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  • Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie

  • Bloodlands collection
  • By: Harold Schechter
  • Narrated by: Steven Weber
  • Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (2,499 ratings)

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Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie

By: Harold Schechter
Narrated by: Steven Weber
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At a remote little inn not far from the Kansas homestead of Laura Ingalls Wilder lived the Bender family. These pioneers welcomed unwary visitors with jackrabbit stew and a sledgehammer to the skull.

In time, their apple orchard gave up its secrets - a burial ground for their mutilated victims, each stripped of their possessions. The devilish enterprise on “Hell’s Half-Acre” would earn the Bloody Benders an undying place in the annals of American infamy. But it was the mysterious fate of eldest daughter, Kate, that would make them the stuff of mythic campfire prairie tales.

Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie is part of Bloodlands, a chilling collection of short addictive historical narratives from bestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter. Spanning a century in our nation’s murderous past, Schechter resurrects nearly forgotten tales of madmen and thrill-killers that dominated the most sensational headlines of their day.

©2018 Harold Schechter (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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i Interesting

Pretty good story short and kept you interested will search out more like this . Good narrator too

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Really well done

Really interesting story , and the narrator Steven Weber was awesome!
I highly recommend this .

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very interesting

hearing this book made it real. I have a new respect for the natives of Alaska.

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Love these little stories

Well written, excellent narration, a hidden gem for the true crime sickos like me! I could listen to hundreds of these. Excellent job.

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Entertaining and informative

These short stories are fun and informative story telling of true crime! I also love the narration!

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Interesting

I enjoyed this short true crime story. Worth listening to, recommend for the true crime lovers

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Crazy story of a wicked family

This is a very interesting story, made better by Weber’s sultry voice. I could listen to him read the phone book. But luckily, it’s also a well-researched and written book.

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Interesting story

Interesting story but a very dull narration. I felt like he was just stating facts instead of actually telling the story with any passion or inflection in his voice

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Meh..

Helps to “kill” an hour. Definitely not my favorite story that Audible has to offer..

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Excellent True Crime History

Great story about the crazy and violent Bender family in 1800's Kansas, check out the author's Badlands series for more true crime

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