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BONUS - Death House Landlady
🕑 Added 2023-06-22 21:30:01 +0000 UTCJune Bonus Episode 1
Case Sources:
The New York Times, “Suspect in 7 Killings Denies Charge,” by Katherine Bishop, November 18, 1988
New York Post, nypost.com, “This ‘sweet little granny’ was actually a psychotic serial killer,” by Hayley Minn, March 1, 2022
Latimes.com, “8th Death Tied to Boardinghouse Murders; Man Held,” by L.A. Times Archives, December 11, 1988
Latimes.com, “Dorothea Puente dies at 82; boarding house operator who killed tenants,” by Rich Connell, March 28, 2011
Sfgate.com, “She seemed like an elderly Sacramento landlady. Dorothea Puente was actually a serial killer,” by Katie Dowd, July 25, 2022
Crimemuseum.org, “Dorothea Puente”
Kron4.com, “Dorothea Puente, Sacramento’s most notorious female serial killer,” by Megan Camponovo, October 10, 2022
Allthatsinteresting.com, “The Monstrous Crimes of Dorothea Puente, the ‘Death House Landlady,’” by Kara Goldfarb, edited by John Kuroski, November 20, 2021, updated August 26, 2002
Kcra.com, “Retired police detective returns to home of convicted serial killer Dorothea Puente,” by Sharokina Shams, September 15, 2013
Kcra.com, “A look back at how the Dorothea Puente case unfolded in Sacramento – and everything that’s happened since,” by Hilda Flores, March 11, 2022
Sactown magazine, sactownmag.com, “The Life and Deaths of Dorothea Puente,” by Martin Kuz, August-September 2009 issue
Oxygen.com, “’She Was Just Pure Evil’: How Dorothea Puente, ‘The Death House Landlady,’ Got Caught,” by Becca Van Sambeck
Upi.com, “Man linked to boarding house murder case released on bail,” by Rebecca LaVally, December 11, 1988
The New Yorker, “Lady Killers,” by Emily Anthes, May 9, 2015
Newsweek.com, “’I Live in a Serial Killer’s Old Home. She Laid Her Victims Out in Our Bedroom,’” by Tom Williams, August 16, 2022
Fox40.com, “Dorothea Puente, Sacramento’s most notorious female serial killer,” by Megan Camponovo, October 9, 2022, updated October 28, 2022
Fox40.com, “Evidence from Dorothea Puente Case Preserved at Center for Sacramento History,” by Ali Wolf, October 26, 2018
Murderpedia.org, Dorothea Helen Puente
Online Archive of California, Guide to the California Superior Court (Sacramento County) case files for The People v. Dorothea Montalvo Puente (criminal case #18056)
Assisted research and writing by Diane Birnholz
Comments
First time hearing the case as a case. I first saw it on murder house flip! I was happy to hear the actual case🥰🥰
