Kate bender killer biography
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Katie Bender
"Don't you know what I wished for? Don't you know what this house has made me? I'm death!"
—Katie Bender, "And the Heart of Darkness"
Katie Bender was the daughter of a family of serial killers known as the "Bloody Benders". She found the House of Refuge and used it to become immortal.[1]
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Katie Bender was the teenage daughter in a family of serial killers known as the "Bloody Benders". They had killed at least a dozen people in Kansas and Nebraska in the late s before their crimes were discovered. While they were on the run, they stumbled into the House of Refuge, a Mystery House that Katie soon realized could grant wishes.
After using the house's powers to become immortal, Katie forced it to help her kill more people, using its ability to magically relocate itself to move around the world and find victims. She made a game out of it, pretending to be a terrified girl on the run from something awful inside the house, then turning on those
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Who Were the s Serial Killing &#;Family&#; Known as the &#;Bloody Benders&#;?
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Who Were the s Serial Killing &#;Family&#; Known as the &#;Bloody Benders&#;?
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Elena Ferrarin
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Who Were the s Serial Killing &#;Family&#; Known as the &#;Bloody Benders&#;?
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A group known as “The Bender family”—comprised of “Ma” Bender, whose real name remains elusive, John, or “Pa,” Bender, Kate Bender and John Gebhardt—once ran a roadside inn in Labette County, Kansas. When questions began to arise regarding the Benders’ connection to missing people, they fled the state. Authorities ultimately accused the Benders of committing 11 murders between and The foursome was never caught.
Their story is the focus of Susan Jonusas’s Hell’s Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier. Jo • American serial killers This article is about an Oklahoma family of serial killers. For the European-American music group, see The Kelly Family. The Kelly Family Pennsylvania, United States South Texas, United States Span&#;of crimes Date apprehended The Kelly Family was an American family of serial killers who operated between August and December near a town called Oak City, just south of the Kansas state border in "No Man's Land", now the Oklahoma Panhandle.
The Kelly Family (serial killers)
Born Died January 4, Cause&#;of death Bill, Kit, and William were hanged by a posse. Kate broke her neck after falling off a horse. Other&#;names "The Kelly Friends"
"The Kelly Gang"Conviction(s) Murder, Manslaughter, assault Criminal penalty None, died before they could be convicted Victims 11 August&#;– December Country United States State(s) Oklahoma Panhandle ("No Man's Land"), later part of Oklahoma January 4,