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Corpus Delicti

285: Stranger than Fiction: Dorothea Puente, Part 1

Corpus Delicti

CDM Productions

True Crime

4.4608 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Dorothea Puente was seen as a giver. She operated a boarding house for elderly, mentally ill, chronically ill, or really whoever needed it. But behind her maternal exterior was a far darker motive. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti

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0:00.0

Everyone is Jen, and this is Lindsay.

0:26.8

And this is Corpus to look tie.

0:29.0

We're actually on schedule.

0:30.5

Woohoo.

0:31.0

Yeah, we are.

0:31.6

We are back in action.

0:33.2

We actually have a two-parter for you guys in the Stranger Than Fiction series. This one was

0:39.9

recommended to us by Colin, long-time listener, supporter, consider him a friend, good part of

0:45.5

the family here over at Corpus to Lake Dye. He sent this over to us and it definitely fits

0:52.0

the bill, but I'm going to throw out a disclaimer here as I was looking

0:57.1

through this I was like I know this we have done this I know for a fact we have covered it I

1:01.5

remember it remember talking about it no it's just that ironic that two cases are so similar and so outlandish. So if you end up thinking the same

1:15.8

thing, like I've heard Jell say this before, you got to bear with us through the whole thing.

1:19.6

It is a two-parter. There's not like a good transition spot because there's so many

1:23.6

victims to talk about. So we might leave you hanging a little bit today. All right. Dorothy Helen

1:29.4

Gray was born January 9th, 1929 in Redlands, California. She was raised during the Great Depression,

1:36.6

shaping her view on money, scarcity, and survival. Her parents reported struggling financially.

1:43.3

Now, again, Great Depression, everybody struggled.

1:46.7

Unfortunately, they did turn to alcoholics.

1:50.3

Her father died when she was still a child.

1:52.8

We're not quite sure how young of a child she was.

1:57.2

Her mother struggled to maintain stability afterwards.

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