92: America's Most Evil Stepmother? The Cruel & Heartbreaking Case of 10 year old Zahra Baker

The Criminal Makeup

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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0:44.8	Each episode we dive into the minds of some of the worst criminals in history and today we are going to be talking about the case of Elisa Baker, also known as one of the most
0:56.0	evil stepmothers in America.
0:58.8	So Elisa Baker, oh my God, does she make my blood boil?
1:04.0	Elisa is just a stereotypical evil stepmom.
1:08.7	She was scheming, manipulative, attentionseeking, and abusive.
1:13.8	She made the lives of those around her absolute hell.
1:18.5	And in the end, she completely destroyed a young girl's life.
1:22.8	And this young girl was 10 year old Zara Baker.
1:26.6	And oh, God, Zara was just so vulnerable.
1:30.0	I mean, of course she was. She was only 10. She she was a young child but she had already overcome
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