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Housewives of True Crime

Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt: The Black Widows of Los Angeles

Housewives of True Crime

Tabitha Kane

True Crime, Comedy, History

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The case this week is a shocking true story about two seemingly sweet elderly women, Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt, who befriended homeless men, took out multiple life insurance policies on them, and later staged fatal hit-and-run accidents to collect millions. Tabitha recounts their backgrounds, long-con planning, surveillance evidence, and eventual arrest, exposing one of California’s strangest murder-for-profit schemes.

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I wish someone had told me years ago it was your gut. Yep, the gut is basically the boss of your

1:58.6

whole entire body. It controls your energy, your metabolism, your mood,

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