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Legacy
- Damon Runyon based a 1937 short story, "Lonely Heart", on the Gunness case, including the handyman.
- Belle Gunness' notoriety inspired a folk song in 1938.
- Her story was fictionalized on the radio show Nick Harris, Detective under the name, "The Female Ogre." Her character was named "Mrs. Ruth Cooper." It was first broadcast on April 7, 1940.
- The character of Bessie Denker from the 1954 novel The Bad Seed (later adapted into a Broadway play and a film) is based roughly on Belle Gunness.
- The 2004 movie, Method, was inspired by and loosely based on the Belle Gunness murders.
- In 2005, Anne Berit Vestby directed the 50-minute documentary Belle Gunness- a serial killer from Selbu.
- In 2007, Rob Zombie/ex-Marilyn Manson guitarist John 5 released the album The Devil Knows My Name, including the track "Black Widow of La Porte," a direct reference to Gunness.
- E. L. Doctorow based a short story, "A House on the Plains," on the Gunness case.
- Backroad Brewery, a microbrewery located in La Porte, Indiana, produces an Irish-style dry stout named after Belle Gunness.
- The Steve Alten book Meg 4: Hell's Aquarium features a megalodon pup named Belle after Gunness.
- The song "Bella the Butcher", featured on the band Macabre's album Grim Scary Tales, is based on Belle Gunness.
- An episode on the series True Nightmares, on Investigation Discovery, aired October 14, 2015, and profiled Belle Gunness. The episode was called "Crazy Love".
- Episodes 33 and 34 of the podcast, Serial Killers, from the Parcast Network on September 18 and 25, 2017, respectively, showcased Belle Gunness' life and the controversy surrounding her alleged death.
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See also
- Lonely hearts killer
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References
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External links
- Crime Library: Belle Gunness
- The Legend of Belle Gunness], with book citations
- Marta Weigle, American Folklore Society (1989). Creation and Procreation. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-8096-2. , chapter by Janet Langlois in Women's Folklore, Women's Culture (1989) via GoogleBooks. ISBN 0-8122-1206-1 Accessed April 22, 2008.
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