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Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast
Twisted true crime tales of dark deeds and despicable people. New episodes every Thursday. Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus episodes here: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod
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Ep. 240 — Witnessed: The Murder of Marquetta “Markie” Follis George
Send us Fan Mail In March 2000, Markie George found herself in a relationship with a dangerous man named Daniel Acker. Over the last few weeks of her life, she…
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Ep. 239 — The Murder of Lauri Waterman, Pt. 2: What Really Happened?
Send us Fan Mail In November 2004, Lauri Waterman’s husband Doc and 16-year-old daughter Rachelle Waterman arrived home from a weekend away to discover that…
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Ep. 238 — The Murder of Lauri Waterman, Pt. 1: Charred Bones & a Bunch of Red Flags
Send us Fan Mail In November 2004, Lauri Waterman’s husband Doc and 16-year-old daughter Rachelle Waterman arrived home from a weekend away to discover that…
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Ep 237 — Mr. Nobody: The Murder of Jackie Galloway
Send us Fan Mail In Summer 1991, police discovered the meticulously tied up body of Jackie Galloway. They would soon tie her murder to Patricia Cornwell’s…
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Ep. 236 – A Godawful Jigsaw Puzzle of Death: The Twitter Killer
Send us Fan Mail On October 31, 2017, police discovered 9 dismembered bodies in a studio apartment located in Zama, Japan. The apartment belonged to…
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Ep. 235 — The Murder of Andrea Eilber Pt. 3: The Appeal, A New Suspect, & Partial Justice
Send us Fan Mail In November 2011, 20-year-old Andrea Eilber was found murdered in the basement of a house where she was house sitting. Her boyfriend was the…
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Bad Acts Live: Horror Movies & The True Crime Cases That Inspired Them
Send us Fan Mail Live show audio, y'all. Let's discuss three true crime cases and the horror movies they inspired. First, we’re going to be discussing The…
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Ep. 234 – The Murder of Andrea Eilber Pt. 2: The Trial
Send us Fan Mail In November 2011, 20-year-old Andrea Eilber was found murdered in the basement of a house where she was house sitting. Her boyfriend was the…
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Ep. 233 — The Murder of Andrea Eilber Pt. 1: The Crime & Investigation
Send us Fan Mail In November 2011, 20-year-old Andrea Eilber was found murdered in the basement of a house where she was house sitting. Her boyfriend was the…
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Ep. 232 — The Casanova Killer aka The Cross Country Killer Pt. 3
Send us Fan Mail In 1995, a serial killer murdered four women with red hair in four different states. Sandra Gallagher, Linda Price, Tina Marie Cribbs, and…
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Ep. 231 — The Casanova Killer aka The Cross Country Killer Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail In 1995, a serial killer murdered four women with red hair in four different states. Sandra Gallagher, Linda Price, Tina Marie Cribbs, and…
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Ep. 230 — The Casanova Killer aka The Cross Country Killer Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail In 1995, a serial killer murdered four women with red hair in four different states. Sandra Gallagher, Linda Price, Tina Marie Cribbs, and…
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Ep. 229 Injustice: The Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
Send us Fan Mail May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Month, so we’re going to discuss the extreme disproportionality of crime…
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Ep. 228 — Carol Jenkins, The Girl in the Yellow Scarf
Send us Fan Mail In September 1968, 21-year-old Carol Jenkins was walking door to door in Martinsville, Indiana, selling encyclopedias. On one of her last…
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Ep. 227 — I Turned into the Devil: The Murder of Rachelle Tolleson
Send us Fan Mail 20-year-old Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson disappeared from her home in the wee morning hours of March 18, 2004, leaving behind her 5-month old baby…
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Ep. 226 — The Tuberculosis Episode
Send us Fan Mail It’s super interesting, I promise. Did y’all know that Tuberculosis, aka TB, Consumption, King’s Evil, The White Plague (because of the pale…
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Ep. 225 — The Frat Boy Cannibal: The Murders of Michelle Mishcon and John Stevens III
Send us Fan Mail In August 2016, Michelle Mishcon Stevens and John Stevens III were enjoying the evening in their garage when 19-year-old Austin Harrouff…
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Ep. 224 – The Murder of AnnaRose Shove
Send us Fan Mail In August 2014, 17-year-old AnnaRose Shove went on vacation with her family to her favorite place, Brennan Beach. But after a solo visit to…
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Ep. 223 – “Dad, why do you have the knife?”: Matthew Lee Richards, Attempted Family Annihilator
