Hell's Belle's Murders
What made Belle Gunness kill her own kids and other men?
4.2 (36)
44 mins
Explore how Belle Gunness used charm to lure men for murder and profit. Discover the suspicious deaths of her children and how she covered them up. Learn about the 1908 farmhouse fire that exposed her crimes and revealed mass graves.
Ep 1:
Birth of Hell's Belle
From a hard Norwegian childhood to Chicago's suspicious fires and deaths, trace how Brynhild Størseth became Belle Gunness—and built a deadly La Porte farm behind a widow's respectable facade.
Ep 2:
Love Letters, Lonely Graves
Belle's newspaper ads lured lonely immigrant men with promises of love and fortune—only to poison, bludgeon, and bury them, one by one, across her Indiana farmland.
Discussions (12)
Lori
Level 4 · 7 mo agoI’m firmly of the camp that she got away with it! Ray Lamphere’s story about the headless body being a decoy makes too much sense to ignore. 🤷🏻♀️
Trevor
Level 4 · 7 mo agoNeighbors claimed the corpse was too small for her.
Asa
Level 3 · 7 mo agoI doubt she actually escaped. It is far more likely she died in the fire and the body just shrank from the heat. You are giving her way too much credit for what was probably just a messy end.
