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Belle Gunness

1859 - 1908

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Belle Gunness (born Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth; November 11, 1859 – possibly April 28, 1908), nicknamed Hell's Belle, 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 through personal advertisements), while some sources speculate her involvement in as many as forty murders, making her one of the most prolific female serial killers in history. Gunness seemingly died in a fire in 1908, although her actual fate is unconfirmed. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Belle Gunness is the 191st most popular extremist (down from 147th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Norway (down from 150th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Belle Gunness ranks 191 out of 283. Before her are Radislav Krstić, Yigal Amir, Béla Kiss, Jan-Carl Raspe, Aslan Usoyan, and Guy Burgess. After her are Herbert Mullin, Bugs Moran, Carl Panzram, Patty Hearst, Mary Surratt, and Amelia Dyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Belle Gunness ranks 84. Before her are Louis Majorelle, Kosta Khetagurov, Virginie Demont-Breton, Georgios Orphanidis, Karl Muck, and Samuel Alexander. After her are Nikolay Gamaleya, Julius Klengel, Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Christian von Ehrenfels, and Matilda Howell. Among people deceased in 1908, Belle Gunness ranks 63. Before her are Thomas Hill, Heinrich Hübschmann, Karl Möbius, Friedrich von Esmarch, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, and Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso. After her are Doppo Kunikida, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Walery Antoni Wróblewski, Charles Barbier de Meynard, Jacob W. Davis, and Lester Allan Pelton.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Belle Gunness ranks 216 out of 1,039. Before her are Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870), Jens Munk (1579), Kirsti Sparboe (1946), Ellen Gleditsch (1879), Karl Ove Knausgård (1968), and Kristine Bonnevie (1872). After her are Ole Ellefsæter (1939), John Norum (1964), Eysteinn Erlendsson (1120), Gunnar Heiberg (1857), Bjørn Wirkola (1943), and Alf Prøysen (1914).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Norway

Among extremists born in Norway, Belle Gunness ranks 2. Before her are Anders Behring Breivik (1979).

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