Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier by Susan Jonusas

Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier

Susan Jonusas

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
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A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war.In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas mad...

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Moods

informative 81%
dark 77%
mysterious 47%
sad 26%
tense 19%
adventurous 12%
challenging 10%
reflective 8%
emotional 7%

Pace

medium 51%
slow 36%
fast 11%

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