Belle+Gunness

=Belle Sorenson Gunness =



Biography
 * she was "crazy for money" (collected money from the life insurance policy after her husband's and childrens' death)
 * she got pregnant with a man. then he kicked her stomach in public and lost her child
 * one of eight children, born in Norway

Victim Profiles
 * her own children
 * her husbands (mostly rich men)
 * ranch workers
 * adopted children
 * killed 49 total

Method of Operation
 * slaughter
 * Modus Operandi: Place matrimonial ads in newspapers, promised marital bliss, looked for someone with great fortune.
 * after the victims arrived, she drugged her victims, cut them up, wrapped them with oilskin, and buried the corpse at her farm
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">"My heart beats in wild rapture for you, My Andrew, I love you. Come prepared to stay forever." -> in a letter she wrote to one of the men
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">many butchered bodies carved like turkeys (heads cut off, arms removed, legs sawed off at the thigh) were found at her house

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Bibliography
 * "America’s Famous Serial Killers!." //Directory Journal Web Directory//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Dec. 2010. <http://www.dirjournal.com/info/americas-famous-serial-killers/>.
 * Ashford, Jenny. "Female Serial Killer Belle Gunness: Early 20th Century Murderess Killed As Many As 42 People." //Suite101.com: Online Magazine and Writers' Network//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Dec. 2010. <http://www.suite101.com/content/female-serial-killer-belle-gunness-a101663>.
 * "Top 10 Evil Women of History | Quality Junkyard." //Quality Junkyard - Home of Quality Junk | Funny, Amazing, Cool, Creative, Crazy, Horror, Humor, Top 10, Top ten, Jokes, Videos, Images, Text, Cartoons and Much more...//. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Dec. 2010. <http://qualityjunkyard.com/2009/01/29/top-10-evil-women-of-history/>.