Crimes of Louise Peete
How many lives did Louise Peete destroy?
4.4 (39)
46 mins
Explore the extraordinary crimes of Louise Peete, a woman whose charm and deception concealed a trail of murder spanning decades. Explore the investigations, financial motives, and repeated reinventions that allowed her to evade justice for years.
Ep 1:
The Duchess of Death Begins
Meet Louise Peete, the composed Southern beauty whose charm hid a trail of dead husbands and stolen fortunes—starting with a jury that applauded her murder acquittal.
Ep 2:
The Housekeeper Who Buried a Fortune
In 1920s Los Angeles, a lonely widower hires a captivating new housekeeper, unaware she's already planning his disappearance and a garden of secrets beneath his mansion.
Ep 3:
The Basement Confession
When investigators finally search the Catalina Street mansion, they uncover a body, a web of lies, and a trial that brands Louise the 'Enigma Woman.'
Ep 4:
The Woman Who Became Anna Lee
Paroled and reinvented as Anna Lee, Louise weaves new friendships and deceptions—each one bringing her closer to another unsuspecting victim.
Ep 5:
The Avocado Tree and the Gas Chamber
A forged signature unravels years of deception, leading police to a shallow grave and a courtroom showdown that seals Louise's fate in the gas chamber.
Ep 6:
The Mask Louise Wore
As Louise Peete's story closes, we ask how a society obsessed with respectability let her charm outrun the truth again and again.
Discussions (5)
Zachary
Level 7 · 1 week agoThe parole board hearing Caroline Walker's warning and just brushing it off is genuinely insane. She told them exactly what was coming and they let her walk anyway.
Maxim
Level 4 · 1 week agoLouise killed way more than twice no way its just 2
Thad
Level 5 · 1 week agoLouise Peete was actually the 2nd woman executed in California, not the 1st. Barbara Graham was executed in 1955. The podcast got that detail right. Wild how composed she stayed through all of it.
