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284: Episode 284 - Dorothea Puente: The Boarding House of Death

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Wondery | RedHanded

True Crime

4.518.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Dorothea Puente may have looked every bit the placid old lady she played. In reality, she was in her early fifties, and was using her self-made status as a ‘pillar of the community’ to divert attention away from what was buried and rotting in her garden.

Whether her victims had a few hundred thousand dollars, a nice pick-up truck, or even just a meagre social security cheque – they all risked the wrath of the ‘Death House Landlady’.

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nothing we can do up there. We have seen people reselling for quite a lot of

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1:38.2

get on with it because it's a case that has been much requested. Yeah, we've kind of easter

1:43.5

egg to our short hand. We have indeed. And it is finally time, time for the lady herself.

1:49.7

So when a social worker tells a police officer to bring a shovel with them to a welfare check,

1:56.2

you know that things aren't looking good. If the police are then greeted at the door

2:01.0

by a sweet, smiling, little old lady, you know it's going to get confusing. Especially

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