An American Crime Plot
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
An American Crime Cast
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as Sylvia Likens -
as Gertrude Baniszewski -
as Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens -
as Lester Likens -
as Betty Likens -
as Paula Baniszewski -
as Stephanie Baniszewski -
as Johnny Baniszewski -
as Shirley Baniszewski -
as Prosecutor
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In 1965, sixteen-year-old Sylvia Likens and her disabled fifteen-year-old sister, Jenny, are left in the care of an impoverished woman named Gertrude Baniszewski, a church acquaintance and mother to Paula, Johnny, Stephanie, and several younger children. Sylvia and Jenny's parents, Lester and Betty, work in the carnival circuit and leave on a tour. Gertrude agrees to take care of Sylvia and Jenny for a fee of $20 per week.
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