“Belle Gunness was a lady fair In Indiana State. She weighed about three hundred pounds, And that is quite some weight. That she was stronger than a man Her neighbors all did own; She butchered hogs right easily, And did it all alone. But hogs were just a sideline She indulged in now and then; Her favorite occupation Was a-butchering of men.” There is nothing like a fascinating and creepy audiobook to keep you alert the whole night and here's one I can't recommend enough to others who are oddly attracted to true dark crime stories and the not so polite side of history. Told in a vivid narrative fashion the author first sets the scene of the founding of La Porte, Indiana, United States and then brings in the beginning mysteries still surrounding Brynhild Paulsdatter Storse (better known as Belle Gunness) and the known collected evidence against her. For those that haven't heard of the Lady Bluebeard of La Porte, here's your chance to listen to a perfectly selected narrator who provides a calm eerie tone that nicely matches the subject matter on a woman who methodically lured wealthy lonely hearts and down and out men throughout early 20th America to her Indiana farm where they promptly disappeared only leaving their packed trunks behind. If that is not curious enough, the several mysterious deaths and vanishings of Gunness's own husbands and children are enough fooder for continued gossip and stories for generations. All of these strange events and answers of what exactly was happening on this farm are brought to the light and examined in detail in this work as different remains are eventually discovered which all leads up to a fire burning brightly in the early hours of April 28th and the frightening legend born from those ashes. Did Belle Gunness die in a deliberately set fire in 1908 or did she move on to start a new life (and commit further unsolved murders) in sunny California or bustling New York City? It's one of America's Unsolved Mysteries and Mr. Schechter (along with Mr. Hillgartner) tell it so well. -purchased and listened to Audible version of book -EGP/July 2019 Comments are closed.
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