Robert A Whit
02-09-2013, 10:55 PM
Some of you may find learning about this woman most interesting. And she killed her own children, husbands and boy friends.
A thought just hit me. Maybe she is why the term hells bells came into being.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness)
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Belle Gunness
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/86/Belle_Gunness_with_children.jpg/220px-Belle_Gunness_with_children.jpg (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/File:Belle_Gunness_with_children.jpg)
Belle Gunness with her children Lucy and Myrtle Sorenson, and Phillip Gunness, c. 1908
Background information
Birth name
Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth
Also known as
Hell's Belle
Born
November 11, 1859
Selbu (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Selbu), Norway (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Norway)
Died
April 28, 1908 ?
Cause of death
Unknown
Killings
Number of victims (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/List_of_serial_killers_by_number_of_victims)
40+
Country
USA (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/United_States)
State(s)
Illinois (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Illinois), Indiana (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Indiana),
Date apprehended
never caught
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Belle Sorenson Gunness (born as Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth; November 11, 1859, Selbu (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Selbu), Norway (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Norway) – April 28, 1908?, La Porte (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/La_Porte,_Indiana),[1] (http://www.debatepolicy.com/#cite_note-tribune-1) Indiana (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Indiana)) was a Norwegian-American (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Norwegian-American) serial killer (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Serial_killer).
Standing six feet tall [2] (http://listverse.com/2007/09/09/top-10-most-evil-women/#BelleGunness) (183 cm)tall and weighing over 200 pounds (91 kg), she was a physically strong woman. She killed most of her suitors and boyfriends, and her two daughters, Myrtle and Lucy. She may also have killed both of her husbands and all of her children, on different occasions. Her apparent motives involved collecting life insurance, cash and other valuables, and eliminating witnesses. Reports estimate that she killed between 25 and 40 people over several decades.
A thought just hit me. Maybe she is why the term hells bells came into being.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness)
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Belle Gunness
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Belle Gunness with her children Lucy and Myrtle Sorenson, and Phillip Gunness, c. 1908
Background information
Birth name
Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth
Also known as
Hell's Belle
Born
November 11, 1859
Selbu (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Selbu), Norway (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Norway)
Died
April 28, 1908 ?
Cause of death
Unknown
Killings
Number of victims (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/List_of_serial_killers_by_number_of_victims)
40+
Country
USA (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/United_States)
State(s)
Illinois (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Illinois), Indiana (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Indiana),
Date apprehended
never caught
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Belle Sorenson Gunness (born as Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth; November 11, 1859, Selbu (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Selbu), Norway (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Norway) – April 28, 1908?, La Porte (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/La_Porte,_Indiana),[1] (http://www.debatepolicy.com/#cite_note-tribune-1) Indiana (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Indiana)) was a Norwegian-American (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Norwegian-American) serial killer (http://www.debatepolicy.com/wiki/Serial_killer).
Standing six feet tall [2] (http://listverse.com/2007/09/09/top-10-most-evil-women/#BelleGunness) (183 cm)tall and weighing over 200 pounds (91 kg), she was a physically strong woman. She killed most of her suitors and boyfriends, and her two daughters, Myrtle and Lucy. She may also have killed both of her husbands and all of her children, on different occasions. Her apparent motives involved collecting life insurance, cash and other valuables, and eliminating witnesses. Reports estimate that she killed between 25 and 40 people over several decades.