Listener Suggestions: Paulette Gebara Farah
Once Upon A Crime
Esther Ludlow
4.6 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The mysterious disappearance of a 4-year-old from her own bedroom takes a bizarre twist and rumors and conspiracy theories soon follow. This case would come to be known as “The JonBenet Ramsey Case of Mexico.”
Resources: “Resignation in Mexican missing girl Paulette case”, BBC News, May 26, 2010 “Mexico Shocked by Discovery of Girl’s Body,” CBS News, April 5, 2010 Misterios favoritos en espanol/Unresolved Mysteries, reddit.com - https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/80s8r6/request_misterios_favoritos_en_espanol_what_are/
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast details true crime cases. |
| 0:03.0 | It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence. |
| 0:07.0 | It is not intended for children. |
| 0:09.0 | Listener discretion is advised. Thank you for joining me for today's episode once upon a crime. |
| 0:20.3 | We have a tradition here at OUA. Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime. |
| 0:23.5 | We have a tradition here at OUAC that at the end of the year, |
| 0:26.9 | we pull up all the cases suggested by listeners |
| 0:29.7 | and pick a few to feature in our November episodes. I love that my listeners contribute to the show by |
| 0:35.0 | sending me emails and messages over social media and sharing ideas for other cases I might not |
| 0:40.0 | have heard about. That makes you part of the podcast and I thank you so much. So from |
| 0:45.8 | the dozens of suggestions we received I've picked three fascinating cases to |
| 0:49.6 | cover this month. Our first case was suggested by Maria via our webpage. I had heard of this truly |
| 0:56.1 | bizarre case in the past and I'm glad she brought it back to my attention. This story has been |
| 1:01.2 | called the John Bonnet Ramsey case of Mexico. |
| 1:04.0 | It parallels the JBR case in several ways. |
| 1:07.0 | It's a mysterious disappearance of a little girl from her own bedroom. |
| 1:11.0 | The family members are the initial suspects, and the victim is found very |
| 1:14.7 | close to home in what could be called a bizarre twist. This is the case of the |
| 1:19.8 | disappearance of Paulette Hibbarra Farah lived in Whiskey-Luka in Mexico with her parents, |
| 1:35.7 | Lazette Farah and Maricio Hibara, and her older sister also named Lazette. |
| 1:40.8 | Paulet's parents were accomplished professionals who provided a privileged upbringing for their two young daughters. |
| 1:46.0 | The family lived in an upscale highly secure building west of Mexico City, Mexico. |
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