belle gunness. early life grew up in norway, living in poverty man kicked her in the stomach while...
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Coming to America “ Belle was crazy for money. it was her greatest weakness.” First husband died of supposed heart failure, but doctors later found that he had been poisoned Fourth child died of poisoning too All children insured, which proved to be her motive “ Belle was crazy for money. it was her greatest weakness.” First husband died of supposed heart failure, but doctors later found that he had been poisoned Fourth child died of poisoning too All children insured, which proved to be her motiveTRANSCRIPT
Belle Gunness
Early life Grew up in Norway, living
in poverty
Man kicked her in the stomach while she was pregnant, killing her unborn child
Turning point in life, turned violent and bitter
Coming to America “Belle was crazy for money.
it was her greatest weakness.”
First husband died of supposed heart failure, but doctors later found that he had been poisoned Fourth child died of
poisoning too
All children insured, which proved to be her motive
Peter Gunness Married again in 1901
Story was that a sausage-grinding machine fell on his head and split his skull open
Her daughter, Jennie, later admitted, “my momma killed my poppa. Hit him over the head with a cleaver.”
A few weeks later Jennie went missing, supposedly off to college far away, but her body would later be found buried
Ray Lamphere Fell in love with Belle while
serving as her suitor
Was accused for the burning of the Gunness estate
Investigators found bodies of 3 children and a woman with no head, supposedly the body of Belle Gunness
But maybe Belle set up her own death
Investigation Found an area with a soft spot in the
ground
Andrew Helgelein’s dismembered body was found in a sack, legs sawed off above the knees, disarticulated his arms, and decapitated…all body parts were shoved into a hole into his torso
In his hand he grasped curly brown hair
Finding Bodies
Discovering the Setup Investigators found that Belle had placed her
dental work on the headless woman’s body
Measurements of body parts did not match up with measurements of Belle given by her seamstress
digging At least 13
bodies were found at the site
Her legend lives on, inspired folk song
sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_G
unness http://lifeloom.com/II1Ramsland.ht
m http://www.prairieghosts.com/belle
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