If you want love, you might advertise. That was certainly true in 1908 La Porte, Indiana, when Norwegian immigrant, Belle Gunness went looking for a mate in the newspaper’s Lonely-Hearts section. But it didn’t lead to love, it led to murder… and lots of it.
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Love the movie His Girl Friday? It’s tied to a 1920 murder in Chicago where two newspaper men looked behind the headlines to get the real story of a double homicide in the entryway to the home of Carl Wanderer.
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The History of Murder tells the stories of forgotten crimes from years – and sometimes centuries – ago. We talk to historians, authors, and experts in their field. We also use actors reading the words of the real people involved to help bring the case to life. But rather than just recounting the details of the murder, we also talk about the changes in society that impacted the crime, and the way it changed the world we live in.
More about the show:
🌐 https://thehistoryofmurder.com
📺 https://www.youtube.com/@thehistoryofmurder
Check out this teaser trailer and dive into the dark side of our past, The History of Murder, releasing every other Tuesday, starting September 2nd.
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