Belle Gunness: The Mind Of A Murderer

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The mind of a murderer is one that majority of people will never understand. Their motives and what drives them to perform the actions they carry out are mostly incomprehensible. In the case of Belle Gunness, she did not just murder for her enjoyment, she killed innocent numerous people all for the love of something that makes the world-go-round, and that is money. Belle Gunness simply murdered for the collection of value from personal items and also, most importantly, insurance money. Belle Gunness was born as Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth on November 11, 1859. Gunness was originally from Selbu, Norway and was the daughter of a stonesman. She was the youngest of eight children. In 1881, she packed her belongings and immigrated to the United

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