She was born Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth in 1859, and her name sounds very Scandinavian and in full accordance with her Norwegian descent. However, she is known as Belle Gunness, and she gained a lasting fame as one of the most prolific female serial killers in America, yes, maybe in the world at large. One of the many mysteries about her is her escape/total disappearance in 1908, most probably after faking her own death in a fire. All in all, she was just as bad as some of the worst male serial killers, only a bit more smart than most of them.
She had several children, whom she had insured which is the reason why some of them died from being poisoned with arsenic. The same happened to her many suitors whom she lured to her farm with promises of love-advertisements, some of them seemingly for her beautiful, adopted daughter, Jennie. It seems that Belle murdered at least 14 people whom she poisoned or killed with an axe. Their - sometimes dismembered bodies - were buried in her yard. However, some criminal experts think the number of her victims was more like 40 than 14 ....
The Scenery of the murders
Belle was at least 170 centimetres (5 ft 7 in) tall and weighed around 95–113 kilograms (209–249 lb). She was physically strong in appearance, and not one to fiddle with, so to speak.
Her male farm hand
https://www.biography.com/crime/belle-gunness
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