The Ice Cream Killer's Basement Freezers

The Ice Cream Killer's Basement Freezers

Construction workers in Vienna discovered two human remains sealed in cement inside industrial freezers in a building's basement. The woman who put them there had been selling ice cream upstairs for three years, and no one had reported the victims missing. How did a seemingly normal ice cream shop owner conceal such a horrific secret for so long?

In this episode, we delve into the chilling case of Estíbaliz Carranza Zabala, exploring her troubled past, the abusive marriage that preceded the murders, and the calculated steps she took to dismember and hide the bodies of her victims. What drove this woman to commit such unspeakable acts, and how did she maintain a facade of normalcy while living with such a dark secret?

Case: The Ice Cream Killer
Location: Vienna, Austria
Discovery Date: 2011
Victims: 2
Perpetrator: Estíbaliz Carranza Zabala

- Two industrial freezers were found sealed in cement in a basement on Oswalt Street.
- One body was fully intact, and one head was detached from any body.
- Estíbaliz Carranza Zabala, born in Guadalajara, Mexico, opened an ice cream shop in 2008.
- She shot her husband, Holger Els Ulls, three times in the back on April 27, 2008.
- Carranza purchased an electric saw and learned to use it to dismember her husband's body.

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