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The Unsolved Osage Indian Murders
17:57 - 22:12 (04:15)
The Osage Indian Murders gained national notoriety in the 1920's, but the killings of indigenous people in Oklahoma had been going on for decades before.
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The Osage Trail got a bad reputation really fast due to the murders happening in the area.
17:57 - 20:46 (02:48)
Osage Trail
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The Osage Trail got a bad reputation really fast due to the murders happening in the area. A woman who didn't have any money in February 1873, stopped at the home asking to rest and for food, and fell asleep on a bed in the back, but ended up being a victim too.
ChapterThe Unsolved Osage Indian Murders
EpisodeThe Tale of the Bloody Benders
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The Bender family, consisting of John, his wife, son, and daughter, operated a small community inn on the Osage Trail in Kansas in the late 1800s.
20:46 - 22:12 (01:26)
Bloody Bender Family of Kansas
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The Bender family, consisting of John, his wife, son, and daughter, operated a small community inn on the Osage Trail in Kansas in the late 1800s. But after a series of murders, the family was discovered to be a murderous clan.