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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. 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…
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Ep. 181 – The Devil Went Down to Georgia (& Up to Tennessee)
Send us Fan Mail It’s Fall 2002, and teenagers Adam Chrismer and Samantha Leming decide to marry in a double wedding with their teenage friends, Kelly Willis…
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Ep. 180 - Only Murders in the Boarding House
Send us Fan Mail In October 2022, the tenants in Frances Walker’s boarding house knew something was wrong, even if the police didn’t believe them. Together…
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Ep. 179 - The Stay Family Massacre
Send us Fan Mail In July 2014, an intruder invaded the home of a loving family in Spring, Texas, on a misguided mission for revenge. Patreon…
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Ep. 178 - Good Deed Punished: The Bonnie House Murders
Send us Fan Mail In 2006, Sarah Bonnie and her husband Ben tried to help out a family member going through a difficult time. Years later, her cousin Brian…
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Ep. 177 - The Murder of Zaria McKeever
Send us Fan Mail 23-year-old Zaria McKeever had a loving family and a beautiful baby girl whom she loved with all her heart. As she was starting her life over…
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Ep. 176 The Murder of Alicia DeBolt
Send us Fan Mail In August 2010, Alicia DeBolt disappeared on the way to a party. Three days later, workers at a local asphalt plant discovered her burnt…
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Ep. 175: The Murder of Tanya McLean-Byrd
Send us Fan Mail In February 2013, a man out walking his dog stumbled upon trash bags emitting a horrible smell. The bags contained the remains of Tanya Byrd…
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Ep. 174 - A Murder Between “Friends”
Send us Fan Mail In June 2023, Tegan Day was caught up in a toxic relationship with her boyfriend, who was also dating a woman named Raquelle Casillas, who…
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Ep. 173 - The Murder of Lisa Thorborg
Send us Fan Mail In November 2020, Lisa Thorborg went hiking along a trail in a large park near her home in Carlsbad, California. Passersby found her body…
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Episode 172 - Call the Cops!: The Murder of Justin Morris
Send us Fan Mail In July 2013, 18-year-old Justin Morris disappeared. Around that same time, his best friend started asking for a truly awful favor. On a…
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Ep. 171 - The Murder of Diamond Alvarez
Send us Fan Mail In January 2022, Diamond Alvarez’s younger brother found her murdered near a field where she’d been walking the family dog, Peanut. Her…
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Ep. 170 - Fire Fight: The Murder of Lula Young
Send us Fan Mail In December 1994, an explosion and fire consumed Lula Young’s house as she slept. Inside, authorities found alarming clues that someone set…
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Ep. 169 - Girl, No: Helen Hewlett & The Hitman
Send us Fan Mail In 2022, authorities in King’s Lynn, England, unraveled a devious murder-for-hire plot that involved the dark web, a dumbass, and a woman…
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Ep. 168 - The Murder of Marie Belcastro
Send us Fan Mail In March 2015, first responders responded to a possible assault, only to discover a murder in the house across the alleyway. Marie Belcastro…
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Ep. 167 - Unthinkable: The Murder of Melody Gambetty
Send us Fan Mail Firefighters found Melody Gambetty murdered while responding to a fire. Parts of her body were missing, which just didn’t make sense. Patreon…
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Ep. 166: The Murder & Legacy of Latasha Harlins
Send us Fan Mail In 1991, 15-year-old Latasha Harlins, a Black teen, went into a Los Angeles convenience store to purchase a bottle of orange juice. Moments…
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Ep. 165 - Missing to Murdered: The Murders of Cristie Schoen, Joseph “J.T.” Codd, and Zebb Quinn
Send us Fan Mail In 2015, Cristie Schoen-Codd and J.T. Codd were building a cozy life in Leicester, North Carolina, after years of working in the film…
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Ep. 164 - WTF, Angela? The Murder & Dismemberment of Jimmy Sheaffer
Send us Fan Mail When 36-year-old James “Jimmy” Sheaffer disappeared, police thought he might be hiding from local bookies. But then his neighbor and friend…
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Ep. 163 - Bashing Through the Snow: Three Cases of Santa-on-Santa Violence
Send us Fan Mail We’re wishing you all a very happy holiday season. With Christmas right around the corner, we decided to do a light-hearted episode about some…
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Episode 162 - The Murders of Tatiana and Vladimir Koudriavstev
