What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host Heath and I'm your host Daphne.

And you're listening to Going West.

Hello, everybody. Thank you so much for tuning in today. This story that we have is a little

bit different than anything that we've really ever covered before. But it is absolutely true crime.

It is a horrific, surreal story. Yes, this is definitely a very different type of case.

It is a survivor story, but one that will make you cringe to your core.

Yeah, make sure that you are following us on socials to see photos associated with this wild story.

And without further ado,

all right, guys, this is episode 582 of going west.

So let's get into it.

Music Thank you. In February of 2020, In February of 2025, firefighters responded to an emergency call from a Waterbury, Connecticut home.

But what initially appeared to be a routine house fire became a disturbing mystery when police made a horrific discovery.

The fire had broken out inside a room upstairs with locks on the outside.

What followed was an investigation into two decades of abuse inside the house that came to be dubbed as the House of Horrors.

This is the story of S and Kimberly Sullivan, known as Connecticut's House of Horrors.

Music At 2Blake Street in Waterbury, Connecticut, which lies near Central Connecticut, about halfway between New York City and Boston,

Kimberly Sullivan, formerly Soto Santo, lived with her husband Craig, their two daughters,

and Craig's son from a previous relationship.

Now Craig spent most of his career working for gem manufacturing, which is a company that makes metal products. And for years, Kimberly worked retail inside a mall but either quit or was fired in 2021.

And in the years leading up to her arrest, most of her reported income came from welfare.

However, ironically, when she was a teen, she aspired to go into law enforcement.

She would be a very shitty cop.

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