The Bender family out of Kansas may have been the first serial killers in United States history. They lived right off of the most traveled trail that lead west and not long after settling in, folks starting disappearing from this trail at such an alarming right, travelers were being advised to find another path.  The local townships didn't care much for the loss of foot traffic and began their own investigation into who or what was behind the disappearances.  Coupled with an effort by US Army Colonel York to find his brother who had gone missing on that very trail, the heat was turned up around the Bender family, who ended up disappearing.  Learn the full story of this tale in this week's episode! SHOW NOTEShttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Bendershttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53672/bloody-benders-americas-first-serial-killershttps://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/the-bloody-benders/https://www.historynet.com/the-bloody-benders-grim-harvest.htmhttps://medium.com/internet-archaeology/the-bastardized-story-of-the-bloody-benders-a203fb0e419ahttps://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/what-happened-to-the-bloody-benders/Smells Like HumansLike listening to funny friends discuss curious human behavior.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   SpotifySupport the show