Belle Gunness, one of the most successful murderers in Illinois. She murdered over 40 people between 1884 and 1908 (1). At the age of 22, she immigrated to Chicago, Illinois in 1881.She murdered over 40 people including two of her husbands and about 4 of her children. She got away without a trace and it’s still a mystery as to where she went today. Brynhild Paulsdatter Storseth (11) was born on November 22nd in 1859 (8). As a child she lived in Selbu, Norway (1). She immigrated to America in 1881 (1) at the age of 22, she moved in with her sister in Chicago where she changed her name to Belle (5). She came to America in search of wealth (11), but instead got insurance frauds and crimes (1). She married a man named Mads Albert Sorrenson (1). …show more content…
Belle brought the two remaining children from her previous marriage. Shortly after the wedding, the two children died (4). One week later Peter’s infant daughter died while being alone with Belle (5). Eight months later, her husband was found dead (5). In December 1902, Mr. Gunness was murdered. A meat chopper fell on his head. The foster child Jennie arrived at the scene and saw Belle standing over Peter’s body (4).At school, Jennie was heard saying “My mama killed my papa. She hit him with a meat cleaver and he died. Don’t tell a soul.” Belle claimed that Peter died while he was searching for his slippers next to a kitchen stove and was burnt with a brine (11). She applied for insurance money the day after her husband’s funeral. And collected $8,500. She later used that money to buy a farm house outside of La Porte (10). Belle convinced the police that she didn’t kill Peter because she was pregnant at the time and used it as an excuse. She got $3,000 (about $81,000 today) from Mr. Gunness’s insurance policy (4). Family members thought the deaths of her many children and husbands were beginning to be suspicious …show more content…
She hired Lamphere to do extra work on her farm. Ray was in love with Belle and got jealous of the many suitors coming to her farm (11). Belle drugged these victims that responded to the ad and cut them up like she did to her hogs (3). Ray helped Belle bury the bodies she butchered under the hog pen (11). Because Ray Lamphere was in love with Belle, Belle contacted the police and told them that he was stalking her (11). Ray was fired by Belle on February 3rd 1908. Belle went to the courthouse and said that Ray was not in his right mind. Ray was held in a sanity hearing. He was later found sane and was released (11). After he was released he would continuously stop by and make small threats to Belle (11). Belle told the sheriff that Ray trespassed and that he threatened her family and had him arrested for trespassing (11). Belle’s new hired help, Joe Maxson moved in in February 1908 (11). One the night of April 28, 1908, Joe Maxon woke up to the house in flames. He yelled for Belle and her children but no answer (11). He jumped from his second story window. When he left the house, it was immediately destroyed (5). Local farmers passing by claimed to have seen Ray Lamphere running from the burning house (11). Later, four dead bodies were found in the basement. Three of the bodies were her children (Ages 5, 9, and 11). The fourth was assumed to be Belle Gunness (5). On May 22nd, 1908, Ray Lamphere was found guilty of
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (1910-1934), was a legendary outlaw partner to Clyde C. Barrow. Bonnie was the daughter of Henry and Emma Parker. She was born at Rowena, Texas, on October 1, 1910. Bonnie had an older brother named Hubert (Buster) and a younger sister named Billie. Her father died when she was only 4 years old, it was after that, when her mother moved her and her siblings to “Cement city” in west Dallas to live closer to relatives.
John was successfully raising corn, wheat, hogs, and blooded horses. Belle’s family moved to southwest Missouri in 1839. She loved the outdoors and spending hours walking around the countryside with her older brother Bud who taught her how to handle guns. Myra Belle
Aileen Wuornos was an American serial killer who murdered several men between 1989 and 1990, leaving their bodies along highways in Northern and Central Florida. In 1992, she plead guilty to the murder of six men, and received the death penalty for each plea. Although much speculation surrounded her mental stability, she was eventually executed in 2002, making her the tenth woman executed in the United States, and the second in Florida, since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977. The first murder Wuornos committed was that of Richard Mallory, a 51-year-old electronics shop owner.
It appeared the child had been killed by a blow to the head, and investigators determined that it had been an inside job. Police investigated Violet Sharp, a servant at the Morrow house. Despite her alibi and testimony proving to be true, she commited suicide on
As a child, she lived in Selbu, Norway (Belle Gunness Biography). Around the age of twenty-one she left Norway and immigrated to America in 1881 (Belle Gunness Biography). At the age of twenty-two, she moved in with her sister in Chicago where she changed her name to Belle (Cellania).
