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Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

Danielle Blinka

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. 229 Injustice: The Crisis of Missing and Murdered...

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2025/05/15

Send us a text May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Month, so we’re going to discuss the extreme disproportionality of crime committed against MMIP, particularly Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). Then, we’ll talk about four unsolved cases of four innocent teenagers: Emily Pike, Jadie Butterfly, Maleigha Yallup, and Darian Rae Nevayaktewa. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Haunted Tales — https://linktr.e...

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Ep. 228 — Carol Jenkins, The Girl in the Yellow Scarf

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2025/05/08

Send us a text In September 1968, 21-year-old Carol Jenkins was walking door to door in Martinsville, Indiana, selling encyclopedias. On one of her last stops, Carol told the woman who answered the door that two white men had been following and harassing her. As a Black woman, Carol was frightened. Thirty minutes later, Carol was found murdered. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Rowan & Pine – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Ep. 227 — I Turned into the Devil: The Murder of...

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2025/05/01

Send us a text 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 Avery. Right away, the community rallied to try to find her, but it was too late to save Rachelle. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Thick Thighs and Creepy Vibes — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-thighs-and-creepy-vibes/id1736179086 Episode Source List: https://...

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Ep. 226 — The Tuberculosis Episode

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2025/04/24

Send us a text 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 skin), etc is still a major health risk world wide? Every year, about 1.25 million people die from TB, and it’s considered the world’s most infectious disease. We can cure TB, so why is it still such a threat? Thanks to author John Green, we are going to be talking about the moral crime of TB today. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badact...

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Ep. 225 — The Frat Boy Cannibal: The Murders of...

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2025/04/17

Send us a text In August 2016, Michelle Mishcon Stevens and John Stevens III were enjoying the evening in their garage when 19-year-old Austin Harrouff walked inside and attacked them and their neighbor. It took multiple police officers to pull Harrouff off John’s body, as he ate John’s face. What happened? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Getting Down and Wordy Podcast — https://linktr.ee/gettingdownandwordy Episode Source List: http...

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Ep. 224 – The Murder of AnnaRose Shove

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2025/04/10

Send us a text 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 the shore, a kayaker found her floating face down in the water. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The ODDentity Podcast – https://linktr.ee/oddentitypod Episode Source List: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ny-supreme-court-appellate-division/1979532.html https://www.govinfo....

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Ep. 223 – “Dad, why do you have the knife?”: Matthew...

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2025/04/03

Send us a text “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 said about him as detectives tried to sort out exactly what happened in the Richards home in the overnight hours of September 16, 2023. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy Podcast – https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b65048bd&nd...

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Ep. 222 — It’s Satan Again: The Murder of Vickie...

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2025/03/27

Send us a text 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 later, a group of rock climbers found her mutilated body discarded off a mountain. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Haunted Moonlight — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/haunted-moonlight/id1703911242 Episode Source List https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals...

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Ep. 221 – The Blitz Site Murder: The Murder of Olive...

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2025/03/20

Send us a text In 1946, a couple of schoolboys found Olive Balchin murdered in the debris left from WWII bombings in Manchester, England. Police were convinced they had their man when they connected a convicted murderer named Walter Graham Rowland to Olive. But then another man confessed, and a similar murder cast doubt on Rowland’s guilt. Was the right man put to death? Also, the hat people are called milliners. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podm...

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Ep. 220 — The Murder of Sarah Pasco & Attempted...

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2025/03/13

Send us a text 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 well. My Poetry Book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/so-the-light-stays-danielle-blinka/1146953814?ean=9798888388754 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Caffeinated Conspiracies – https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/caffeinated-conspiracies/id1454287363 Episode Sour...

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Ep. 219 — The Circus Circus Murders: Two Grisly...

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2025/03/06

Send us a text 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 room in a random crime that occurred because of a faulty door lock. Then, in July 2019, 38-year-old Amber Morris was found brutally murdered in her hotel room after she and her sister randomly met two men on the streets of Reno. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Haunted Tales — https://li...

