BONUS - Death House Landlady

June 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