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Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

142. The Siren: Belle Gunness, The Husband Luring Serial Killer // MONSTERS SERIES

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

True Crime, Fiction, Drama, History

4.83.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Go to https://kachava.com and use code HSP for 15% off on your subscription for a limited time Heart Starts Pounding is a Signal Awards Finalist! Go to https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2025/shows/genre/paranormal-or-horrorby October 9th to cast your vote for the Listener's Choice Award. What would happen if you read an ad in a newspaper for your dream partner. They’re rich, they’re beautiful and they are looking for someone to share their life with. Would you answer, or is that too good to be true? Well, in 1906, dozens of men around the country had that exact problem, except when they answered these ads and went to go meet their future wife, they vanished without a trace. TW: Child Death To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi guys, it's Kaylin. I wanted to take a second to let you know that hard size pounding was just

0:04.0

announced as a finalist for a Signal Award in the horror slash paranormal category. I feel so

0:10.5

incredibly honored. This little podcast that I still sometimes record episodes of in my closet has

0:14.9

truly come such a long way and it's all thanks to you guys. But I need your help. Being a finalist makes us eligible for the

0:22.1

listener's choice award, which is totally dependent on fan voting. So if you have a second,

0:27.1

I'm including a link in the description of this episode where you can go vote for Horsarsers Pounding.

0:31.0

It's pretty easy. You just have to confirm your email, and it would really mean a lot.

0:35.6

Thanks, guys. In the summer of 1906, a man named George Anderson opened his morning newspaper and saw an ad

0:43.0

that would change his life.

0:45.1

It read, Wanted.

0:46.8

A woman who owns a beautifully located and valuable farm in first-class condition wants a good

0:52.5

and reliable man as a partner in the same. Some little cash is required and will be furnished first-class condition, wants a good and reliable man as a partner in the same.

0:55.3

Some little cash is required and will be furnished first-class security.

0:59.5

Now, George was a 39-year-old man who lived in Missouri, and he had trouble finding a wife.

1:04.8

So this seemed like an answer to his prayers.

1:07.8

A wealthy woman in want of a husband, he was willing to help her take care of her

1:12.1

farm, and the company of a woman would be nice after so many years alone. At the bottom of the ad,

1:18.0

there was instructions on how he could get in touch with the author, who just went by the initials,

1:23.7

B.G. For a moment, George thought that it was strange that this woman listed no personal details

1:30.2

about herself, not even her full name, only the condition of her property. But that didn't

1:36.4

stop him from riding her back. He didn't want to miss out on this opportunity. And eventually,

1:41.4

this mysterious bachelorette was inviting him to come visit her valuable farm in

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