![]() ![]() (Amazon Original Stories, 28 June 2018, ebook, 80 pages, Prime Reading) Spanning a century in our nation’s murderous past, Schechter resurrects nearly forgotten tales of madmen and thrill-killers that dominated the most sensational headlines of their day. Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie is part of Bloodlands, a chilling collection of short page-turning historical narratives from bestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter. But it was the mysterious fate of eldest daughter, Kate that would make them the stuff of mythic campfire prairie tales. The devilish enterprise on “Hell’s Half-Acre” would earn the Bloody Benders an undying place in the annals of American infamy. In time, their apple orchard gave up its secrets-a burial ground for their mutilated victims, each stripped of their possessions. These pioneers welcomed unwary visitors with jackrabbit stew and a sledgehammer to the skull. At a remote little inn not far from the Kansas homestead of Laura Ingalls Wilder lived the Bender family. ![]()
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