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Jun 2025
48m 13s

Gertrude Baniszewski: The "Torture Mom"

WONDERY | TREEFORT MEDIA
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Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the chilling case of Gertrude Baniszewski. In the fall of 1965, behind the walls of her modest Indiana home, Gertrude masterminded the systematic torture and murder of teenage Sylvia Likens – encouraging her own children and neighborhood kids to join in the abuse. Candice investigates how Gertru ... Show More
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