Length3h 1m
About this audiobook
True Crime story of America's deadliest female serial killer, Belle Gunness. This book exposes the brutal, yet gripping reality of a woman who murdered without remorse - in a case more terrifying than any fictional story.
Audiobook details
GenreTrue Crime, History
Length3 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 23, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1AUTHOR’S NOTE
2PREFACE
3Chapter 1 — Stone and Winter
4Chapter 2 — The Lesson of Bruises
5Chapter 3 — The Church Ledger
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6Chapter 4 — A Girl Learns Weight
7Chapter 5 — A Letter from America
8Chapter 6 — Departure Calculations
9Chapter 7 — Naming
10Chapter 8 — Departure: 1881
11Chapter 9 — Marriage as Business
12Chapter 10 — Insurance Is a Hymn
13Chapter 11 — The Children Who Didn’t Stay
14Chapter 12 — Smoke Teaches Speed
15Chapter 13 — Overlap Day
16Chapter 14 — The Widow’s Face
17Chapter 15 — Buying Distance
18Chapter 16 — A Second Husband, a Second Accident
19Chapter 17 — The Advertisement
20Chapter 18 — Trunks in the Parlour
21Chapter 19 — Bring Only Cash
22Chapter 20 — The Hired Man
23Chapter 21 — The Neighbour’s Unease
24Chapter 22 — A Brother Goes Looking
25Chapter 23 — A Watch That Doesn’t Come Home
26Chapter 24 — The Hog Lot
27Chapter 25 — Counting Without Names
28Chapter 26 — The Press Learns a Number
29Chapter 27 — Transport and Chain
30Chapter 28 — The Question of Fire
31Chapter 29 — Consolidation
32Chapter 30 — Preparation for Charge
33Chapter 31 — Arraignment
34Chapter 32 — Disclosure
35Chapter 33 — Motions
36Chapter 34 — What Could Be Said
37Chapter 35 — Residue
38Epilogue — What the Record Cannot Hold
39BIBLIOGRAPHY
40ARCHIVAL NOTE
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