Most people from this area have heard of Belle Gunness. She was a Norwegian immigrant, who lived in LaPorte at the turn of the century. She would lure men to her farm through ads in newspapers -- and ...

Widow Belle Gunness used personal ads in the early 1900s to lure men to her Indiana farm with promises of love and marriage When her farmhouse burned in 1908, police dug through the ashes — and found ...

In March 1908, Asle Helgelien, a South Dakota farmer worried about his missing brother, wrote to Belle Gunness, who had a farm near La Porte, Indiana. Andrew Helgelien hadn’t returned after telling ...

Belle Gunness with her children Philip Gunness, on lap, and Myrtle and Lucy Sorenson in the late 19th or early 20th century. Officials sift through the ashes of the Gunness family home that burned to ...

Belle Gunness was the most prolific female serial killer in United States' history. Belle Gunness was the most prolific female serial killer in United States' history. It's believed that she killed ...

Long before online dating, proto-Craigslist killer Belle Gunness used newspaper ads to find men — and leave them dismembered in shallow graves AP Widow Belle Gunness used personal ads in the early ...