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Ep. 218 — The Murder of Jennifer Paxton

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2025/02/27

Send us a text In December 2019, 35-year-old Jennifer Paxton crossed paths with a monster and disappeared. For nine months, she remained missing—until police made an unlikely discovery under a man’s bed. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Rowan & Pine Podcast — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rowan-pine-a-feminist-folklore-mythology-podcast/id1632401774 Episode Source List: https://www.courttv.com/news/tn-v-sean-finnegan-kep...

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Ep. 217 — The Jigsaw Murders Pt. 2

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2025/02/20

Send us a text In September 1935, police recovered 70 parcels containing body parts from under a bridge in Gardenholm Linn near Moffat, Scotland. Experts would have to reassemble the remains to prove that they belonged to Isabella Ruxton and Mary Jane Rogerson, two women who’d disappeared from Lancaster, England, where they lived with a popular, well-respected doctor named Buck Ruxton. Well, that was his name now… Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/...

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Ep. 216 — The Jigsaw Murders Pt. 1

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2025/02/13

Send us a text In September 1935, police recovered 70 parcels containing body parts from under a bridge in Gardenholm Linn near Moffat, Scotland. Experts would have to reassemble the remains to prove that they belonged to Isabella Ruxton and Mary Jane Rogerson, two women who’d disappeared from Lancaster, England, where they lived with a popular, well-respected doctor named Buck Ruxton. Well, that was his name now… Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ ...

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Ep. 215 – The Death Spell Hitman Case (aka The Most...

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2025/02/06

Send us a text 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 CASE WE HAVE EVER DONE. It has everything: a doctor, an unsuspecting man, a hitman, Disney adults (no shame), the occult, a death spell, the FBI, a fake assassin, interstate commerce—okay, that last one is kinda blah, but this case has the IT factor, folks. Side Note: Is there an app that blocks all news? JK *dies inside* Patreon: http...

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Ep. 214 – The Murder of Mary Stetson

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2025/01/30

Send us a textIn 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 happened. Their worst fears came true two days later when some folks enjoying a day on the river found a duffle bag holding horrific cargo.Also, the fake name was Jeffrey/Jeff…sounds like “Jesk” hehehePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspodPodMoth: https://podmoth.network/Ad: Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy – https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjE...

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Ep. 213 — The (Not Very) Mysterious Disappearance and...

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2025/01/23

Send us a textWhen Cheryl Coker disappeared in October 2018, her family and friends started looking for her right away. She was a dedicated mom, a loving daughter, and a great friend, but she had one person in her life who didn't value her enough. An abandoned vehicle, surveillance footage, and long searches would turn up lots of evidence and Cheryl's body...but how will authorities get their man?Episode Source List:https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Cold-C...

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Ep. 212 — Happy Birthday, Danielle! It’s a Truly...

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2025/01/09

Send us a textIn 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 of hooking up with her husband. Rather than focusing on her own happiness, DeAnn logged onto the Internet and visited one of our favorite sites: Rent-a-Hitman.com. DeAnn, noooooo. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspodPodMoth: https://podmoth.network/Ad: Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy Podcast — https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxj...

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Ep. 211 — 1969 Hollywood Murder: Reet Jurvetson

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2025/01/02

Send us a textIn November 1969, a teenage boy out bird watching discovered the body of a young woman discarded along the famed Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. Dubbed Jane Doe #59, this woman would be connected to the similar murder of Marina Habe, the Manson family, and Scientology—but investigators struggled to find out what happened to her. In 2015, a family friend finally identified her as 19-year-old Reet Jurvetson, who may have been connected to a man named Jean/John.Patreon: https://ww...

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Ep. 210 – A Flash of White Light: The Murders of...

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2024/12/19

Send us a textIn November 2021, Jennifer and Stephen Chapple were locked in a feud with their neighbors over the most mundane topic: parking spots. Because their neighbor was a “trained killer,” Jennifer told her friends that she feared for her life. Turns out, she had a reason to be afraid.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspodPodMoth: https://podmoth.network/Ad: Saturdays are for the Ghouls – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saturdays-are-for-the-ghouls/id1570983561 Episode ...

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