Send us Fan Mail In May 2019, police in Surrey, England, received a curious phone call. A man confessed to committing a murder and told the dispatchers where…
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Ep. 161 - No Good Reason: The Murder of Ariel Starcher
Send us Fan Mail In February 2020, 21-year-old Ariel Starcher disappeared in Kansas City, Missouri. Two weeks after her disappearance, a road crew employee…
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Ep. 160 - Ridiculous Thanksgiving Crimes: From Turkey Theft to Murder
Send us Fan Mail This year, we discuss 5 weird and ridiculous crimes that occurred on Thanksgiving. They range from serious—with murder and assault—to petty—in…
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Ep. 159 - The New Orleans Thanksgiving Family Murder
Send us Fan Mail Thanksgiving 2020 was hard for most people. It was in the middle of the pandemic, and families were doing their best to see each other safely…
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Ep. 158 - The Jupiter, Florida Thanksgiving Murders
Send us Fan Mail In Thanksgiving 2009, Muriel and Jimmy Sitton hosted Thanksgiving dinner for their extended family. The day would have been perfect—if two of…
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Ep. 157 - It’s Always the Devil: The Murder of David Crawford
Send us Fan Mail In April 1996, 17-year-old David Crawford went for a walk on the railroad tracks near Sparta, Michigan. That day, he met another teenage boy…
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Ep. 156: The Siesling Family Murders
Send us Fan Mail In January 2003, 17-year-old Jon Siesling called 911 to report intruders in his home. Inside, first responders found his mother Sharon and…
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Ep. 155 - Scream Teens: The Murder of Gina Castillo
Send us Fan Mail In January 1998, 37-year-old Gina Castillo had a nice life—a husband, a teenage son, and a 1-month old baby girl. She had no way to know that…
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Ep. 154-The Deltona Massacre (A.K.A. The Xbox Murders)
Send us Fan Mail In August 2004, 22-year-old Erin Belanger was starting a new life in Deltona, Florida, with her boyfriend Francisco "Flacco" Roman. Soon, the…
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Ep. 153 - Grave Injustice: The Murder of ExeLee “Lela” Villella
Send us Fan Mail When ExeLee “Lela” Villella didn’t show up to work one day, her coworkers knew something must be wrong. Early in the investigation, police…
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Ep. 152 - Weird & Unusual: The Dallas Zoo Crime Spree
Send us Fan Mail Disappearances, break-ins, and a possible murder…at the zoo? On January 13, 2023, the Dallas Zoo discovered that a leopard named Nova had…
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Ep. 151 - The Dagorhir LARP Bombing
Send us Fan Mail On October 30, 2020, a 28-year-old man arrived home to find a box addressed to him. But when he opened the gift inside, a hiss alerted him to…
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Ep. 150 - A Call for Justice: The Murder of Rasheem Carter
Send us Fan Mail In October 2022, 25-year-old Rasheem Carter, who is black, disappeared in a small Mississippi town. In the days leading up to his…
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Ep. 149- Interrupted: The Murder of Corrina Mehiel
Send us Fan Mail In March 2017, artist Corrina Mehiel was planning a trip to visit her family. On the day she planned to leave, her phone suddenly went silent…
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Ep. 148 - Final Act: The Murder of Adrienne Shelly
Send us Fan Mail In 2006, the husband of actress and filmmaker Adrienne Shelly found her murdered in the bathroom of a Greenwich Village apartment she used as…
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Ep. 147 - The Kidnapping and Murder of Naomi Irion
Send us Fan Mail In March 2022, 18-year-old Naomi Irion disappeared from a Walmart parking lot. Surveillance footage showed a strange man forcing his way into…
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Ep. 146 - The Murder of Elizabeth Roxana Palomino
Send us Fan Mail In 2011, Percy Palomino came home from a long night of running his business to find his wife Elizabeth Roxana Palomino brutally murdered in…
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Ep. 145 - Dangerous (Facebook) Liaisons: Two Botched Hitmen Stories
Send us Fan Mail We’re covering two cases this week that share a common thread. The perpetrators–one in Ireland and the other in Australia–tried to hire hitmen…
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Ep. 144 - The Kidnapping and Murder of Nicole Lovell
Send us Fan Mail In January 2016, Nicole Lovell disappeared out of her bedroom window. Three days later, a special investigator found her body discarded along…
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Ep. 143 - The Murders of Melissa Haferman (Melissa Love) and Amanda Wood
Send us Fan Mail In 1999, country singer Melissa Love (born Melissa Haferman) was on the way home from recording her first album in Nashville when she…
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Ep. 142- Hammer & Fire: The Davis Family Tragedy
Send us Fan Mail In August 2012, 15-year-old Zachary Davis attacked his mother Melanie Davis and his brother Joshua Davis, leaving them for dead inside the…
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Ep. 141 - The Murder(s) of Nancy Uhlman
Send us Fan Mail In June 2023, hotel employees at a Holiday Inn in Marlborough, Massachusetts called 911 to report that a guest came into the lobby covered in…
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Ep. 140 - Hostel Hell: The Murder of Jhordann Rust
Send us Fan Mail In December 2015, Jhordann Rust went on a trip to San Diego with her boyfriend. The pair checked into a hostel the night they arrived, but…
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Ep. 139 - Another Zimmer Family Murder + The Stalking of Candy Williams
Send us Fan Mail In May 1983, 14-year-old Peter Zimmer brutally murdered his family. Given an absurdly short sentence, Zimmer started his life over as Jovan…
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Ep. 138 - The Murder of the Zimmers and Katherine Brown
Send us Fan Mail In September 2008, a gruesome murder shocked Ottawa County, Michigan when a house fire led to the discovery of a mass murder. Inside the home…
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Ep. 137- Broken Ties: The Disappearance and Murder of Megan Tilman
Send us Fan Mail Megan Tilman thought she found love with William Rice and Christina Harnish. When the trio first dropped off the map, everyone thought they…
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Ep. 136 – Fallen Protector: The Murder of Aaron Iturra
Send us Fan Mail 18-year-old Aaron Iturra seemed to have it all: popularity, a close-knit family, and a big heart. So, why did someone kill him in his bed? The…
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Ep. 135 - Why Do the Good Die Young? The Murder of Samantha Dean
Send us Fan Mail In February 2015, a gruesome discovery behind a vacant building revealed a twisted plan to murder 29-year-old mom-to-be Samantha Dean. This…
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Ep. 134-The Colorado Hammer Murders Part 2: Arizona and Nevada
Send us Fan Mail After committing four horrific crimes in Colorado, the hammer-wielding attacker hitchhiked to Kingman, Arizona. A day after his arrival, he…
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Ep. 133-The Colorado Hammer Murders Part 1: Aurora and Lakewood
Send us Fan Mail Over 12 days in January 1984, a hammer-wielding attacker terrorized the suburbs of Denver. In addition to harming several survivors, he took…
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Ep. 132- The Haines Family Murders
Send us Fan Mail On May 12, 2007, 20-year-old Maggie Haines awoke to screams coming from her brother’s bedroom. She ran to her neighbor’s house for help…
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Ep. 131: The Murders of Kayla Cuevas and Nisa Mickens & The Murders in the Brentwood Woods
Send us Fan Mail In September 2016, a driver found the bloody body of 15-year-old Nisa Mickens on a quiet suburban sidewalk in Brentwood, New York. The next…
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Ep. 130 - “We’re Worried About Your Dad”: The Murder of Aaron Friar
Send us Fan Mail In October 2017, two little girls woke up for school and found blood stains on their living room sofa. Their dad was missing, so they called…
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Ep. 129 - Deal with the Devil: The Murder of Corriann Cervantes
Send us Fan Mail In February 2014, a night of hanging out with friends turned into a gruesome murder. Corriann Cervantes disappeared on February 4, 2014. A few…
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Episode 128 - A Likely Story: The Disappearance and Murder of Joann Hakes
Send us Fan Mail In January 2015, Joann Hakes disappeared into a dark Wyoming night near the Salt River mountains. For over four years, her family and friends…
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Ep. 127 - Into the Woods: The Murder of Lucy McHugh
Send us Fan Mail In July 2017, Lucy McHugh disappeared. When a dog walker found her body the next morning, the police started to unravel a horrible story and a…
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Ep. 126 - The Disappearance of Caitlin Marie Denison
Send us Fan Mail In January 2018, 19-year-old Caitlin Marie Denison took a flight from her home in Reno, Nevada, to Midland, Texas. She’d met a man from…
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Ep. 125 - Abducted in Her Sleep: The Kidnapping & Murder of Brianna Denison
Send us Fan Mail In 2008, 19-year-old Brianna Denison disappeared from her friend’s couch. Nearly a month later, a passerby found her body in a field under a…
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Ep. 124 - The (Almost) Perfect Murder: The Case of Anthony Tomaselli
Send us Fan Mail In 2019, a man came to police to report that his two ex-girlfriends–who are sisters–had killed their father, and he had it on tape. But…
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Ep. 123: The Colerain Township Gender Reveal Mass Shooting
Send us Fan Mail In July 2017, 21-year-old Cheyanne Willis threw herself a gender reveal party and invited her family and friends, including her cousin…