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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 14 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 40 murders making her one of the most prolific female serial killers in history. Gunness seemingly died in a fire in 1908, but it is popularly believed that she faked her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Belle Gunness has received more than 2,285,795 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Belle Gunness is the 147th most popular extremist (down from 120th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Norway (down from 109th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Belle Gunnesses by language

Over the past year Belle Gunness has had the most page views in the with 210,358 views, followed by Russian (19,722), and Spanish (17,406). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (119.37%), Azerbaijani (42.97%), and Portuguese (39.27%)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Belle Gunness ranks 147 out of 283. Before her are Leon Czolgosz, Ahmed Jabari, Ahmad Sa'adat, Anatoly Onoprienko, Tsutomu Miyazaki, and Joseph Valachi. After her are Viktor Bout, Patty Hearst, Dinko Šakić, Wilhelm Boger, Béla Kiss, and Stefano Delle Chiaie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Belle Gunness ranks 65. Before her are Peder Mørk Mønsted, Paja Jovanović, Karl von Stürgkh, Charles Diehl, Otto Warburg, and Sergei Lyapunov. After her are John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Mikhail Rodzianko, Aurel Stodola, Adolf Bertram, and Kostis Palamas. Among people deceased in 1908, Belle Gunness ranks 43. Before her are Andrew Graham, François Coppée, Sidney Paget, Richard Gerstl, Charles Chamberland, and Ludovic Halévy. After her are Ouida, Friedrich Traun, Georgy Voronoy, Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Holger Drachmann, and Cut Nyak Dhien.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Belle Gunness ranks 150 out of 1,039. Before her are Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Magnus Carlsen (1990), Karin Fossum (1954), Dag Solstad (1941), Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015), and Egil Danielsen (1933). After her are Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068), Peter Waage (1833), Eystein I of Norway (1088), Anne Holt (1958), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), and Thorbjørn Jagland (1950).

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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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