The Little Old Landlady from Hell | Dorothea ...

An au pair returned to collect forgotten lunches, only to find a stranger lurking in the driveway. A true crime nightmare. On February 24th, 2023, Juliana Perez Magalhães arrived back at the Banfield home, leaving four-year-old Valerie waiting in the car. What should have been a ...  Show more

A wealthy Malibu doctor welcomed two strangers into his home, believing they were there to help him. Instead, they gained control of his finances, isolated him from his family, and watched through surveillance cameras as his condition deteriorated. By the time he was found dead, ...  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

Today's episode is on serial killer Dorothea Puente aka the death house landlady and her house of horrors, and backyard cemetery. Trigger Warning: suicide, domestic abuse Resources: https://linktr.ee/usualdisclaimer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices