104. The Love Letter Butcher

In the early 1900's, amidst the idyllic landscapes of the American Midwest, a dark tale of deception and murder unfolded, centered around one woman.  Behind her charming facade lurked a sinister killer. This woman had a dark side that compelled her to do gruesome and violent acts. Her appetite for money and murder was insatiable, earning her the title of Americas most notorious female serial killer. Poisoning, drugging, beheading, dismembering, and feeding her victims remains to her pigs is just one part of her notoriety. This woman was dubbed the Black Widow and the Indiana Ogress once her gruesome farm graveyard was unearthed but she's never answered for a single crime to which there are many. This is what nightmares are made of.      Source info . . . . . . . Belle Gunness | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers Belle Gunness - La Porte County Historical Society Museum (laportecountyhistory.org) Morbid Monday: A Nightmare at Murder Farm - Atlas Obscura Belle Gunness And The Grisly Crimes Of The 'Black Widow' Serial Killer (allthatsinteresting.com) How a farm girl became the ‘butcher’ of lonely men (nypost.com) Corpses in the Pig Pen: The Tale of Indiana's Most Notorious Serial Killer | Mental Floss Belle Gunness - Wikipedia Belle Gunness - Femme Fatale - Historic Mysteries Belle Gunness Biography - Childhood, Facts, Family & Crimes of Serial Killer (thefamouspeople.com) Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, May 06, 1908, Image 1 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov) The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, May 08, 1908, Image 1 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov) The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, July 11, 1908, Image 6 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov) Search Strategies & Selected Articles - Belle Gunness Murder Farm: Topics in Chronicling America - Research Guides at Library of Congress (loc.gov)