Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

Synopsis

The Shocking True Story Of One Of The Twentieth Century's Most Prolific Female Serial Killers.--book Jacket. Belle Gunness Engaged In Wholesale Slaughter, Partly Out Of Greed But Mostly For The Sheer Joy Of It. Between 1902 And 1908 She Lured A Succession Of Unsuspecting Victims To Her La Porte, Indiana 'murder Farm.' Some Were Hired Hands. Others Were Well-to-do Bachelors. All Of Them Vanished Without A Trace. When Their Bodies Were Dug Up, They Hadn't Merely Been Poisoned... They'd Been Butchered. Schechter Profiles The Killing Spree Of The Woman Who Came To Be Known As Lady Bluebeard. Harold Schechter. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 263-294) And Index.