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Like innocent lemmings, they followed Gertrude Baniszewski into a pitch-black abyss known as evil. They didn’t want to kill Sylvia Likens, they just wanted to torture her daily. 43 years ago, one of the most perplexing crimes in our nation’s history took place. It is still being talked about today. Until now, we have known nothing about Gertrude and Paula Baniszewski after their sentencing. This is a collection of memoirs written by a former inmate of the Indiana Women’s Prison during the years of 1966 – 1968. It details some of the daily events that took place at the Indiana Women’s Prison, while it housed Gertrude and Paula Baniszewski. The memoirs include conversations between Gertrude Baniszewski and the author. These conversations shed further light into the 1965 torture and murder of Sylvia Marie Likens that shocked everyone. Was Gertrude Baniszewski insane? Did Gertrude admit to killing Sylvia Likens? Now you can answer these questions for yourself.