Facility Details
Occupant: Dorothea Puente (1929-2011)
Type: Unknown Burial
GPS: Unknown
Rating: ⭐
Why It's a "Must-Go"
The "Death House Landlady" poisoned her elderly tenants and buried them in her garden. She died in prison, and her own burial is a mystery. But her old boarding house still stands, a monument to her greed and cruelty.
You can't visit her grave, but you can walk past the house where she played the sweet old lady while cashing her victims' Social Security checks. It's a reminder to always check the reviews before you rent.
The "Experience"
Creepy. It's a regular neighborhood, which makes it worse. The house looks normal, but the soil in the yard holds terrible secrets. Don't ask to use the bathroom.
Why This Listing Exists
Dorothea Puente was an American convicted serial killer who ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California, in the 1980s. She murdered her elderly and mentally disabled boarders and cashed their Social Security checks.
Police discovered seven bodies buried in the yard of her Victorian home in 1988. Puente was known for her deceptive appearance as a caring grandmotherly figure.
She was convicted of three murders and sentenced to life in prison. She died in 2011 at the Central California Women's Facility. Her burial location is unknown.