Do You Know The Story of the “Bloody Benders”?

How a family were serial killers in the old West

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“On March 28, 1873, Colonel York arrived at the Benders’ inn with a Mr. Johnson, explaining to them that his brother had gone missing and asking if they had seen him. They admitted Dr. York had stayed with them and suggested the possibility that he had run into trouble with Indians. Colonel York agreed…