Silent Lady: Juana Barraza

Criminal Broads

Cloud10

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

FIRST EPISODE OF 2021 IS HERE. Meet Juana Barraza, who loved wrestling and her children, who hated elderly women and her mother. Our expert for this episode is Susana Vargas Cervantes, author of THE LITTLE OLD LADY KILLER: The Sensationalized Crimes of Mexico’s First Female Serial Killer. Also, you can preorder my new book Confident Women here, and listen to Red Flags (my latest podcast project) here! *** SUPPORT THE PODCAST! Become a Patreon supporter. Purchase NOBODY’S NORMAL from this episode’s sponsor, W. W. Norton. *** Sources: Interview with Susana Vargas Cervantes, December 30, 2020 THE LITTLE OLD LADY KILLER: The Sensationalized Crimes of Mexico’s First Female Serial Killer, by Susana Vargas Cervantes “El/La Mataviejitas: Killing genders in Mexico City,: MA thesis, Susana Vargas Cervantes “Juana Barraza: analfabeta, su madre la regaló a los 12 años, fue violada y le mataron un hijo a batazos,” Crónica, 27 Jan 2006 “El papá de la mataviejitas,” Crónica, 5 Feb 2006 “The Lady Killer,” The Guardian, 18 May 2006 “Dan 759 años de prisión a La mataviejitas,” La Jornada, 1 April 2008 “Mexico's “Little Old Lady Killer” gets life term,” Reuters, 31 March 2008 “Woman Held in Mexico City Serial Killings,” New York Times, 26 Jan 2006 “Little Old Lady Killer handed 759 years in a Mexican prison,” The Guardian, 1 April 2008 “The Mexican serial killer who has found love behind bars,” El País, 28 July 2015 “48 murders later, the “Little Old Lady Killer” files for divorce,” El País, 28 Oct 2016 “Juana Barraza, la mataviejitas | Asesinos Seriales,” Azteca Noticias Music: Intro and conclusion: “Guilty” by Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, and Gus Kahn, sung by Anna Telfer Ad break: “The Great One Step” by Victor Dance Orchestra, via Free Music Archive, licensed under Public Domain Mark 1.0 Narration music: Stereodog Productions (Dan Pierson & Peter Manheim) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is it a sin? A crime loving you dear like I do?
0:10.0	If it's a crime, then I'm guilty, guilty of love in you.
0:19.0	Hello everyone and welcome back to Criminal Broads a true crime
0:28.2	podcast a true crime in history podcast about wild women on the wrong side of the law.
0:34.0	Hi, I almost forgot my own podcast tagline.
0:38.0	That's because it's been ages.
0:41.0	It's been over a year since I've done a full official episode of this podcast and oh my gosh I missed you guys I'm trying not to scream so I'm whispering to show the intensity of my emotion. I'm actually hugging my mic stand right now.
0:55.1	I missed you guys, you're the best listeners ever. I missed your crazy hair and your
1:01.5	sweet comments and your pictures of dogs and cats and your good kind of broad energy.
1:11.0	And I'm just happy to be back. I wasn't sure if I would ever be able to come back to this
1:17.3	podcast but it felt right. I've really found myself missing being able to tell stories in this way.
1:24.9	So here I am New Year, New Me, old podcast, but revamped.
1:32.0	So if you're a new listener or an old listener who's completely forgotten your dear beloved
1:37.9	Tori, let me tell you who I am.
1:41.0	My name is Tori Telfer.
1:42.3	I'm the host of this podcast, duh, but I'm also a true crime writer. I have a book
1:46.4	called Lady Killers and I have a new book that's coming out February 23rd. It's called Confident Women,
1:54.5	Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifter's of the feminine persuasion.
1:59.4	It's about con women, real con women. I'll talk much more about it later, maybe do an episode on one of them.
2:05.3	But you can pre-order it now if you're intrigued. I'm going to put the link in my show notes.
2:09.7	What else? Oh, since we last spoke, I have also clambered aboard a new pot, another
2:17.1	podcast. It's called Red Flags. It's by Investigation Discovery and it's me and my co-host,
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