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Dorothea Puente was a con-artist who targeted her disabled, homeless and elderly tenants. Also called the Death House Landlady, The Black Widow of Sacramento, and The Grandma Serial Killer; Dorothea would murder her tenants until 1988 when her schemes started to unravel.
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Welcome to the Corrupt Podcast!
Dorothea Puente was a con-artist who targeted her disabled, homeless and elderly tenants. Also called the Death House Landlady, The Black Widow of Sacramento, and The Grandma Serial Killer; Dorothea would murder her tenants until 1988 when her schemes started to unravel.
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Sources for this episode:
- “Dorothea Puente Criminal Trial, Peoples Exhibit 710: Excavation at 1426 F Street - 1988 EDITED. Free Download, Borrow and Streaming: Internet Archive.” Internet Archive, 11 Nov. 1988, https://archive.org/details/Puente-Excavation3.
- “Dorothea Puente Criminal Trial, People’s Exhibit 985: Police Interview with Dorothea Puente : Sacramento Police Department : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive.” Internet Archive, 11 Nov. 1988, https://archive.org/details/Puente-Interrogation.
- “Dorothea Puente Criminal Trial: People’s Exhibit 2960 - Gillmouth Box/Drop Site, with Ismael Florez 1988 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.” Internet Archive, 10 Dec. 1988, https://archive.org/details/Puente-Gillmouth.
- “Dorothea Puente, Sacramento’s Most Notorious Female Serial Killer.” Fox 40, 9 Oct. 2022, https://fox40.com/news/california-connection/dorothea-puente-sacramentos-most-notorious-female-serial-killer/.
- Duran, David. “The Devil Landlord of F. Street - Dorothea Puente Story Part 2 Ft. Detective John Cabrera - The Quintana Show.” The Quintana Show, 17 May 2022, https://thequintanashow.com/the-devil-landlord-of-f-street-dorothea-puente-story-part-2-ft-detective-john-cabrera/.
- Kuz, Martin. “The Life and Deaths of Dorothea Puente - Sactown Magazine.” Sactown Magazine, https://www.facebook.com/sactownmagazine/, 1 Sept. 2009, https://www.sactownmag.com/the-life-and-deaths-of-dorothea-puente/.
- “Taste of Death — Dorothea Puente, Killing for Profit — Crime Library.” Crime Library – Crime News and Stories, https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/women/puente/5.html.
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- Tron, Gina. “Who Were Serial Killer Dorothea Puente’s Victims? | Crime News.” Oxygen Official Site, Oxygen, 9 Apr. 2021, https://www.oxygen.com/murders-at-the-boarding-house/crime-news/who-were-serial-killer-dorothea-puentes-victims.
- “Watch World’s Most Evil Killers Streaming Online | Peacock.” @peacocktv, https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/worlds-most-evil-killers/6655699059636331112.
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