Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

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Ep. 296 — The Murder of Jerri Winters

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2026/10/01

Send us Fan Mail Courtney “Jerri” Winters disappeared in December 2020, but no one reported her missing. Seven months later, her mutilated body was found under a tarp in a basement, and police arrested her ex-boyfriend, Matthew Lewinski. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Caffeinated Conspiracies — https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/caffeinated-conspiracies/id1454287363 Episode Source List: https://www.courts.michigan.gov/sitea...

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Ep. 295 — The Plot to Kill Yvonne Sternd Episode

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2026/09/24

Send us Fan Mail In 2010, three different hitmen tried to murder Houston socialite Yvonne Stern. Police had no idea who was trying to kill her, and each attempt got closer to killing Yvonne. She’d been shot in the abdomen during the third shooting, and it seemed the killer would keep trying when police finally got their break. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Rowan & Pine — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rowan-pine-a-feminis...

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Ep. 294 — The Murder of Morgan Bauer

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2026/09/17

Send us Fan Mail In February 2016, 19-year-old Morgan Bauer moved to the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Two weeks later, she disappeared. Seven years later, investigators recovered her charred remains, and they had to piece together the truth about what happened to Morgan from admissions by the two people who murdered her—Katelyn Goble and Jonathan Alexander Warren. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod Be Witching Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4qx7jeN4M1dd813IvoxPqO?si=lx-...

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Ep. 293 — The Murder of Jaren Lockhart

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2026/09/10

Send us Fan Mail In 2012, 22-year-old Jaren Lockhart disappeared from the New Orleans French Quarter. Hours later, her dismembered remains started washing up on nearby Mississippi beaches. What seemed at first to be a case of jealousy turned out to be a whole occult murder. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy — https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b65048bd&nd=1&dlsi=7e42cb75c47...

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Ep. 292 — The Mad Slasher of Ontario, Canada

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2026/08/27

Send us Fan Mail For two years, Christian Herbert Magee terrorized women in the area around Strathroy and London, Ontario. He murdered three women and assaulted two others before police caught him. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Getting Down & Wordy Podcast — https://linktr.ee/gettingdownandwordy Episode Source List: https://ca.vlex.com/vid/r-v-magee-c-680711453 Arntfield, Michael. Murder City: The Untold Story of Canada’...

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Ep. 291 — “Do You Party?”: A Very Stupid Hitman Plot

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2026/08/20

Send us Fan Mail In 2004, Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Gladue was arrested for making terroristic threats. While in jail, he came up with multiple stupid ideas for how to make the charges go away, with the “help” of his cellmates, who, if we’re being honest, were not helpful at all. 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 E...

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Ep. 290 The Murder of Jacqueline Duncan

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2026/08/06

Send us Fan Mail 24-year-old Jacqueline Duncan was watching TV in her apartment with her 3-year-old son tucked into bed when her neighbor, Rodney Warndahl, burst through her door. He was wearing nothing but bikini underwear and wielding a knife. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The ODDentity Podcast https://linktr.ee/oddentitypod Episode Source List: https://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/supreme-court/1989/c2-88-597-2.html ...

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Ep. 289 — The Multiple Lives of Serial Killer Kenneth...

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2026/07/30

Send us Fan Mail At 20-years-old, Kenneth McDuff committed a brutal triple murder that earned him the death penalty. But the fates were on his side, and his sentence was commuted to life. After serving 23 years, Texas released him to an unsuspecting public. Almost immediately, he began killing again. Bodies piled up, but McDuff was somehow one step ahead of law enforcement. Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_McDuff Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: h...

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Ep. 288 — The Multiple Lives of Serial Killer Kenneth...

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2026/07/23

Send us Fan Mail At 20-years-old, Kenneth McDuff committed a brutal triple murder that earned him the death penalty. But the fates were on his side, and his sentence was commuted to life. After serving 23 years, Texas released him to an unsuspecting public. Almost immediately, he began killing again. Bodies piled up, but McDuff was somehow one step ahead of law enforcement. *Part Two will be posted on Patreon as soon as it’s ready. Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_McD...

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Ep. 287 — The Murder of Ashley Young

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2026/07/16

Send us Fan Mail 31-year-old Ashley Young never returned from meeting up with an old friend. Days later, her torso was discovered in a basement. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The ODDentity Podcast — https://linktr.ee/oddentitypod Episode Source List: https://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-unpublished/2021/351400.html Court TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj-WsPxzRpc “Can’t Find Her.” A Body in the ...

