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Jul 2023
53m 59s

The Victims of Dorothea Puente

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In the mid 1980s a nightmarish story swept the nation. One man’s disappearance in Sacramento, California, led officials to investigate a boarding house with a sinister past…and horrifying secrets buried beneath its garden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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