Profit Killer: Dorothea Puente

Profit Killer: Dorothea Puente

She dressed like a grandmother, lied about her age, and acted like a guardian angel… while secretly killing the very people she claimed to help. At her Sacramento boarding house, Dorothea Puente took in elderly, sick and disabled tenants. But once their social security checks arrived, she killed them, then spent all their money. Keep up with us on Instagram @serialkillerspodcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The Doomsday Murders: Lori and Chad Daybell

The Doomsday Murders: Lori and Chad Daybell

In early 2020, the story of Lori Daybell and her new husband, Chad Daybell, hit national news. They’d seemingly fled to Hawaii while two of Lori’s children were missing, leaving a wake of mysterious d...

14 Apr 202539min

The Rugeley Poisoner Pt. 2

The Rugeley Poisoner Pt. 2

Struggling with gambling and spiraling into debt, William Palmer turned to murder. This week, we continue analyzing the deaths Palmer was accused of, and how the scheming doctor was finally caught. K...

7 Apr 202533min

The Rugeley Poisoner Pt. 1

The Rugeley Poisoner Pt. 1

In 1855, Dr. William Palmer became one of the Victorian era’s most famous villains – a man who poisoned his own friends and family. But with limited evidence and only one conviction, was Palmer really...

31 Mar 202535min

The Eleven Who Went to Heaven: The Case Against Ed Bell Pt. 2

The Eleven Who Went to Heaven: The Case Against Ed Bell Pt. 2

In Texas, convicted murderer Ed Bell claimed he killed 11 girls between Houston and Galveston back in the 1970s. Reporter Lise Olsen and detective Fred Paige investigated those claims and uncovered ee...

24 Mar 202533min

The Eleven Who Went to Heaven: The Case Against Ed Bell Pt. 1

The Eleven Who Went to Heaven: The Case Against Ed Bell Pt. 1

Edward Harold Bell was serving a 70-year prison sentence for murdering a man when he sent a letter to Houston reporter Lise Olsen. He told her he’d also killed 11 girls in and around the Interstate-45...

17 Mar 202532min

Hunting a Serial Killer: The Colonial Parkway Murders

Hunting a Serial Killer: The Colonial Parkway Murders

When a series of double-homicides struck Virginia in the late 1980s, authorities immediately suspected a serial killer. But it took 35 years – and random chance – to find the missing link. Keep up w...

10 Mar 202542min

The Lewis Clark Valley Murders

The Lewis Clark Valley Murders

Five missing people in five years. And that’s far from the only fact that aroused suspicion of a serial killer operating along the Idaho-Washington border in the early 1980s. While some victims have b...

3 Mar 202538min

The 10,000 Bones at Fox Hollow Farm

The 10,000 Bones at Fox Hollow Farm

In the fall of 1994, a 13-year-old boy found a human skull in his backyard. Detectives later discovered thousands more bones scattered about his family's estate, a property known as Fox Hollow Farm. T...

24 Feb 202535min

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