Send us Fan Mail “We were all in bed when dad came around stabbing everyone and we all ran outside.” Police say this is what one of Matt Richards’ children…
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Ep. 222 — It’s Satan Again: The Murder of Vickie Deblieux
Send us Fan Mail In 1994, Vickie Deblieux accepted a ride from a group of teenagers while she was trying to make her way from Tennessee to Louisiana. Four days…
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Ep. 221 – The Blitz Site Murder: The Murder of Olive Balchin
Send us Fan Mail In 1946, a couple of schoolboys found Olive Balchin murdered in the debris left from WWII bombings in Manchester, England. Police were…
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Ep. 220 — The Murder of Sarah Pasco & Attempted Murder of Melissa Pugh
Send us Fan Mail Sarah Pasco and Melissa Pugh were abducted in August 2020. Their captors forced them to dig their own graves and eventually forced them into a…
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Ep. 219 — The Circus Circus Murders: Two Grisly Crimes in Las Vegas & Reno
Send us Fan Mail In June 2018, two Vietnamese tour guides named Sang Boi Nghia and Khuong Ba Le Nguyen were found stabbed to death in their Las Vegas hotel…
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Ep. 218 — The Murder of Jennifer Paxton
Send us Fan Mail In December 2019, 35-year-old Jennifer Paxton crossed paths with a monster and disappeared. For nine months, she remained missing—until police…
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Ep. 217 — The Jigsaw Murders Pt. 2
Send us Fan Mail In September 1935, police recovered 70 parcels containing body parts from under a bridge in Gardenholm Linn near Moffat, Scotland. Experts…
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Ep. 216 — The Jigsaw Murders Pt. 1
Send us Fan Mail In September 1935, police recovered 70 parcels containing body parts from under a bridge in Gardenholm Linn near Moffat, Scotland. Experts…
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Ep. 215 – The Death Spell Hitman Case (aka The Most Ridiculous Hitman Case Ever)
Send us Fan Mail My anxiety is all keyed up due to my propensity to read the news, so please indulge me in this bizarro hitman case that is THE BEST HITMAN…
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Ep. 214 – The Murder of Mary Stetson
Send us Fan Mail In July 1999, Mary Stetson went out for a much needed night on the town. When she didn’t return home, her kids knew something bad had…
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Ep. 213 — The (Not Very) Mysterious Disappearance and Murder of Cheryl Coker
Send us Fan Mail When Cheryl Coker disappeared in October 2018, her family and friends started looking for her right away. She was a dedicated mom, a loving…
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Ep. 212 — Happy Birthday, Danielle! It’s a Truly Hilarious Hitman Case
Send us Fan Mail In May 2023, 31-year-old DeAnn Parkin reached a low point in her life. Her marriage was over, and she blamed one person: the woman she accused…
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Ep. 211 — 1969 Hollywood Murder: Reet Jurvetson
Send us Fan Mail In November 1969, a teenage boy out bird watching discovered the body of a young woman discarded along the famed Mulholland Drive in Los…
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Ep. 210 – A Flash of White Light: The Murders of Jennifer and Stephen Chapple
Send us Fan Mail In November 2021, Jennifer and Stephen Chapple were locked in a feud with their neighbors over the most mundane topic: parking spots. Because…
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Ep. 209 — The 1934 Dempsey Family Murder
Send us Fan Mail On Christmas 1934, 40-year-old Kathryn Schoch was in no mood to celebrate. And if she couldn’t feel merry and bright, the rest of her family…
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Ep. 208 – More Dummies Hire Hitmen Instead of Going to Therapy
Send us Fan Mail This week, we’re keeping it chill with two recent cases where people tried to hire a hitman to handle their problems. Bonus: These peeps…
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Ep. 207 — A Thanksgiving Massacre: The Germond Family Murders
Send us Fan Mail Thanksgiving Eve, 1930: A family is murdered on their small dairy farm in Stanfordville, New York, near Poughkeepsie. Their murder remained a…
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Ep. 206 — The Tulsa Axe Murder: James “Jimi” Patterson
Send us Fan Mail In October 2022, 22-year-old Jimi Patterson was visiting a friend when he became the victim of a senseless attack. Stay tuned for a bonus case…
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Ep. 205 — The Heart Thief & The Lady Gunslinger
Send us Fan Mail First, we’ll talk about Elena Estrada, a woman who literally cut out a man’s heart. Then, we’ll talk about Mae Woodman, who had no sense of…
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Ep. 203 – The Bathtub Cannibal, a.k.a. The Butcher of Tompkins Square Park, Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Today, we’re going to New York City to talk about the murder of Monika Beerle and the bad choices of an aspiring cult leader named Daniel…
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Ep. 204 – The Bathtub Cannibal, a.k.a. The Butcher of Tompkins Park, Part 2
Send us Fan Mail We’re still in New York City to talk about the murder of Monika Beerle and the bad choices of an aspiring cult leader named Daniel Rakowitz…
