continuous motor noise inside doors (power windows?)

I walked outside and heard noises coming from the car. One,I believe was the air suspension, it was louder than usual, like a vacuum cleaner. It finally stopped and that's when I heard a motor running inside the rear passenger door. It was also running in the other rear door, and intermitently from driver door. All this with car shut off, no key in ignition. I pulled each fuse one by one but the noise didn't stop. I had to disconnect the battery to stop it so the battery would not run down. I should note here that the windows have not worked since i inherited the car from my late parents last year. The motors worked but windows would not budge. I don't care if they work I just need motors to stop running. I'm thinking about pulling the wires from the master controller in driver door. Any ideas?