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Going West: True Crime

Death House Landlady // 492

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.610.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In 1988, Dorothea Puente, an elderly and seemingly sweet landlady in Sacramento, California, was arrested after a series of mysterious disappearances plagued her boarding house. When investigators uncovered the remains of several bodies buried on her property, the true horror of her actions came to light: she had been drugging and killing vulnerable elderly and disabled individuals under her care, cashing in on their benefits. As the full extent of her gruesome crimes emerged, a shocking pattern of manipulation and murder was revealed.

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0:00.0

What is going on true crime fans?

0:16.4

I'm your host Heath.

0:17.3

And I'm your host Daphne.

0:18.7

And you're listening to Going West. Hello everybody.

0:22.3

Hope you're doing well today. To my surprise, nobody recommended this case. I stumbled upon this

0:27.8

recently. Keith, I know you already knew this story, but I didn't. Like, how did I not know about this?

0:33.8

This story, it's such a big tale. It is. It really is. It's a very interesting story

0:38.4

that not a ton of people know about. And I just want to say, we talk about a ton of different

0:43.1

killers on this show every single week. But I think this one today is going to surprise you guys.

0:49.7

Yeah, very unassuming person behind all of this. And a lot of a lot of horrors like this is truly

0:57.2

we're going to be talking about a true house of horrors i'm actually surprised that they haven't

1:01.8

made like some sort of horror movie about this there is a netflix documentary on this that

1:06.8

some of you have probably actually watched i don't. I feel like this is such a sensitive subject.

1:13.7

The victims that we're going to talk about today are all so vulnerable.

1:17.8

And I think it's also just such a disturbing story.

1:20.6

You know, it's a little different.

1:22.3

Yeah, it's definitely different, but let's not waste any more time.

1:26.1

Let's get right into this one guys all right guys

1:28.9

this is episode 492 of going west so let's get into it Thank you. In 1980s, In 1988,

2:21.7

Dorothea Puente and elderly and seemingly sweet landlady in Sacramento, California,

2:28.7

was arrested after a series of mysterious disappearances plagued her boarding house.

2:35.9

When investigators uncovered the remains of several bodies buried in her yard,

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