Episode 4 - Della Sorensen

Episode 4 is about a serial killer in Howard County, Nebraska.  She lived only about 10 miles from where I grew up.  Who would ever imagine that there was a serial killer in Dannebrog, Nebraska?  We discuss the happenings and confession of serial killer, Della Sorensen.  Little did I know when I started looking into this story, Della was related to your narrator.  Stay Curious!

Resources:
Thanks to EpidemicSound.com for providing the music and sound effects.

A string of mysterious deaths surrounds a Nebraska woman.  History.  July 27, 2019.  Accessed March 2, 2022.  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-string-of-mysterious-deaths-surrounds-a-nebraska-woman

Della Sorensen, The tragic, grievous and mysterious 7-year story , uncovered nearly a century ago, of Central Nebraska’s most famous ‘murderess’.  Grand Island Independent.  August 8, 2015.

Mrs. Sorensen Admits She Poisoned Seven.  The Phonograph Herald.  April 22, 1925.

Nebraska Mother Admits Long List of Crimes to Police Following Arrest - Killed Mother-In-Law Slayer Mentally Unbalanced and Will Be Sent to State Asylum.  The Bismark Tribune.  April 20, 1925.

Woman Remorseless After Taking Eight Relatives’ Lives by Poison.  The Sioux City Journal.  April 28, 1925

Reach out to me on Twitter “@SidtheHistorian” or on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/thehistoriansmiscellany  for suggestions for stories, for locations to cover, or for improvements on the Podcast.  I hope you enjoy and thanks for listening.    Stay Curious!!