Kilgariff discusses the case and theories about the Benders. In his Bloodlands short story collection, Harold Schechter covered the Bender family in "Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie." The video game Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) features the characters Bray and Tammy Aberdeen, who are an allusion to John Jr. and Kate Bender. In Fargo (Season 4, Episode 9), outside the entrance to The Barton Arms, a Kansas Historical Marker plaque for “The Mellon Mounds” recounts the story of the Mellon family, who lured unsuspecting travelers into their home, killed them with a hammer, and buried them out back. Though the bodies were found in the spring of 1894, the Mellons were never caught. This is a direct reference to the Benders. The story was recounted on Investigation Discovery's True Nightmares: Tales Of Terror, Season 1, Episode 5, "The Doll Collector." The movie Cabin in the Woods (2011) features a family that heavily mirrors the Benders as the initial antagonists of the film. The metal pioneers Macabre have a song about the Benders, who are said to be of Norwegian ancestry - The Bloody Benders See also List of fugitives from justice who disappeared List of serial killers in the United States The Kelly Family (serial killers) References Further reading Bender: The Complete Saga (Graphic Novel); Michael Frizell (writer) and David Frizell (artist); Skye Press (a Division of Oghma Creative Media); 2018; . The Saga of the Bloody Benders; Rick Geary; NBM Publishing; 2008; . The New Encyclopedia of Serial Killers; Brian Lane and Wilfred Gregg; Headline Book Publishing; 1996; . History of Labette County, Kansas, and Representative Citizens; Nelson Case; Biographical Publishing; 846 pages; 1901. "The Bender Family – Some New Light on Their Mysterious Disappearance". The St. Joseph Weekly Gazette (St. Joseph, Missouri). Vol. XLIV, No. 7. 16 Feb 1888. External links Bender Knife, Kansas Historical Society Bender photo collection Bloody Bender Family 1871–1873, Leatherock Hotel Photos of the Bender cabin, the graves, and the Bender hammers Maps: 1873 map of Bender claim in Osage township of Labette County, Leatherock Hotel 1906 Standard Atlas of Labette County, Kansas Historical Society 1936 Labette County Map, Kansas Department of Transportation 2018 Labette County Map, Kansas Department of Transportation 1872 in Kansas 1872 murders in the United States 1873 in Kansas 1873 murders in the United States 19th-century American criminals American male criminals American serial killers American murderers of children Crime families