Episode 498: The Murder of Sylvia Likens

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In July 1965, 16-year-old Sylvia Likens and her younger sister Jenny were left in the care of Gertrude Baniszewski, a divorced mother of several children, in Indianapolis, Indiana, while their parents worked as traveling carnival concessionaires. What began as temporary boarding quickly escalated into three months of horrific, incremental torture inflicted by Baniszewski, several of … Continue reading Episode 498: The Murder of Sylvia Likens

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