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Podcast: Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer: A True Crime Podcast
Episode: 56 Torture Mom of the Year, Gertrude Baniszewski, AKA Satan
Description: What can we say? This is the most brutal and disturbing case we've covered. There's only one victim, but she was put through immense amounts of hell and torture. CORRECTION: In the episode, we say that this took place in the 70's. We didn't math very well. It took place in 1965.
Gertrude, AKA Satan had a traumatic childhood that effected her for the rest of her life. She took in 2 sisters, a teenager and a kid, whose parents were traveling for work. What she did to the older of the two girls is horrific, but she also...