Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

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 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 g...

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 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/badactspod PodMoth: https:...

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 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...

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 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/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Saturdays are for the...

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 couldn’t, either.  Pre-Order my poetry book: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/so-the-light-stays-by-danielle-blinka/   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Haunted Tales – https://linktr....

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 weren’t trying to kill their partner or a romantic rival.  Pre-Order my poetry book: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/so-the-light-stays-by-danielle-blinka/   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/...

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 mystery for over 90 years…but has it been solved? Pre-Order my poetry book: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/so-the-light-stays-by-danielle-blinka/   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad:...

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 at the end. Pre-Order my poetry book: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/so-the-light-stays-by-danielle-blinka/   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Caffeinated Conspiracies — https://p...

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 humor with a practical joke and decided to commit murder instead of laughing it off.   Pre-Order my poetry book: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/so-the-light-stays-by-danielle-blinka/   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod P...

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 Rakowitz.  Pre-Order my poetry book: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/so-the-light-stays-by-danielle-blinka/   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Speak of the Devil Podcast — https://linkt...

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. Also, WTF, Sylvia?? Pre-Order my poetry book: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/so-the-light-stays-by-danielle-blinka/   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Macab at Midnight Podcast — ht...

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 school on a Friday afternoon. Her family was pretty sure that she was with her 15-year-old boyfriend, Jesus Campos, Jr.— Pre-Order my poetry book: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/so-the-light-stays-by-danielle-blinka/   Patreon: ht...

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 lived with the bodies of her murdered parents hidden in her home. Pre-Order my poetry book: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/so-the-light-stays-by-danielle-blinka/   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://pod...

Send us Fan Mail In December 2004, 36-year-old Arleatha Hopkins disappeared. Her husband, Reverend Anthony Hopkins, told multiple stories about what happened to her, and no one questioned him for nearly four years. But then, his eldest stepdaughter ran away from the family home and revealed a mess of secrets that some refused to believe—at least, at first. Pre-Order My Poetry Book: https://www.fin...

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 total psycho. But she definitely wasn’t responsible enough to be left around all those potential murder weapons.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Getting Down & Wordy Podcast — https://link...

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 his Wisconsin home. Another murder down in Alabama that took the life of Dwight Dixon would link the same suspect to all three cases.  Also, I’m sorry to the town of Flomaton, Alabama, for reasons that will become obvious. Patreon: https://w...

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 Premonition Poisoner.” She was rumored to be a psychic, and said to have poisoned as many as 20 people, cementing her name as one of the merry murderesses of 1920s Chicago.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmot...

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 body parts came from an island that’s popular with tourists—Koh Phan-Ngan. Investigators soon connected this murder to a YouTube star who’s also a member of a famous Spanish acting family, which resulted in the case being plastered all over...

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 survived to point the finger at the family’s killers, who turned out to be two very prominent citizens. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Haunted Tales – https://linktr.ee/hauntedtales   Episode Sour...

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 a wooded area near the University of South Alabama campus. Proving who put her there would be difficult—but not impossible. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The Moustachioed Podcastio – https...

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 the police, who arrived in minutes—so why doesn’t this story have a happy ending? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Rowan & Pine Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rowan-pine-a-...

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 the house with her husband Daniel Long, and three sons named Gavin Smith, Gage Ripley, and Jameson Long. The crime that had occurred in their small West Virginia home scarred their small town.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod Pod...

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 involving pie. Trust us, you’ll enjoy this episode. It’s officially one of our favorites.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Caffeinated Conspiracies Podcast – https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast...

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 after Warren was last seen by his friends, a local teen’s mom found a severed head and hands in her son’s closet.   Also, Junction apparently refers to the confluence of the Colorado River and the Gunnison River—though there are also some train...

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 on her case knew that it had to be murder. The evidence kept stacking up until authorities finally had enough to arrest her killer. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Macab at Midnight - https://...