Belle Gunness — The Lady Bluebeard
paranormal locationBelle Gunness Farm Site, USA
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La Porte, Indiana, USA
Current use: Farmland; no original structure
Gunness used her McClung Road farm to murder multiple victims; the farmhouse burned on 28 April 1908, exposing remains.
The McClung Road farm site features in regional ghost-tour narratives. Local oral tradition / operator claims only.
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The Hoosier Myths and Legends podcast dedicated Episode 5.9 (published 16 September 2024), titled 'The Haunted Belle Gunness Farm in La Porte, Indiana,' to collecting and examining the paranormal folklore attached to the farm site. The episode surveys local accounts of the farm's haunted reputation accumulated since the 1908 discovery of mass graves, including the reported atmospheric dread experienced by visitors and the unresolved question of whether Gunness herself died in the fire or escaped. Cited here as a named podcast source that has collated and transmitted this lore to a contemporary audience.
Area: Former Gunness farm site and surrounding area, La Porte, Indiana — as covered in Hoosier Myths and Legends podcast (2024)
McClung Road (approx; farm outside La Porte)
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Belle Gunness Farm Site, USA