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Belle Paulsdatter Storet Gunness

Born in 1859 in a small fishing village in Norway to poverty-sricken parents. As a teenager, Belle was unhappy with her pudgy appearance and harsh features, and in her unhappiness learned to manipulate others, a skill she honed as she grew older. In 1881, at the age of 21, Belle left Norway and immigrated to the United States, settling in the Norweigan district of Chicago. In 1884, she married another Noregian immigrant named Mads Sorenson, to whom she was married for 12 years. In 1896, a small shop she and her husband owned mysteriously went ablaze in an explosion under suspicious circumstances. Around that time frame, the Sorenson's daughter, Caroline died under unusual cirmstances, though no investigation into her death was deemed warranted at the time. With the insurance from the fire and her child's death, Belle bought her family a new home, again highly insured, which burned to the ground inexplicably in 1898. Later that year, another Sorenson child, Alex also died under unusual circumstances. In 1900, Mads Sorenson died of what is now believed to have been strychnine poisoning. Again with 2 more healthy insurance settlements, Belle took her 3 surviving children and settled in La Porte Indiana, where she married another Norweigian immagrant, Peter Gunness. Within a year, Peter was dead from a freak accident in which he suffered a fractured skull. Following the death of her husband, she placed ads for laborers in a local newspaper, designed to not only gain laborers, but potential suitors. From 1902 until may, 1908, Gunness claimed several more lives. Following a fire in 1908, determined to be arson, the bodies of 16 men, Gunness' 3 children and 2 females, one of which was once believed to be Gunness, were found in the remains of the charred home. Only 10 of the bodies were indentified. It is believed that Gunness claimed 49 lives before her rein of murder stopped in 1908. The female body found in the remains at the Gunness farm was never identified, and sightings of Gunness continued until 1935, when she was last seen in Ohio. A handyman on the farm was charged with the arson in 1908, at which time he told police that the remains thought to be Gunness were that of a woman Gunness had lured from a saloon as a decoy, and that between 1903 and 1908, the handyman, Ray Lamphere, could attest to the murders of at least 49 victims, stealing in excess of $100,000 (in 1908 funds) and that he, Lamphere, had deliberately set fire to the Gunness farm and had helped Gunness escape by boarding her on a train in Stillwell, Indiana. Though Lamphere was found guilty of the arson, he was found not guilty of having participated in any of the murders tied to Gunness. Was Belle really dead or did she live on !!!! Only time will tell !!!

Murder and Unsolved Paranormal

Sometimes the paranormal & the unsolved can go hand in hand with each other wither anyone would believe so. I have found this out through a case in Michigan City, Indiana, that has never been solved. On the evening of April 1st 2007 , R.J. Winters had returned to his family home about 9:23 p.m. after going to the convience store to buy some cigarettes, what he came home to was gunshots to his head which killed him instantly. Officers of the Michigan City Police Department were dispatched to the 200 block of East Fulton, regarding a complaint of shots fired in the area. Upon officers arrival, the victim, Robert Winter, was found laying face down in the yard of 1316 Lafayette St, which is his resident. Robert had sustained multiple gun shot wounds by a handgun and was pronounced dead upon arrival by Emergency Medical Services. Possible suspect(s) were seen fleeing from the area. It is believed that Robert was approached by his assailant(s) while walking from his vehicle to the back of his resident.

I have worked with R.J. mother & two loving sisters on this and in the spirit world Robert has come through giving his Mother Maggie & sisters much forfillment from the other side. We have worked together as a whole unit with friends on contacting his spirit in our Circle of Helping Hands Robert has made it know that his spirit is with us. It has also provided help to the family members by my doing spirit boards, but more is needed if anyone in has any more info on Robert murder please you can contact, Lead Detective, Det. Ken Drake, at (219) 874-3221 Ext. 311.

Thank you everyone !!! 

Love & Light Pat group owner & Founder of Mystic Investigations