Gertrude Baniszewski & The Murder of Sylvia Liken: Dumb Bitch

What happens when a teenage girl is sent to live with another family, only to become the target of an escalating campaign of torture that eventually turns an entire neighborhood against her?

In this episode of Torture: A Dark History, Kevin Young and Dan Hourigan tell the horrifying true story of Sylvia Likens, the 16 year old Indiana girl whose 1965 murder became one of the most infamous cases of child abuse and torture in American history.

After Sylvia and her sister Jenny are left in the care of Gertrude Baniszewski, what begins as an ordinary arrangement quickly turns into something unimaginable. As Gertrude's abuse escalates, her children and neighborhood kids become involved, transforming Sylvia's suffering into a horrifying group act of violence.

We'll follow the events that led to Sylvia's death, the people who participated, the warning signs that were ignored, and the investigation and trial that shocked Indianapolis.

And because this is Torture: A Dark History, Kevin and Dan bring their uniquely dark and uncomfortable humor to one of the most disturbing true crime stories we've ever covered.

If you love learning about American true crime, child abuse cases, criminal psychology, torture history, dark history, and some of the most horrifying crimes in American history, this is a story you won't forget.

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