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Belle Gunness, born Brynhild Paulsdatter Storset (November 11, 1859 – possibly April 28, 1908), was a Norwegian-American serial killer who was active in Illinois and Indiana between 1884 and 1908. Gunness is thought to have killed at least fourteen people, most of whom were men she enticed to visit her rural Indiana property on the promise of marriage, while some sources speculate her involvement in as many as forty murders. Gunness seemingly died in a fire in 1908, but it is popularly believed that she faked her death. Her actual fate is unconfirmed.

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Born	Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth 11 November 1859 Selbu, Norway
Died	28 April 1908 (aged 48) La Porte, Indiana
Zodiac	Scorpio
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Mads Ditlev Anton Sorenson - · m. 1884 info edit

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Peter Gunness 1902-1902 · m. 1902 info edit

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Joe Moe (Suitor of Belle Gunness) - info edit view couple »

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Andrew Helgelien (Belle Gunness Suitor)

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Joe Moe (Suitor of Belle Gunness)

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Mads Ditlev Anton Sorenson

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Married · 1884

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Peter Gunness

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Married · 1 Apr 1902

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