E58: Las Poquianchis

This week Beth and Wendy discuss Las Hermanas Gonzalez, AKA the Gonzalez sisters, AKA Las Poquianchis. From the 1950s until the mid-1960s, they ran a sex trafficking ring in Mexico, and at the same time, committed at least ninety-one murders. 

We dive into the setting in Mexico (11:35), the sisters early life (26:15) and the timeline (32:40).  Then, we get into the arrest(43:28) followed by the Trial (45:20). “Where are they now?”(49:00). We get into our Takeaways and what we think made the sister snap (51:46).  

As usual we close out the show with some tips on how not to get murdered(58:00) shout outs ( 1:04:00), and  of course crime news (1:00:35).  

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Las Poquianchis

Articles/Websites

Ruiz, Antonio. (n.d.). Las Poquianchis: The story of las Hermanas Gonzalez, Mexico’s most horrific serial murderers. LatinLive. Retrieved 09/25/19 from https://www.wearelatinlive.com/article/5139/las-poquianchis-the-story-of-las-hermanas-gonzalez-mexicos-most-horrific-serial-murderers

Wikipedia contributors. (08/17/19). Delfina and María de Jesús González. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09/2519 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Delfina_and_Mar%C3%ADa_de_Jes%C3%BAs_Gonz%C3%A1lez&oldid=911259324

Kique’s Corner. (10/30/09). Las Poquianchis: The Macabre Case That Shocked Mexico. Retrieved 09/25/2019 from http://ecperez.blogspot.com/2009/10/las-poquianchis-macabre-case-that.html

Guinness World Records. (n.d.). Most Prolific Murder Partnership. Retrieved 09/27/19 from https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-prolific-murder-partnership

Murderpedia. (n.d.). Delfina and María de Jesús GONZALEZ. The Encyclopedia of Murderers. Retrieved 09/28/19 from https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gonzalez-sisters.htm

Lutzke, Andrew. (07/12/16). Whorehouse Madames Jailed for 91 Murders. Culture Crossfire. Retrieved 09/28/2019 from http://culturecrossfire.com/etc/whorehouse-91-murders/

Associated Press. (10/18/64). 2 Mexican Sisters Guilty In the Slaying of 80 Girls. The New York Times. Retrieved 09/28/19 from https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/18/archives/2-mexican-sisters-guilty-inthe-slaying-of-80-girls.html

Johnson, Bryan. (06/21/14). 10 Cases of Sibling Serial Killers. Listverse. Retrieved 09/28/19 from  https://listverse.com/2014/04/10/10-cases-of-sibling-serial-killers/

Ricapito, Maria. (07/12/17). 4 Female Serial Killers Who Will Haunt Your Dreams. A&E. Retrieved 09/28/19 from https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/4-female-serial-killers-who-will-haunt-your-dreams

Chelsea Damali. (n.d.). Bucket List Location #6, Rancho el Angel, the Bordello from Hell. Retrieved 09/28/19 from https://chelseadamali.wordpress.com/tag/delfina-and-maria-de-jesus-gonzalez/

Books

Cimino, Al. (06/15/19). Women Who Kill: A Chilling Casebook of True-Life Murders. Arcturus Publishing.

Holmes, Ronald M. (03/24/98). Contemporary Perspectives on Serial Murder. SAGE Publications, Inc.

Podcasts

Ludlow, Esther (host). (11/14/17). Episode 066: Murder in the Family: Chapter 2: The Gonzalez Sisters [Audio podcast]. Once Upon a Crime. Retrieved 09/29/19 from https://onceuponacrime.libsyn.com/episode-066-murder-in-the-family-chapter-2-the-gonzalez-sisters

Badia, Jose Antonio; Espinosa, Eduardo; Szewc, Jorge (hosts). (03/06/19). Episode 1.  E1 Las Poquianchis con Coki Szec [Audio podcast]. Leyendas Legendarias. Retrieved on 9/29/19 from https://www.leyendaslegendarias.com/episodios/2019/3/6/e1-las-poquianchis

Videos

Hoy en la Historia Live- Las Poquianchis
https://youtu.be/PddLVYXUVUw

About Mexico

Histclo.com. (n.d.) Mexican History: The Porfiriato (1876-1911). Retrieved 09/28/19 from https://www.histclo.com/country/other/mex/hist/mh-por.html

Encyclopedia Britannica Editors. (08/09/19). Porfiriato. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 09/28/19 from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Porfiriato

Wikipedia contributors. (09/14/19). Prostitution in Mexico. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09/29/19 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prostitution_in_Mexico&oldid=915679806

History.com Editors. (01/27/10). Mexico Timeline. History.com. Retrieved 09/29/19 from https://www.history.com/topics/mexico/mexico-timeline

Wikipedia contributors. (09/18/19). Diego Rivera. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09/29/19 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diego_Rivera&oldid=916338994

Wikipedia contributors. (09/23/19). Mexican muralism. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09/29/19 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican_muralism&oldid=917356601

How Not to Get Murdered

Riley, Brad. (07/13/16). The ‘5 disguises’ used by human traffickers. CNN. Retrieved 09/30/19 from https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/13/opinions/5-disguises-human-trafficker/index.html

Crime News

Maloney, Alison. (09/25/17). City of Silence. The Sun. Retrieved 09/28/19 from https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/4542094/the-dark-mystery-of-ciudad-juarez-in-mexico-where-1500-women-and-girls-have-been-brutally-murdered-and-dumped-in-the-desert-since-1993/

Flores, Chantel. (09/26/19). The Patriarchy is Going Down: Mexican Women Are Rising Up. Jezabel. Retrieved 09/28/19 from https://jezebel.com/the-patriarchy-is-going-down-mexican-women-are-rising-1838358933

Wikipedia contributors. (09/29/19). Female homicides in Ciudad Juárez. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09/29/19 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Female_homicides_in_Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez&oldid=918581247

Shout Outs

BSP: The Believer Skeptic Podcast
http://www.bspodphx.com/

Badia, Jose Antonio; Espinosa, Eduardo; Szewc, Jorge (hosts). (03/06/19). Episode 1.  E1 Las Poquianchis con Coki Szec [Audio podcast]. Leyendas Legendarias. Retrieved on 9/29/19 from https://www.leyendaslegendarias.com/episodios/2019/3/6/e1-las-poquianchis

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