Episode 284 - Dorothea Puente: The Boarding House of Death

RedHanded

True Crime

4.5 • 19.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 54 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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1:49.1	Yeah, we've kind of easter egged her on a shorthand.
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