⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains discussionsof elder abuse, drugging, financial exploitation, homicide, and death. Listener discretion is advised.

What does it look like when the most dangerous person in the room is also the most trusted? This episode takes you inside a Sacramento boarding house where elderly, disabled, and vulnerable tenants disappeared — and no one askedthe right questions soon enough.

We explore how predators exploit systems built on good faith, what made one social worker's persistence a turning point, and why the criminal justice system struggled to deliver complete answers even after bodies were found inthe backyard.

Sources

• Online Archive of California / Center for Sacramento History — The People v. Dorothea Montalvo Puente Criminal Case Records

• Los Angeles Times — “Landlady’s Trial in Tenants’ Murders Begins”

• Los Angeles Times — “Trial of Landlady in Serial Killings Nears End”

• Los Angeles Times — “Landlady Guilty in Murders of Three Tenants”

• Los Angeles Times — “Landlady to Spend Life in Prison for Killing Tenants”

• Los Angeles Times — “Sacramento Landlady Sentenced to Life Term for Killing 3 Tenants”

• The Washington Post — “Landlady Guilty in 3 Murders”

• U.S. District Court / GovInfo — Puente Habeas Corpus Filing

• Sactown Magazine — “The Life and Deaths of Dorothea Puente”

• Deseret News — “Tip Leads to Arrest of Woman Sought in Deaths of 7 at Boardinghouse”

• WBAL / Hometown Tragedy — “The Shocking Truth Behind Sacramento’s F Street Serial Killer”

• Oxygen — “Social Worker Who Exposed Dorothea Puente Speaks”

• Oxygen — “Who Were Serial Killer Dorothea Puente’s Victims?”

• CBS News / Associated Press — “Sacramento Board and Care Killer Dorothea Puente Dies”

A 1960 Independence, Missouri case begins with a man shot in his own bedroom and an explanation that investigators couldn't quite believe — but couldn't disprove either. What follows is a story about money, motive, and a woman who kept moving forward no matter what stood in her way. Every detail in this episode comes from documented records, court filings, and personal accounts.

Listener discretion advised.

Sources• Jackson County Sheriff's Office Official Briefing (January 2025) Regarding the identification of (SHAR-in KIN-ee).

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Fugitive Archive Case File #76-432, (SHAR-in KIN-ee).

• The Kansas City Star Investigative Series (1960–2025) Coverage of the Kinne trials and the subsequent identification in Canada.

• State of Missouri v. (SHAR-in KIN-ee) Missouri Supreme Court Case Records (1964).

• Iztapalapa Women’s Prison Official Records Mexico City (1964–1969).

• Alberta Vital Statistics and Forensic Identification Report (2022–2025) Regarding the death of Diedra Glabus.

• "La Pistolera: The True Story of (SHAR-in KIN-ee)" by James C. Hays.

• KCTV5 News Forensic Report (January 2025) Detailed analysis of the Canadian fingerprint match.

• KSHB 41 News Independence Bureau Historical documentation of the North High Street crime scene.

Sacramento, 1977. A quiet neighborhood. An unlocked door. A man who believed he needed blood to survive.

This episode follows a case that exposed deep failures in the mental health and criminal justice systems — a man hospitalized, diagnosed, medicated, and then released back into the world with almost no net beneath him.

We examine the warning signs that preceded the violence, the victims whose lives were taken, and what the investigation ultimately revealed about how crime scenes can reflect the mind of the person who created them.

Content warning: This episode contains disturbing behavior involving animals, descriptions of violence, and references to harm against children. Listener discretion is advised.

Sources

The People of the State of California v. Richard Trenton Chase (1979): Official court records and trial transcripts.

• FBI Behavioral Science Unit Case Files: Documentation regarding the classification of disorganized offenders.

• Whoever Fights Monsters by Robert Ressler.

• The Cases That Haunt Us by John Douglas.

• The Sacramento Bee Archives (1977–1981): Local news coverage of the search, arrest, and trial.

• The Vampire of Sacramento by Russ Williams.

• Vampire: The Strange and Horrible Case of Richard Chase by Ray Biondi (Lead Investigator) and Walt Hecox.

• Medical Records: Beverly Manor Psychiatric Facility (1975–1976): Clinical summaries.