to speak, h.
In the early 1870s the counties of labette and montgomery in kansas were experiencing an alarming number of missing persons. Next, check out the story of edmund kemper, whose story is almost too gruesome to tell. The six most terrifying serial killer families in history. It turns out, the bender tavern became their final. Movie made in kansas about serialkilling family released on dvd. This article is part of the serial killer task force, a work group of wikiproject crime. The 30 most violent movies ever made, from braindead to. It is an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide on serial killers, mass murders, spree killers and related topics on wikipedia. This film follows a descendant of the benders of kansas, john bloody bender, as he goes on a torture and killing spree after escaping from an insane asylum. Don murphy are teaming to option the bloody benders, a spec script. Guillermo del toro teams with angry films on the bloody benders. The average tomatometer is the sum of all season scores. Movies sony gives new release dates to escape room 2 and hotel transylvania 4. A series gets an average tomatometer when at least 50 percent of its seasons have a score.
Timothee chalamet is reluctant hero in first look at denis villeneuves dune. The museum building was an authentic reconstruction of the clapboard bender homestead located along the bleak, isolated countryside of the osage mission trail during 18711873. What the bloody benders did is by far one of the most mindboggling and mysterious stories in kansas history. The unsettling true story of americas first serial killing family. The basic story can be found at the murder by gaslight blog and at legends of america. Season 2, episode 2 2014 of the id documentary series evil kin concerns the benders. How the bloody benders made murder the family business.
Top 10 most pernicious movie villains of all time april 21, 2020 our world. The saga of the bloody benders by rick geary is part of a treasury of victorian murder put out by nbm comics lit. Frank powers is an award winning actor, as well as a director, producer and writer. Bloody benders are an allfemale horror punk band from mexico city, mexico. In all due honesty, i had never heard of the bloody benders so some of my excitement could have come from being introduced to the legend. Movie made in kansas about serial killer family released. Hiding in plain sight have we finally solved the mystery behind two of the bloody benders whereabouts. The bloody benders, americas first serial killer family mental floss. The labette county, kansas, family consisted of four peoplejohn bender, his. Posts about law written by ilovehistoryandresearch. The bloody benders were a family of serial killers who owned an inn and small general store in labette county of southeastern kansas from 1871 to 1873. The bloody benders, americas first serial killer family the bloody benders,kate advertised herself as a fortune teller and healer. A troubled doctor searches for patients swallowed by the prairie and encounters the benders, homesteaders trapped by a life of unspeakable sin. And to suggest she was an artist is the understatement of the century.
With bruce davison, linda purl, james karen, buck taylor. The investigation passed several times through the cabin of the benders, a family of german immigrants who ran a small grocery store and restaurant outside of cherryvale, kansas, but the benders appeared completely innocent. He was probably born in germany or the netherlands. They are taty bloody batty vocals, andrea vamp guitar, mari bender bass, and angy bender drums.
The 30 most violent movies ever made, from braindead to battle royale by alex avard 24 january 2018 learn all about the wonders of human anatomy. The bloody benders were the first in the united states. While bender mythology holds that john and kate were brother and sister, contemporary newspapers reported that several of the benders neighbors have stated that they claimed to be married, possibly a common law marriage. Geary has done another bangup job merging history, murder, and detailed drawings to pull the reader into a time that is often difficult to understand.
See more ideas about bloody benders, serial killers and true crime. Kansas site of 1870s bloody benders serial killings is on the auction block the kansas city star. Dark sky films moves into director david marmors horror movie 1br on. In the 19th century, kansas was a bloody place, especially before the civil war as freesoilers and slavery advocates duked it out for control of the new territory. It is the first and only comprehensive story of the bloody benders. The film is considered to center on a dark justice league team that consists of john constantine, swamp thing, deadman, zatanna and etrigan the demon. The bloody benders, a retelling of the true story of the bender family of 1873 that had a hotel on the edge of the prairie where hardy pioneer checked inand never checked out see. This is the place where the ghost hunters wanted to set up their equipment. Fresh off the mass shooting at the naval yard on september the 16th, cnn has compiled a list of the 20 deadliest mass shootings in usa history related articles. In the precivil war united states, solomon northup chiwetel ejiofor, a free black man from upstate new york, is abducted and sold into slavery. It covers the ongoing investigation into the bloody benders. Murderpedia, the free online encyclopedic dictionary of murderers. They became known as the bloody benders, living in labette county during the 1870s. The bloody benders quickly passed into legend as americas first serial killer family.
Kansas film about notorious bender family serial killers to make its. Depicting the arrival of a murderous german immigrant family in rural kansas shortly after the civil war, it makes no attempt whatsoever to analyze its characters actions and worldviews from a contemporary perspective. God bless you miss peaches, and may you rest in peace, at last. In 1992, fern morrow wood, a cherryvale teacher, wrote the benders, keepers of the devils inn. Horror, thriller see all indevelopment titles on imdbpro. The benders lured travelers in with food and lodging, but their guests were never seen again. As far as im concerned, i hope all this is a warmup for the other film. In 1870 a family of murders moved into southeast kansas. Some have cast doubt on the story saying that laura would have been only 4 when her family moved away from the area, and that the benders. The bloody benders, americas first serial killer family. Sketches from the 19 book the benders in kansas by john towner james the members of the bender family were not named bender, and with the exception of the two women, were not related. Based off the true story of one of americas first known serial killing families, the bloody benders of kansas.
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