In the winter of 1908, a South Dakota farmer named Andrew Helgelien traveled to LaPorte County, Indiana, with hopes of a prosperous future. He was a male of Norwegian descent who had been corresponding with a wealthy widow named Belle Gunness. Gunness had placed advertisements in Norwegian-language newspapers seeking a partner to share her farm and her life. Andrew, believing he had found a promising opportunity, journeyed to her McClung Road farm with his life savings.
Not long after his
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