Hell's Princess

The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

By: Harold Schechter

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

“A deeply researched and morbidly fascinating chronicle of one of America’s most notorious female killers.” - The New York Times Book Review

An Amazon Charts bestseller.

In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychopaths, a woman who 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 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, like victims of other female killers. They’d been butchered.

Hell’s Princess is a riveting account of one of the most sensational killing sprees in the annals of American crime: the shocking series of murders committed by the woman who came to be known as Lady Bluebeard. The only definitive book on this notorious case and the first to reveal previously unknown information about its subject, Harold Schechter’s gripping, suspenseful narrative has all the elements of a classic mystery - and all the gruesome twists of a nightmare.

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Intriguing but dragged out

Enjoyed the book and found the over-all story rather intriguing but it was filled with a lot of unnecessary stories that were not at all pertinent to Lady Gunness & the murders at all. Seemed to be a lot of filler details & stories about other people that made it drag on & could have been left out. Bought the Audible narration with it which was very good.

Interesting Story

Interesting story with a great narrator. I wish they'd leave out the racism terms from the time period though.

Awesome

Harold Schechter does not disappoint-does his usual outstanding, extremely well researched, well documented job. Adore Schechter because he does such a thorough job on every project he adopts and Belle Gunness is no exception. Characters such as Belle belie the impression that female serial killers are a “new” anomaly. This book traces Belle’s life from the beginning thru the “end” with possible explanations as to “why”. Recommend this book for those who are interested in serial killers and history.

Great story of a terrible person

heard about this book on a podcast and decided to give it a listen. the book is well done and very detailed.

wow.

if you are into true crime your going to love this book. Very fascinating. You keep thinking something or someone is going to give up the truth. Love it.