A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war.
\'A carefully researched and horribly compelling examination of unimaginable evil intruding upon everyday life\' The Observer In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery.
Buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of young apple trees were the remains of countless bodies.
Below the cabin itself was a cellar stained with blood.
The Benders, the family of four who once resided on the property were nowhere to be found.