About
Serial killer who murdered suitors who answered her personal ads in the newspapers.
Before Fame
She and her first husband owned a confectionery store in Chicago that was not successful and mysteriously burned down, allowing them to collect the insurance money.
Trivia
She also killed her two daughters and is suspected of killing the infant daughter of her second husband.
Family Life
She was married twice, and both of her husbands died under mysterious circumstances.
Associated With
Lonely Heart, a 1937 short story by Damon Runyan, was based on Gunness.