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Ep. 202 — It’s All on Tape: The Murder of Karen Perez
Send us Fan Mail In April 2016, 15-year-old Karen Perez celebrated her quinceañera surrounded by family and friends. A month later, she didn’t come home from…
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Ep. 201 Hidden Bodies: Murder & Makeshift Graves
Send us Fan Mail In September 2023, Essex Police uncovered a disturbing pair of murders in a nondescript rowhouse. For 4 years, 36-year-old Virginia McCullough…
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Ep. 200 — The Reverend & The Mother: The Unraveling of the Hopkins Family
Send us Fan Mail In December 2004, 36-year-old Arleatha Hopkins disappeared. Her husband, Reverend Anthony Hopkins, told multiple stories about what happened…
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Ep. 199 — Acid, Axes, & The First Woman to Die in the Electric Chair
Send us Fan Mail 17-year-old Ida Place had the stepmother from hell. When her father William married Martha Place, he probably didn’t expect her to become a…
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Ep. 198 Tri-State Crimes: The 2022 Crime Spree of Caleb Anderson
Send us Fan Mail On August 1, 2022, 18-year-old Aurora Dahl went for a run in Michigan that she barely survived. The next day, someone killed Patrick Ernst in…
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Ep. 197 – Tillie Klimek, Murderess of Chicago
Send us Fan Mail Tillie Klimek has many nicknames, among them “The Black Widow of Chicago,” “The High Priestess of the Bluebeard Clique,” and—my favorite—“The…
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Ep 196 - Murder in Paradise: The Plastic Surgeon & The YouTube Star
Send us Fan Mail In August 2023, trash collectors working at a garbage dump in Thailand discovered a fertilizer bag filled with dismembered human remains. The…
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Ep. 195 – The Meeks Family Murder: A Historical Crime
Send us Fan Mail In May 1896, a fiend attacked 5 members of the Meeks Family with a gun and a blunt object—allegedly an ax or hatchet. One family member…
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Ep. 194 - The Disappearance & Murder of Katherine Foster
Send us Fan Mail When 18-year-old Katherine Foster disappeared, her friends and family banded together to find her. Two days later, searchers found her body in…
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Ep. 193 - The Murder of Christina Yuna Lee
Send us Fan Mail In February 2022, Christina Yuna Lee was followed into her apartment complex in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhood. Her neighbors called…
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Ep. 192: The Cemetery Hill Family Murder
Send us Fan Mail In December 2020, Timothy Saunders discovered a horrific scene in his daughter’s home on Cemetery Road. His daughter, Risa Saunders, lived in…
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Ep. 191 - You Want a Piece of Me? The Top 3 Funniest Pie Crimes
Send us Fan Mail This week, we’re going to take a break from talking about traumatic crimes. Instead, we’re going to tell you about some ridiculous crimes…
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Ep. 190 - 90 Seconds of Horror: The Murder of Warren Barnes
Send us Fan Mail In February 2021, “the Reading Man” of Grand Junction, a man named Warren Barnes, became the target of an aspiring serial killer. Two days…
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Ep. 189 - The Sex Doll Killer: The Murder of Kristen Trickle
Send us Fan Mail On Halloween 2019, 26-year-old Kristen Trickle died in her bed. The coroner ruled it a suicide, but both Kristen’s family and the detectives…
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Ep. 188 – The Murder of Dedra Lawrence & Deanna Lawrence
Send us Fan Mail In November 2017, 24-year-old Dedra Lawrence was sharing a home with her mom, 46-year-old Deanna Lawrence. Patreon…
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Ep. 187 - The Murder of Regilla “Jill” Stacy
Send us Fan Mail In 2013, 48-year-old Jill Stacy was canning homemade salsa made from veggies she grew on the morning someone brutally murdered her…
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Ep. 186 - The Buffalo Narrows Ax Murders
Send us Fan Mail As police arrived to arrest him, murderer Frederick Moses McCallum sat at a kitchen table, drinking tea. The priest he’d called to the crime…
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Ep. 185 - The Murderous Postmistress of West Palm Beach: The Crimes of Lena Clarke
Send us Fan Mail It’s 1921, and 35-year-old Lena Clark has a problem. There’s money missing from her post office, but she’s about to point the finger of a…
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Ep. 184 - The Murder of Zion Foster
Send us Fan Mail In January 2022, 17-year-old Zion Foster got off work and decided to hang out with her cousin. She never came home that night, and her family…
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Ep. 183 - Bad Acts Live: Movie Murders, Oh! The Horror, and Superhero Slip-Ups
Send us Fan Mail Join us for a 3-Part Live Show from Comicpalooza in Houston, TX. We’re going to talk about movies inspired by real-life murders (hello…
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Ep. 182 - The Stolen Life of Sara Ann Goodwin
Send us Fan Mail When 18-year-old Sara Ann Goodwin disappeared off a notorious Houston, TX, street, her friends did everything they could to search for her…