Friday, April 27, 2018

Hell's Princess:

Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men By: Harold Schechter
Non:Fiction: History, E-book
E-Book Count:9
Book Count:12

This book is about Belle Gunness also called Bella Gunness who was born Brynhild Paulsdatter Storset.  She was from Norway, but spend much of her life in La Porte,  Indiana.  She was born in 1859 and officially died in 1908 in a house fire. (There were questions on if the body found was her.)  After her death, many bodies were found hacked to pieces and buried around her farm.  It was found out that she had murdered both her husbands, a number of children that she adopted or were step-children.  (There are also questions on if she started the house fire, if so she killed the 3 children living with her  as well.)  So also used ads in papers to get men to come to her farm as business partners/ love interests/ help and then take all of there money, then kill them.  She was called the female Bluebeard and killed 20+ people.  This story covers both her life as well the aftermath.  

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