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Belle Gunness: Comely Widow Who Wants You to Stay Forever
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Dec 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Belle Gunness wanted what every American wants: the American Dream. And through insurance fraud and murder, she eventually found it. "Hell's Belle," as she was known, used strychnine -- and a meat cleaver -- to kill an estimated 40 victims she met through personal ads, almost all in Indiana. The popular theory about Belle? That she managed to elude authorities for years by transforming into a woman named Esther Carlson.
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Released:
Dec 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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