After the Civil War, a number of people went missing along the Osage trail in Kansas. Search parties tracked the disappearances to a family owned inn along the trail. When locals went to confront them about the situation, the family was gone. This week we discuss one of the most famous mysteries of the Old West, the Bloody Benders.

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