Hell Comes to Play: The TRUE Untold Story of America's Mass Murdering Family, The Bloody Benders

REVISED EDITION 2026."Stunning new material backed up with hard documentation" -Cherryvale, Kansas Historical Museum"Various tales about the Benders have one thing in common—misinformation... That is, till now, as author Lee Ralph shares fresh revelations about the family in his new book Hell Comes to Play."—WILD WEST Magazine Winter Issue 2024Myth and fabrication have dominated the re-telling of the Bender's story. Now, for the first time-ever, new facts are presented, factually documented and sourced to tell the true story of The Bloody Benders, as never before told!The Bender Family's history has been hidden for 150 years ....until now!Many American pioneers lost their lives in their trek westward. Among those taking this risk were the Bender family who settled on the barren Kansas prairie, in the early 1870's. The history and origins of the reclusive Benders were a complete unknown to their neighbors when they arrived in Kansas.During this time, many travelers in the area of southeast Kansas mysteriously vanished. When the brother of Col. Alexander M. York, a Kansas Senator, went missing, the Colonel and his posse set-out to locate him, at all costs.Suspicion soon fell upon the Benders and their meager one-room store, which was no more than a shabby and secluded shanty along the Osage Trail.Senator York was not prepared for the EVIL that he found. Cold-blooded murder, fueled by robbery, the lure of fame and twisted spiritualism. Age nor gender mattered. None were spared!HELL COMES TO PLAY shines new light into the darkness surrounding this historic murder mystery and the perpetrators of these heinous murders.Justice has finally came for the victims of the Bender's devilish deeds.REVISED EDITION 2026. Read more