Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xvi, 316 pages ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-294) and index. |
Summary |
"The shocking true story of one of the twentieth century's most prolific female serial killers." -- book jacket. |
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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. |
Subject |
Gunness, Belle, 1859-1908.
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Women serial murderers -- Biography.
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Serial murderers -- Indiana -- La Porte County -- Biography.
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LaPorte (Ind.) -- Biography.
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Genre |
Biographies.
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True crime stories.
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Added Title |
Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men |
ISBN |
9781477808955 |
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1477808957 |
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