The Black Widow Who Fed 40+ Men to Her Pigs and Vanished Forever

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]In 1908, Belle Gunnness stood over 6 feet tall and weighed more than 200 lb.

[00:00:06]She could overpower any man who crossed her path, and dozens did. Belle placed lonely hearts ads in newspapers across the Midwest. Wealthy widowers and bachelors would write to her Indiana farm, enchanted by her letters promising love and marriage. She had one simple request. Liquidate everything. Bring cash. They came carrying their life savings. They never left. Belle would murder them herself, then feed the bodies to her pigs. What the pigs couldn't finish, she buried around the property. When her farmhouse mysteriously burned down, investigators made a horrifying discovery. Over 40 victims were scattered across her land, but Belle had vanished. They found a headless female corpse in the ruins. The authorities claimed it was her. The problem, the body was too small, and Belle's teeth, conveniently placed near the corpse, showed no fire damage. Belle Gunnness had disappeared with a fortune.

[00:01:04]Some say she lived for decades under a new identity. The Black Widow had escaped.