Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier

by Susan Jonusas

Book Overview

"Rich in historical perspective and graced by novelistic touches, grips the reader from first to last."--Wall Street Journal 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. In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside cabin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1984879855
• ISBN13: 9781984879851
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.3"