S1.E35 - Love Letters and Lye: The Bloody Trail of Belle Gunness

The Pandemonium team is back with another unhinged dose of merder - and this time, we’re heading to the dark heart of Indiana farmland, where pigs weren’t the only ones being fed.Join Rachel and Cat as they unearth the chilling story of Belle Gunness, the towering Black Widow of La Porte who lured unlucky suitors through lovelorn ads, and then made sure they never left.With whispers of insurance fraud, suspicious fires, chopped-up corpses, and a body count that keeps rising, this case is anything but quaint.She looked like a sweet mother - but she was hiding a butcher’s heart.The Links we used - Belle Gunness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness https://www.biography.com/crime/belle-gunness https://allthatsinteresting.com/belle-gunness https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/04/20/photos-serial-killer-belle-gunness-the-la-porte-ghoul/https://laportecountyhistory.org/exhibits/belle-gunness/ https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-belle-gunness-murder-farm