Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In March 1908, Asle Helgelien, a South Dakota farmer worried about his missing brother, wrote to Belle Gunness, who had a farm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This colorized photo from around 1908 shows Belle Gunness and three of her children. On April 27, 1908, her LaPorte farmhouse ...

For lonely bachelors in early 1900s America, a matrimonial ad from a prosperous Indiana widow seemed like the chance of a lifetime. “Comely widow who owns a large farm in one of the finest districts ...

In 2008, forensic anthropologists dug up four old graves in an attempt to solve a century-old mystery: What ever happened to Belle Gunness? She was the most deadly black widow of them all, even though ...

An Indiana woman accused of killing up to 40 people could be the subject of a film being planned by a LaPorte native.Stephen Ruminski is trying to raise money to tell the story of Belle Gunness. The ...

Dating for Belle Gunness at the turn of the 20th century doesn’t seem all that different in practice from dating in the 21st. The two-time widow had perfected her system. She would post an ad in the ...

Women’s History Month is over, and while we nearly bid farewell to covering our rule-bucking foremothers of yore, we remembered we had free will—for now!—so we’ve decided to keep celebrating bad women ...

Schechter (Man-Eater) recounts the horrifying murders committed by Belle Gunness, who lured approximately 28 men to their deaths on her Indiana farm in the early 20th century. Gunness advertised in ...

LaPORTE — A television series that's in the works will recount the story of a LaPorte woman who's believed to have murdered more than two dozen people a century ago. SERA Films has optioned Harold ...

The “eye-catching” movie poster promotions for a feature film detailing the rural LaPorte murders committed at the turn-of-the-century by black widow Belle Gunness have been floating around for nearly ...