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""Stunning new material backed up with hard documentation"" -Cherryvale, Kansas Historical Museum ""Various tales about the Benders have one thing in common-misinformation... That is, till now, as author Lee Ralph shares fresh revelations about the family in his new book Hell Comes to Play.""-WILD WEST Magazine Winter Issue 2024 Justice has finally came for the victims of the Bender's devilish deeds. Myth and fabrication have dominated the re-telling of the Bender's story. Now, for the first time-ever, new facts are presented, documented and sourced to tell the true story of The Bloody Benders, as never before told! Many American pioneers lost their lives in their trek westward. Among those taking this risk were the Bender family who settled on the barren Kansas prairie, in the early 1870's. The origins of the reclusive Benders were a complete unknown to their neighbors. During this time, many travelers in the area of southeast Kansas mysteriously vanished. When the brother of Col. Alexander M. York, a Kansas Senator, went missing, the Colonel and his posse set-out to locate him, at all costs. Suspicion soon fell upon the Benders and their meager one-room store and shabby rest stop along the Osage Trail. Senator York was not prepared for the EVIL that he found. Cold-blooded murder, fueled by robbery, the lure of fame and twisted spiritualism. Age nor gender mattered. None were spared! The Bender's history has been hidden for 150 years ....until now! HELL COMES to PLAY shines new light into the darkness surrounding this historic murder mystery. Justice has finally came for the victims of the Bender's devilish deeds.

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Cherryvale, Kansas Historical Museum: ""Believe me it is like nothing you have ever read! Lee Ralph has gone to the nth degree to find new material. Stunning new material backed up with hard documentation."" WILD WEST Magazine Winter 2024 Edition ""Various tales about the Benders have one thing in common-misinformation. While most cover the facts of the murders as reported in newspapers of the time, what the Benders did before or after coming to Kansas was pure speculation, based on oft-repeated rumors. That is, till now, as author Lee Ralph shares fresh revelations about the family in his new book Hell Comes to Play.""

"Cherryvale, Kansas Historical Museum: ""Believe me it is like nothing you have ever read! Lee Ralph has gone to the nth degree to find new material. Stunning new material backed up with hard documentation."" WILD WEST Magazine Winter 2024 Edition ""Various tales about the Benders have one thing in common-misinformation. While most cover the facts of the murders as reported in newspapers of the time, what the Benders did before or after coming to Kansas was pure speculation, based on oft-repeated rumors. That is, till now, as author Lee Ralph shares fresh revelations about the family in his new book Hell Comes to Play."""

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Lee Ralph is a Historian, Genealogist, an avid Outdoorsman, and USMC veteran. His love for History and Genealogy are matched only by his zeal of solving a mystery. He has 40 years experience as a Genealogist and Researcher. He runs a YouTube channel, LeeRalph100, that focuses on outdoors/bushcraft skills and homesteading.His book HELL COMES TO PLAY: THE TRUE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA'S MASS MURDERING FAMILY, THE BLOODY BENDERS cuts through myth and fabrication, in this groundbreaking work, that finally reveals the truth about the Bloody Bender family and this historic criminal mystery.

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