MURDERED: Sylvia Likens

Sylvia was a happy, beautiful 16-year-old when her parents left her and her sister in the care of Gertrude Baniszewski while they went on the road for work. But, within a few short months, Sylvia was beaten, humiliated, and ultimately left to die from neglect and severe abuse, inflicted by not only Gertrude, but the Baniszewski children, and neighborhood kids as well.

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Awful!

Not the podcast, but the story. This one breaks my heart. The telling of it is done so well, but I wish someone would have come forward sooner. This poor girl did not deserve to die like this. It just hurts my heart what she went through. Good job again, Ash and Britt. Love it!

evil people

so glad that Paula got revealed and removed her from an environment with children
and Gertrude, is pure evil,

my question is what happened to the sister that lived Gertrude? two little girls were left with her, what did she do with her?

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