# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Winter Lecture Series | The Lurid (and somewhat true) Tale of the Bloody Benders
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The Lurid (and somewhat true) Tale of the Bloody Benders
Katherine Eppich Catlin, OCM volunteer 

March 14, 2026 
2- 3 p.m. in the Old Cowtown Museum’s Visitor Center


The Bender family moved to Labette county Kansas in 1871 and opened their homestead to travelers on the Osage Mission Trail. When the family abruptly left in 1873, neighbors were horrified to find their cellar full of blood and the garden full of corpses. Join Katherine Eppich Catlin for a telling of the historic, and highly embellished, story of the Bloody Benders. 

Admission for lectures is just $3/person. Old Cowtown members and volunteers get in free!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wichita/winter-lecture-series-|-the-lurid-and-somewhat-true-tale-of-the-bloody-benders/200029473622520
- **Event Categories**: trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 233

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Wichita
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Old Cowtown Museum
- **lat**: 37.69428
- **long**: -97.35478
- **full address**: Old Cowtown Museum, 1865 W Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203-3600, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Winter Lecture Series | The Lurid (and somewhat true) Tale of the Bloody Benders being held?
  - **A:** Winter Lecture Series | The Lurid (and somewhat true) Tale of the Bloody Benders takes place on Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 14 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 pm at Old Cowtown Museum, 1865 W Museum Blvd, Wichita, KS 67203-3600, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Winter Lecture Series | The Lurid (and somewhat true) Tale of the Bloody Benders?
  - **A:** Winter Lecture Series | The Lurid (and somewhat true) Tale of the Bloody Benders is organized by Old Cowtown Museum.

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