The Thing About Helen & Olga - Ep. 1: Nothing to Lose. Everything to Gain
This episode of Dateline tells the chilling true-crime story of Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt, two elderly Los Angeles women who appeared to be kind-hearted volunteers helping homeless men. In reality, they were orchestrating a calculated and gruesome murder-for-profit scheme. The
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