Episode 478: Juana Barraza - La Mataviejitas

This week the boys kick off a two-part series on John R. Brinkley, the notorious medical con man who made millions convincing desperate men that goat testicles were the cure for impotence. The Boys dive into the bizarre history of boner medicine, the golden age of snake oil sales ...  Show more

Henry & Eddie are back with this week’s weirdest stories and wildest news as a woman named Metallica Rose is accused of murdering her family, Gypsy Rose gets into a fender bender, and a priest is killed by a falling crucifix during his livestreamed sermon. PLUS, Casey Anthony bec ...  Show more

A former luchadora disguises herself as a social worker and breaks into the homes of elderly women in Mexico City. From the late ‘90s to 2006, Juana Barraza strangled sixteen victims — but that number might actually be in the forties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca ...  Show more

<div>In 2003, 12 elderly women were killed in their homes in Mexico City. Most were strangled and robbed. Fears arose that a serial killer was on the loose, with the media dubbing the perpetrator ‘El Mataviejitas’ - The Little Old Lady Killer. 

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Former female wrestler Juana Barraza was found guilty in March 2008 of murdering at least eleven elderly women in Mexico city over a period of seven years. Barraza, who became known as the "little old lady killer", admitted to murdering three women, and told investigators that it ...  Show more