During the year 1982, Dr. Kathleen Holland decided to open her own pediatrics clinic in Kerrville, Texas. She would need help to run her clinic and so she hired licensed vocational nurse, Genene Anne Jones. Jones had been employed by a hospital prior to working in Holland’s clinic. She was a nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Medical Center Hospital in San Antonio. Her peers began to notice that more of the child patients were dying only during her shift.
A teenager mother from Mississippi, Sabrina Butler was first known as the only female offender on Mississippi’s death row who was convicted for child abuse and the murder of her infant son. On the eve of April 11th, 1989, Sabrina Butler arrived at the hospital after midnight with a nine-month-old Walter Dean Butler, who was unresponsive at the scene. She claimed that she have found the baby when he unexpectedly stopped breathing, and after multiple failed attempts to resuscitate her son, she rushed to the emergency room and seek helps from medical professionals who are more knowledgeable on the matter. Sadly, her child was pounced died by the doctors following their visit to the hospital. The next day, while Sabrina was asked to give her statements at the local police station, the prosecutors arrested Sabrina under the charges of capital murder.
Peter Allen had reportedly injured himself throwing himself against a glass panel during the last visit by his wife the previous afternoon cutting his wrist. He is reported to have said "Jesus" as he saw the dangling hanging noose over the gallows' trap
“THE LIZZIE BORDEN CASE” On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Lizzie Borden convicted of the murder and arrested on August 11, 1892. It seems obvious that Lizzie committed the crime due to the evidence provided, family problems and, the brutal nature of the murder. Lizzie and her family had problems, which means this could have led Lizzie to murder her parents.
Along with having a humongous family. Her had parents soon established a hotel and a tavern. Later in her life, Belle married many adoring lovers, which were mostly criminals, and
Lizzie Bordens case left the world shocked and confused. People didn't know what to believe since there was lack of forensic evidence making it harder for police to convict her of the murder. In court, A.V. Jennings (Lizzie Borden's Defense) argued, “there is not one particle of direct evidence in this case from beginning to end against Lizzie A. Borden. There is not a spot of blood, there is not a weapon they have connected with her in any way, shape or fashion.” Some people still believed she was guilty and never accepted her in the community.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Serial Murder is “the unlawful killing of two or more victims by the same offender(s), in separate events” (Morton, 2005); therefore, a person or persons whom kill two or more individuals in separate events are considered to be “Serial Killers” (Morton, 2005). Of those individuals whom have received the infamous title of “Serial Killer”, Aileen Wuornos, in my opinion, may be one of the most notorious killers. Born in Rochester, Michigan on February 29, 1956, Aileen grew up in a broken home with her mother abandoning her and her brother, Keith, at their grandparents’ house after her abusive father left her mother (A&E Biography). Aileen’s childhood was a very rough one where her mother
“Maybe, to do what you and I do, we have to have a little bit of the monster in us.” -Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Everyone has potential to be bad or do bad things,it’s the choice of the person to pursue the bad in them. Most people don’t think that women serial killers aren’t as bad as men. Truth is they’re just as bad,the thing is that they're not as mainstream as men serial killers.
In the early 20th century women were not considered to be murders. This changed in 1982 when Lizzie Borden became publically known for killing her stepmother and father in their home located in Fall River, Massachusetts. Many people believed this murder was the most notorious murder in America due to the abundance of press. Countless people were not so much surprised at the crime committed, but at the person that did the crime. The article Forty Whacks, Forty Whicks stated, “This murder was so significant because of the brutality of the crime and the fact a woman was accused of it, most people do not associate this kind of bloody crime with a woman”(HittJ,1).
Sarah was a member of the Presbyterian Church and ran the children's group. The eldest of their son, Herman, was often seen by his dad's side. The Daughter, Katherine was the one who was friends with the Stillinger Sisters. Boyd and Paul, the youngest boys, were very young at the time of their deaths, unfortunately. It just so happened that that night two of Katherine’s friends were also found murdered, Lena Stillinger and her sister Ina Stillinger, both coming from the church that the Moores went to that day.