All the Blood We Share: Fact, Fiction, and the Bloody Benders with Andy Taylor

In this episode, Lanie, Lasha, and guest host Tracy welcome journalist Andy Taylor from the Montgomery County Chronicle. We discuss the novel,  All The Blood We Share by Camilla Bruce. Andy is a treasure chest full of knowledge about Cherryvale and the real-life Benders—America’s first known serial killer family.

Books Mentioned

•Mark Twain by Ron Chernow

•Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

•Grant by Ron Chernow

•From the Reservation to Washington: The Rise of Charles Curtis by Debra Goodrich

•Truman by David McCullough

•The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough

•The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

•Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David McCullough

•Hell Comes to Play: The TRUE Untold Story of America’s Mass Murdering Family, The Bloody Benders by Lee Ralph

•Hell’s Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier by Susan Jonusas

Authors Mentioned

•Stephen Ambrose

•Fern Wood

Movies & Series Mentioned

•Saving Private Ryan

•Mr. Brooks starring Kevin Costner

•Psycho

•Carrie (based on the novel by Stephen King)

•Band of Brothers

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