Talk:Belle Gunness

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Problem

The last, and second to last paragraphs of this section do not flow. It's like it's missing an entire paragraph. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Gunness#Early_years

Stub

No longer a stub, some of the formatting is incorrect, and the last section is not only redundant but apparently contradicts some of the earlier story. Someone with more knowledge on this subject needs to clean it up.

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Real?

Is this real? The way it's written is like a novel, and I don't know how anyone could know some of the things the article contains... it feels more like I'm reading a mystery story than a factual article... ~ Guest

This IS real...it just needs to be cleaned up a bit. Thanos6 13:18, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's definitely real. There are dozens of books and articles about her, which makes it unfortunate that this isn't sourced better. --Charlene 07:52, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If I didnt know any better I'd say a local historian wrote this." Rexmage

Name

According to Dagens Næringsliv 2003-09-21/21 page 36, her name was Brynhild Størsetgjerde. This is supported by this text at Nasjonalbiblioteket Hans Melien har skrevet om Belle Gunness – massemordersken fra Selbu (Grøndahl 1978). Dette er historien om husmannsjenta Brynhild Paulsdatter Størsetgjerde (f. 1859) som utvandret fra Selbu i 1881 og som etter hvert drepte minst 38 personer. Så mange lik ble det funnet på farmen hennes i La Porte, . Nsaa 06:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That was her maiden name. She used "Belle" as a first name in America, and Gunness was of course her last husband's surname. --Charlene 07:53, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sources/etc. -- copyright problem?

The vast majority of this article was added all at once by an anonymous user, who uses very peculiar phrases more skin to a book than an encyclopedia article. It makes me very suspicious that the text may have been copied straight from some book or other reference in a violation of copyright. I'm not sure what to do about it at this point, but I added this so that others who look at this page in the future might be on the lookout for mentions elsewhere. A total rewrite might eventually be necessary. DreamGuy 19:59, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New News

There is an article in today's (May 14, 2008) Chicago Tribune about the murders and how the bodies of her children have been exhumed. [1]. Someone with more knowledge about this than I could used this to expand/improve/update the article some. Thanks. Web Warlock (talk) 15:08, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question about edit

When I go to the page,the text line starting with "Local doctors replicated the conditions of the..." has no phargraph brakes on the on-line page. I'm not sure how to go about fixing it. CygnetFlying (talk) 22:01, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maiden name?

The article gives three maiden names: Størseth, Stoerset and Storset. Additionally, there is a reference here on the talk page listing her maiden name as Størsetgjerde. So, which is correct? ExRat (talk) 20:10, 16 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]