The Little Old Landlady from Hell | Dorothea ...

The Halloween murder of Doreen Erbert remains a chilling case involving a targeted crime scene and a long legal battle. Explore the evidence behind this 1988 tragedy. This episode reconstructs the events surrounding the Halloween murder of Doreen Erbert by analyzing police record ...  Show more

In 1953, a daring daylight robbery in Chicago left a security guard dead and a young man named Paul Crump facing the electric chair. But as Crump insisted his confession had been beaten out of him, his case caught the attention of an aspiring filmmaker determined to uncover the t ...  Show more

To the outside world, Dorothea Puente presented herself as a kind grandmotherly figure who cared for the disabled and vulnerable residents of her boarding house in downtown Sacramento. But behind closed doors, nothing was as it seemed… Not only was she stealing the money of her t ...  Show more

In the 1980s, Dorothea Puente ran a boarding house for tenants many of whom were elderly or mentally disabled. On the outside it appeared that Puente was providing a much needed service to individuals that may have had no where else to turn. But in reality, she was murdering thes ...  Show more

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 ...  Show more