Vintage Villains

1: Belle Gunness

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The year 1908 brought a lot of marvels and advancements, and the discovery of dozens of bodies buried on a lonely widow's pig farm in LaPorte, Indiana was certainly among the most memorable.

Belle Gunness came to the United States from Norway in search of love and riches, and that's exactly what she found. And it would come at a hideous cost. Questions linger to this day, chiefly among them: did she get away with it? Listen and find out!

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/562322/belle-gunness-murders

https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gunness-belle.htm

https://nypost.com/2018/05/05/how-a-farm-girl-became-the-butcher-of-lonely-men/

https://www.amazon.com/Hells-Princess-Mystery-Gunness-Butcher-ebook/dp/B06XFS39KS

"Frogs Legs Rag" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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