The Serial Killer Family That Terrorized The Old West • Mystery Files

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This show feels like an optional community college course, in the best way

adding "make a ghost from scratch" to my threat repertoire

I guess this is the last Watcher content for us, the poor folk

It’s crazy that Shane just showed up on unsolved one day, and now Shane and Ryan have their own show.

“You ever smell a dead body?” Well, imagine a jar of peanut butter

The idea of Pa Ingles running off into the night with a shotgun to cap some serial killers completely recontextualizes The Little House on the Prarie

Whoa, this is high quality! I hope they don't ruin it by making it behind a paywall

My great great grandmother was a survivor of the Bender family. She born in Labette County, Kansas in 1890. A time way before technology, and even she knew this whole paywall debacle was a bad idea.

"you can have a little true crime as a treat" is what I tell myself every day

I love how Shane is building a story with his ad reads. I hope Morris Ashley finds love after losing Bianca Sofia.

Will you be doing an investigation on the murder of Watcher?

"You ever smell a dead body?" Fun fact: I have! I worked at a medical examiner's office. None of the decomposing bodies I dealt with smelled citrusy. My coworker got pretty close when she described it as smelling like rotting pickled fish, but there was a sickly sweetness to it. Burn victims do smell like BBQ. Victims that drown in pools who are just starting to decompose smell like sweet chlorine. Non-decomp bodies don't really stink, per se. They just smell a little...off. Not bad, just off. This is because, while decomp may not be visible, the body is still breaking down, so the bacteria doing the breaking down are going to create an odor. I could never place exactly what it smelled like. The main autopsy room itself just kind of smelled like sweet raw beef.

The Bloody Benders sounds like something a drunk geezer in a pub anywhere in the UK would shout lmao

I just woke up from a 2 month coma, and I just wanted to say I loved this episode. I can’t wait to watch the next episode on youtube!

Hey! Resident of Parsons, KS here! “Bender Hill” is about a 10-15 minute drive between Independence and Parsons, and growing up was always fascinated by the story. And if you guys ever pass through Parsons, we have Bender’s Kitchen, which yes, is a Bloody Benders themed diner where you can buy commemorative shirts and cups. Pretty good food too! A few things a want to add: 1) Another layer to the whole “no one knows how these guys are related” thing is that it’s also theorized that they were in fact two separate couples, older and younger, that just said they were a family, or that if they were all related, that John Jr. and Kate Jr. where engaged in an investors relationship. 2) They were weird. Like, obviously. But while the Older benders only spoke German, they both rarely spoke at all, often just grunting at people. John Jr. reportedly had a habit of laughing inappropriately and giggling to himself. And Kate Jr., while she may have been a “medium”, she was also the honey pot to get a lot of these travelers into their cabin, either from the road or while in the surrounding towns. 3) The Benders cabin no longer stands, and is intact private farmland now. The reason it’s no longer standing isn’t because of time, but because souvenir hunters dismantled it, board by board and stone by stone, taking them home as trophies. The museum in Parsons has a few of the foundation stones on display. And if you go to the Oswego courthouse you can find the public records from the time detailing the entire case from local papers in Labette County. Loved the episode guys! Can’t wait for more!

Starting a murder episode with an Avatar Aang reference is truly THE Shane thing to do

Honestly i like the idea of you guys doing one true crime case a season as a special treat. It makes them more novel and exciting.

Who is here after the disaster announcement?? EDIT- They apologized/did damage control. Rare Watcher L

SHANE HAS NEVER DROPPED A LINE SO HARD UNTIL HE UTTERED THE WORDS "and of course that final airbender, aang"