H ave you ever heard of a serial killer family? The Bloody Benders were the first in the United States. Over a century later, you can still find them in books, TV, and on the big screen – people never get tired of their story! It was the 1870s. There were four Benders in the immediate family. “Pa” or John Sr. spoke with a heavy accent. He was probably born

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I t was the 1870s and everyone was humming a popular song: Lydia Sherman is plagued with rats Lydia has no faith in cats. So Lydia buys some arsenic, And then her husband, he does die, And Lydia’s neighbors wonder why. Lydia moves, but still has rats; And still she puts no faith in cats; So again she buys some arsenic This time her children; they get sick, This time

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