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Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

“The Death House Landlady” Pt. 2 - Dorothea Puente

Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Spotify Studios

True Crime, Education, History

4.730.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Dorothea Puente ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California. She had perfected a technique of taking in tenants who were on government assistance, murdering them, and then fraudulently cash the checks. All the while, neighbors had no idea that dead bodies were being buried in her backyard.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This episode includes discussions of murder, assault, and violence that some people may find offensive. We advise extreme caution for children under the age of 13.

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A chilly wind blew through the backyard of a Sacramento California boarding house on November 11th, 1988.

0:58.0

Two local detectives dug a hole in the eclectic landscaping.

1:02.0

The boarding house's elderly proprietress dug a hole in the eclectic landscaping.

1:02.8

The boarding house's elderly proprietress watched them carefully from the porch.

1:07.8

A tip on a missing person had led them to the house.

1:11.2

The proprietress cheerfully gave them permission to excavate. to the nothing but dirt, they decided to try one more corner of the yard than call it a day.

1:26.3

About 18 inches into the fourth hole, the shovel hit resistance.

1:31.2

Inch by inch, they finally uncovered a piece of material wrapped around something solid.

1:37.6

The detective jumped into the hole, grasped the object, and pulled with all his might.

1:43.8

Finally, it broke free.

1:46.3

As he brushed away the rotting cloth,

1:48.9

the detectives were stunned to realize what he'd pulled from the ground was a human leg bone, still partially

1:56.7

covered in skin.

1:58.7

It was only the first of many gruesome discoveries they'd make in Dorothy Aplentes backyard. Picture a murderer, a gangster, a thief, a serial killer.

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