Princess of Hell

From 1902 to 1908, men mysteriously vanished in various states of the USA: wealthy bachelors, ordinary workers…
And in 1908, their bodies were found on the farm of the respectable widow Belle Gunness — in a cesspool, chopped into pieces…
Who was... she — the most brutal female killer in the history of the USA? What really happened to her children, officially considered perished in a fire? How did she manage to deal with more than two dozen strong and healthy men? And why did she kill — only for profit?
In this book, Harold Schechter unveils the mysteries of one of the most sinister figures in the pantheon of serial killers, reconstructing the chronology of events on the "death farm" day by day and hour by hour…