Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In March 1908, Asle Helgelien, a South Dakota farmer worried about his missing brother, wrote to Belle Gunness, who had a farm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This colorized photo from around 1908 shows Belle Gunness and three of her children. On April 27, 1908, her LaPorte farmhouse ...

Dating for Belle Gunness at the turn of the 20th century doesn’t seem all that different in practice from dating in the 21st. The two-time widow had perfected her system. She would post an ad in the ...

Widow Belle Gunness used personal ads in the early 1900s to lure men to her Indiana farm with promises of love and marriage When her farmhouse burned in 1908, police dug through the ashes — and found ...

In May 1908, after fire destroyed a LaPorte farmhouse, police made a gruesome discovery. In addition to three bodies found inside the house — one of them headless — investigators found the remains of ...

The “eye-catching” movie poster promotions for a feature film detailing the rural LaPorte murders committed at the turn-of-the-century by black widow Belle Gunness have been floating around for nearly ...

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Harold Schecter's bestseller “Hell’s Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men” has been optioned by SERA Films for a limited television series adaptation. Actor Joseph Cross and SERA ...