Gertrude Baniszewski was the wors...

Gertrude Baniszewski was the worst babysitter ever. The Murder of Sylvia Likens

Explicit
Cleaning and Crime by Elise
S2 · E1
Jan 29, 2024
01:01:48

Episode notes

TW: Child loss, miscarriage, domestic abuse, child abuse, sexual assault, graphic descriptions of violence and crime scenes, foul language.

Sylvia Likens was a 16 year old girl left in the care of Gertrude Baniszewski- who tortured her and murdered her - in the span of 3 months- with the help of her rotten kids and some crappy neighborhood teens. This case is a doozy, so prepare yourself!!

SOURCES:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/sylvia-likens-gertrude-baniszewski

https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/baniszewski.htm

https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2023/05/19/sylvia-likens-torture-murder

https://sylviascac.org/sylvias-story/

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/13nlcop/possible_reason_why_gertrude_baniszewski_the/

https://harrisons.medium.com/the-story-of-the-torture-mother-also-known-as-gertrude-baniszewski-cd9e08cbc921

BOOK: Torture Mom by Ryan Green.

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