(Credit: Frank Scherschel/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) He supposedly murdered 11 people, eviscerating them and hiding body parts in his house. Serial Killer Ed Gein sitting in back of police car after being arrested. Several prospective suitors made the trek, only to disappear forever–just one made it out alive, after reportedly waking up to see a sinister-looking Gunness standing over him. She then began placing newspaper advertisements in search of a third husband, with the requirement that potential suitors had to visit her Indiana farm. While an inquest was held, no proof of foul play could be produced, leading to another hefty insurance payout. Gunness claimed that he’d received a fatal burn from scalding water and had been hit on the head by a heavy meat grinder. She quickly remarried, and just eight months later her second husband died. Although both happened under suspicious circumstances, Gunness was able to collect multiple insurance policy payouts allowing her to purchase a farm in La Porte, Indiana. By 1900 the store had mysteriously burned down, and Gunness’ husband was dead. The couple had four children (two of whom died young) and ran a candy store. The woman who became known as the “Lady Bluebeard” immigrated to America from Norway in 1881, settling in Chicago where she married a fellow Norwegian immigrant. Murderer Belle Gunness who killed up to 15 men for their insurance.
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