New Regency Wins Rights to ‘Hell’s Half-Acre,’ Buzzy Non-Fiction Title on America’s First Serial Killer Family (EXCLUSIVE)
Manori Ravindran International EditorNew Regency has won the rights to a buzzy non-fiction title shedding new light on America’s first serial killer family.“Hell’s Half-Acre,” penned by British historian Susan Jonusas, presents new revelations about the Benders, an 1870s Kansas family that achieved notoriety in the annals of U.S. crime history for murdering what is estimated to be up to a dozen travellers.A number of bodies were discovered in 1873, buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of young apple trees.