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Sometimes the Truth is Stranger than Fiction
(Adults)
Wednesdays; Jan. 10, Feb. 14, Mar. 13, Apr. 10, May 8; 7 p.m. at John and Judy Gay Library (JJGL)
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1) Hell's half-acre: the untold story of the Benders, a serial killer family on the American frontier
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"In 1873 the people of Labette County in Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried on a homestead seven miles south of the town of Cherryvale, in a bloodied cellar and under frost-covered soil, were countless bodies in varying states of decay. The discovery sent the local community and national newspapers into a frenzy that continued for over two decades, and the land on which the crimes took place became known as 'Hells Half-Acre.' When it emerged that...
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