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Ep. 286 — The Murder of Scott MacFarland

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2026/07/10

Send us Fan Mail In October 2023, Richard “Scott” MacFarland invited a friend of his to live with him. Meghan Macklin had fallen on hard times, and she needed a place to crash. Scott was a widower who liked to help people, but he should never have trusted Meghan Macklin. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b65048bd&nd=1&dlsi=7e42cb75c47e4fc4...

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Ep. 285 — Apt 19A: The Murder of Nadia Vitels

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2026/07/02

Send us Fan Mail In 2024, Nadia Vitels was finally getting a chance to focus on herself after years of caregiving. She planned to move into a luxury NYC apartment she inherited from her mother. Unbeknownst to her, two squatters were already living in the apartment, and they had no intention of leaving peacefully. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Getting Down & Wordy Podcast — https://linktr.ee/gettingdownandwordy ...

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Ep. 284 — The First Fetal Abduction by Caesarian: The...

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2026/06/25

Send us Fan Mail In 1974, 26-year-old Margaret Sweeney was expecting her fourth baby. When she met Winifred Ransom, she thought she’d made a new friend. But Ransom was a devil in disguise, whose unbelievable crime shocked everyone. 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://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3...

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Ep. 283 – The Bolduc Family Murders

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2026/06/18

Send us Fan Mail In 2008, firefighters responded to a fire at the Bolduc home to find three family members murdered, including parents, Carol and Christopher Bolduc, and son, Josh Bolduc. When police tracked down elder son Matthew Cushing, investigators immediately noticed a bunch of red flags. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The ODDentity Podcast – https://linktr.ee/oddentitypod Episode Source List: https://www.southcoasttoday...

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Ep. 282 — The Murder of Mel Kernena Cotton

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2026/06/11

Send us Fan Mail 31-year-old Mel Cotton helped her friend escape a violent relationship. About two weeks later, her sister arrived to babysit Mel’s son to find the boy injured and Mel dead. Her murder was an escalation that anyone could see coming, and her attacker shouldn’t have been free to kill her. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy — https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b6...

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Ep. 281 – The Red Riding Hood Murders: Female Serial...

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2026/06/04

Send us Fan Mail Unlike most female serial killers, 20-year-old Piroska Jancsó-Ladányi was a lust killer who targeted young girls. She committed five murders before anyone suspected her because no one thinks the bogey man is going to be a small young woman with a Mona Lisa smile. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Rowan & Pine — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rowan-pine-a-feminist-folklore-mythology-podcast/id1632401774&...

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Ep. 280 - Live From Comicpalooza! Killer Chatbot?:...

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2026/05/28

Send us Fan Mail (Audio is pretty good!) In February 2025, 32-year-old Margaux Whittemore traveled to Maine with her husband, Samuel, to visit her mother-in-law. She wouldn’t make it back home. Investigators soon learned that Samuel Whittemore was having a strange conversation with an AI chatbot, which led him to attack his wife and mother. Episode Source List: https://www.maine.gov/dps/msp/taxonomy/term/1549 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12805049/ https://nam.edu/news-and...

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Ep. 279 — “I Love You to Death:” The Worst (But...

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2026/05/21

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk about the true story of Tony & Frances Toto, whose story hit the big screen in 1990 after Frances tried to murder Tony 5 times with the help of a few hitmen, all of whom were very bad at murder. The dark comedy based on their “rough patch” is called I Love You to Death. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy — https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b6...

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Ep. 278 — Ray the Ripper: A Houston Spree Killing

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2026/05/14

Send us Fan Mail Over an 8-day period in April 2002, 28-year-old Ray McArthur Freeney preyed on sex workers on Houston, TX’s infamous Bissonnet Strip. He murdered 15-year-old Kirshalynne Jones and 36-year-old Vicky Dean, but they weren’t his only victims. In fact, police caught their killer as he was negotiating prices with his next would-be victim. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Getting Down & Wordy Podcast — https://linktr.ee/g...

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Ep. 277 — The Murder of Michelle Shadbolt

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2026/05/08

Send us Fan Mail On February 14, 1987, Michelle Shadbolt’s stepmother found her brutally murdered in her living room. Everyone suspected Michelle’s estranged husband, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence to arrest him. That’s because he wasn’t their killer…but someone very close to Michelle was hiding a terrible secret. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Thick Thighs and Creepy Vibes — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-thigh...

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