The Belle Gunness Case
Keeping in line with my last case, this is another older case. The difference between this and the last is that this case is more infamous than the other case, however, there remains conflicting information throughout the story. In a way this one is more difficult to determine just what the true facts are because of its "popularity." In fact, I have made more than one attempt to pull all of the information together in attempts to make it as accurate as I can make it, as well as less difficult to follow. Belle was born (more than likely anyway) in 1859 in Norway. Although I have an actual date of November 11, 1859, that date is in dispute. Belle grew to be a rather large woman apparently. Reports say she was 6 foot tall and weighed anywhere from 200 to 280 pounds. She was officially declared dead on April 28, 1908 in LaPorte Indiana. Even her death has been in question. Whether she actually died on her farm that day or she escaped and...