Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Both a woman and a child are missing in Australia in 2010, when a psychic gets hunch. She believes she knows where to find the little girl. Her hunch sets off the unraveling of two cases full of twists and turns -- but little justice. Episode Source List: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/psychic-searching-for-kiesha-finds-womans-torso-20100812-121kx.html https://www.smh.com.au/...

Send us Fan Mail A mother takes her baby to England for a better life, but instead he ends up in a "ghost story" when his sister's diabolical boyfriend makes him the target of abuse. The couple posts photos of Santino's injuries online, blaming ghosts in their apartment.  While people see the photos, no one reports the abuse to police or a child welfare agency. Episode Source L...

Send us Fan Mail It's Christmas Eve 2014, but nothing is merry or bright for Stephanie Kilhefner-Klopp. While her children dreamed of sugar plum fairies and listened for sleigh bells, her husband grabbed a knife and then an ax. Episode Source List: https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/paradise-township-man-charged-with-cutting-axing-wife-to-death/article_e5e1e4d2-8ca9-11e4-8fd0-f7625cc3354c...

Send us Fan Mail Amy Mullis is unhappy in her marriage, but she's also worried about what her husband will do to her if she tries to leave. Unfortunately, life on the Mullis farm in rural Iowa is about to get very dark, as her husband Todd attempts to get revenge on Amy for cheating on him. Can investigators piece together Todd's plan, or will they believe Amy's murder is an acciden...

Send us Fan Mail In 2016, 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike accepted a ride from a man in a van, along with her 9-year-old brother. Their kidnapper drove them deep into the desert on the Navajo Nation Reservation. While the siblings are trapped in a nightmare with their abductors, Ashlynne's family struggles to overcome jurisdictional problems that prevent the local authorities from joining the searc...

Send us Fan Mail After spending the night with her boyfriend, 20-year-old Elaine Park calmly got into her car and drove away. However, she'd never be seen or heard from again. Theories about what happened abound, but where is the truth? Episode Source List: The Missing , “Disappearance in Santa Monica Mountains,” S 1 Ep 2 https://www.facebook.com/helpfindelainepark/ https://www.crescentavalle...

Send us Fan Mail The Todt family appears to be a successful, close-knit family living in a city that borders Disney World. However, their perfect façade is shattered when the father decides his back is against the wall. After weeks of searching for the family, the community would learn that four family members met a gruesome fate. Episode Source List: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/0...

Send us Fan Mail NYC police officer Valerie Cincinelli has two problems: her estranged husband and her boyfriend's teen daughter.  Her solution? Hire a hitman. The mess that follows includes relationship drama, a wanna-be mobster, a hitman, an allegedly corrupt cop, and the FBI. Episode Source List: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/19/nyregion/nypd-officer-hitman.html https://www.newsday.com/l...

Send us Fan Mail Jennifer Rothwell's life seems perfect from the outside. She has a great job, a new home, a marriage, and a baby on the way. Unfortunately, her husband wants a new life with his mistress, and Jennifer and their baby no longer fit into his future. Episode Source List: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/jennifer-rothwell-had-researched-what-to-do-if-your-husba...

Send us Fan Mail A 19-year-old meets a 65-year-old Mexican card reader who offers to help get rid of demons and dark forces that are putting his entire family in danger. At first, the teen accepts the spiritual help, but soon things turn sexual. Unfortunately, the stage is already set for murder. Episode Source List: https://abc13.com/santos-botello-jose-ybarra-leyva-ricardo-posada-jaima-jr/586755...

Send us Fan Mail Studious Maulin Rathod makes a love connection online, but ends up in the grasp of a girl named Jamie Lee Dolheguy, who has dark desires.  Unfortunately, he wouldn't recognize danger until it was too late. Episode Source List: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-22/jamie-lee-dolheguy-jailed-dating-app-manslaughter-plenty-of-fish/12801264 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-21...

Send us Fan Mail Vibrant grad student Katie Sepich left a party after a fight with her boyfriend. On her way home, she encountered a man who offered her a ride after almost hitting her with his truck. Even though she made it home, she'd never be seen again. Episode Source List: https://www.abqjournal.com/1422831/dateline-revisits-the-2003-murder-of-nmsu-graduate-student-katie-sepich.html http...

Send us Fan Mail Samara Derwin was a 15-year-old high school student trying to break away from an abusive relationship with an older boyfriend. Despite her best attempts to keep him away her, her ex kidnapped her at knife point INSIDE a police car. In this episode, we also discuss Unsolved Mysteries cops and why guns are scarier than knives. Episode Source List: https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking...

Send us Fan Mail After binging The Walking Dead , a man decides he needs to prepare for the zombie apocalypse. However, he can't find real zombies, so he concludes his neighbor is the next-best thing. The police find his apocalypse kill kit, but can they find the killer? Episode Source List: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/oct/06/confessed-to-killing-to-save-wife-child/ https://katv....

Send us Fan Mail Grace Packer was a 14-year-old girl who loved making friends and always kept an upbeat attitude, even though she faced struggles. Unfortunately, her adoptive mother, along with her mother's boyfriend, would target Grace in a sick sexual fantasy. Episode Source List: https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20190323/psychologist-sara-packer-dominated-sullivan-in-rape-and-m...

Send us Fan Mail 25-year-old Kevin Bacon is searching  for love online and meets up with a stranger named Mark Latunski, who has dark desires. What starts as an adventurous Christmas Eve rendezvous ends in a vicious murder. Tragically, the murder may have been prevented if police took the stories of two prior victims seriously.  Episode Source List: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/...

Send us Fan Mail A sunny Los Angeles afternoon turns dark when a career criminal abducts a helpful, kind-hearted teen. Unfortunately, she'd lose her life before anyone even knew she was gone. Episode Source List: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lily-burk-update-parolee-pleads-guilty-to-slaying-of-17-year-old/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-lily-burk-murder-suspect-convicted-in-similar-case-...

Send us Fan Mail Kiara Butler is a loving mom to her daughter and her boyfriend's son, but her life is cut short by a vicious assault from her partner. He blames voodoo, but authorities disagree. Sources for this episode: https://www.theledger.com/news/20191205/winter-haven-man-gets-life-for-girlfriendrsquos-murder https://www.sao10.com/winter-haven-man-convicted-of-strangling-beating-girlfri...

Send us Fan Mail In 2016, Edwin Juarez Palma thought his friends were going to initiate him into their cult. Instead, they offered him as a "sacrifice" in the hopes of turning him into a vampire. Episode Sources: https://nortedigital.mx/fge-mataron-joven-rito-satanico/ https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/us-world/border-mexico/article/Police-Mexico-satanic-ritual-killing-thought-6877180.ph...