![]() ![]() 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. 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. Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of the nonfiction books Fatal, Fiend. When their bodies were dug up, they hadn't merely been poisoned, like victims of other female killers. Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture. Between 19, she lured a succession of unsuspecting victims to her Indiana "murder farm." Some were hired hands. 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. In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. ![]() ![]() "A deeply researched and morbidly fascinating chronicle of one of America's most notorious female killers." - The New York Times Book Review A deeply researched and morbidly fascinating chronicle of one of Americas most notorious female killers. ![]()
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