Dorothea Puente: The Devil's Golden Girl

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[Lady-Mara]

Hey simon and team. I actually prefer the longer videos and hate watching anything shorter than 45 minutes. Usually I'm listening while I'm working and I do not like having to stop and interrupt my work to find something else to listen to. And I don't think most people care that some videos go long

[moonied]

Listening to Simon repeat one thousand four hundred and twenty six over and over instead of saying fourteen twenty-six was one of the highlights of this video. 🤣

[jessicawaldeback]

Here’s an idea. Either the authors including an pronunciation guide for the word “effortlessly”, or Jen creating an blooper reel with Simon attempting to say “effortlessly”. 😅

[tktalk]

it's so funny how Simon can say "Dismembered Appendices" so easily but also can't help but say effortlessly as "effort-le-lessly"

[karensteffa]

I lived in Sacramento when Dorothea got caught.. Things changed dramatically in California after that. I had to physically take a man I was caring for to the Social security office to prove that he was still alive.

[craigh]

Welcome to the Casual Criminalist: Come for the the true crime, stay for Simon's head scratching weird philosophical ramblings.

[gorramdarthkhal]

"Oh, she's the baddie!" The look of realisation, lol.
More hour and a half long episodes!!

[Watkins]

The thing that flips me out about her is after they told her that they were going to dig up her yard she just smiled and popped off to have a pot of tea.

[generaljuanitopequeno]

It's so ironic how much effort Simon puts in to saying "effortlessly"

[TheMrThirty]

Simon: We haven't broken the two hour mark yet...

Danny: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!

[Lehi]

Simon effortlessly doing his thing. He makes being a YouTuber look like it can be done effortlessly.

Effortlessly.

[lizardog]

"May as well give up; there's just women buried here." I literally laughed out loud, Mr. Whistler.

[NamelessMarshall]

Holy shit. I got so sad for Bert. Shit man, it hit me so hard. He was ill, he was getting his life together was ready to move on... and then this. He just needed some help man.

[seanbinkley]

Judy Moise deserves so much credit for following up on Bert after he went missing and not giving up the search. I could see how many people in her position might have just assumed that he went somewhere else but she was clearly committed to her job of helping people on the street. Who knows if Dorothea would have ever been caught if she (Judy) hadn't of kept digging.

[caldw]

The landlady still claiming wellfare cheques reminds me of the case in Scotland where a disabled woman was murdered by her carers and they continued to claim her disability benefits payments for nearly 20 years. They only got caught because the system was changing and needed the victim to confirm details like her address etc but obviously they couldn't respond and the police went around looking for her.

It was only then the carers actually submitted a missing persons report claiming she ran away. The local townspeople all started trying to recall the last time they saw her and realised the last known sighting by anyone was 1999. This woman was missing for years and has her payments cashed by her killers and nobody noticed until an administrative change happened. Margaret Fleming was the victim's name.

[MariannaThomson]

As far as thinking that 90 or even 120 minutes is too long for a you tube video, it's actually what I LOOK for. I don't bother with 18 or even 35 minute true crime content. I like the deep dives. The details. The whole enchilada. 🙂 Thank You and well done! 🤩

[RealElongatedMuskrat]

Simon accidentally lying for YEARS about playing tennis is so hilarious, and somehow seems like such a Simon thing to do. It's so specific, but makes total sense? Dishonesty borne from being too polite just fits in my expectations for him.

[kristinetaulbut]

If I were one of the writers I’d be tossing “effortlessly” in more and more because watching Simon is such a blast. Also liquor up that coffee

[Lupis]

Honestly I love how Simon shouts out his coworkers, "he writes, she memes, Danny's in the basement.. this is how the show works"

[ryangoza]

You can tell that Simon was a good kid and never had any serious addiction. Person in the story: alcoholic with gambling addiction. Simon: But why don't they just not spend the rent money on gambling and alcohol? Simon, you sweet, soft, sheltered boy. I admire your naivete sometimes. But what I really admire is all your channels. I watch at least one just about every day. Super interesting and informative. And you hosting makes it charming and entertaining. Keep up the work, buddy! Sorry for giving you a bit of a hard time there, I've just been surrounded by addiction for the last 20 years. I live in a rough neighborhood and I've seen a lot.