Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

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 unique crimes involving misbehaving Santas. The naughty list is about to get a lot longer.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Crime & Spirits: https://linktr.ee/crimeandspiritspodcast   Ep...

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 officers could find him. But the reason behind the murder was bizarre—and the killer on the bench turned out to be a man who worked on multiple blockbuster movies, including The Lord of the Rings and Avatar .  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...

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 made a horrific find along a rural road north of Kansas City. It would take help from the public for investigators to unravel what happened to Ariel.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Brutal, Biz...

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 the form of some turkey day grinches.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Doe Identify Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-doe-identify-podcast/id1544009777   Episode Source List...

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. For one family, Thanksgiving turned into their worst nightmare when one family member’s crisis resulted in two deaths and nearly a third.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Getting Down &...

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 their relatives hadn’t secretly invited their rage-filled son who wasn’t supposed to come. Paul Michael Merhige arrived at the gathering that day with an evil plan, taking the lives of family members Makayla Sitton, Raymonde Joseph, Carla Me...

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 during his walk, 16-year-old Federico “Kiko” Cruz. No one could predict the darkness waiting inside Kiko, or the horrors he’d film himself committing.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The Ugly...

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 sisters Katelin and Leah brutally murdered. The evidence soon led investigators to some horrifying conclusions.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Cryptid Cocktail - https://podcasters.spotify.com...

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 her son Mario had a disturbing obsession with the movies Scream and Scream 2, or that he wanted to bring the films to life. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: F**k My Work Life - https://linktr....

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 couple had two roommates, Michelle Nathan and Anthony Vega, to help with bills. While doing a favor for her grandmother, Erin learned that some squatters had moved into her grandma’s home. Her efforts to remove them led to a distur...

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 narrowed their focus on her husband Mark Villella—who worked at a funeral home.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Moustachioed Podcastio - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moustachioed-p...

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 mysteriously disappeared. But their problems compounded when a pair of monkeys disappeared and someone (or something) killed an endangered vulture. What was going on? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/...

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 something wrong. Unfortunately, it was already too late.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Speak of the Devil - https://linktr.ee/speakofthedevil   Episode Source List: https://www.morelaw.com...

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 disappearance, Rasheem told his mother and the local police about problems he was having, including threats from white men in trucks. A month after he disappeared, the first set of his remains were found. Rasheem Carter deserves justice. Get Involved: J...

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. The next day, investigators discovered that she’d become the victim of a terrifying crime. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Crime & Spirits Podcast - https://linktr.ee/crimeandspiritspodc...

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 an office. Investigators initially labeled her death as a suicide, but her husband knew they were wrong. A small mistake by her killer would reveal the truth.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad:...

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 her car. The case reached an unlikely end this month.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad:  Beyond the Shadows Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6hgfTsx24MjcxaopQNURyX?si=b7679e12b5a0417f&a...

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 their son’s bedroom. Who took the life of this vibrant woman?  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Freaky Fridays - https://linktr.ee/freakyfridayspod   Episode Source List: https://www.cbsnews.com...

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 to kill their wives’ Facebook friends.  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   Episo...

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 a roadside. The search for her killers would reveal a disturbing danger. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Doe Identify - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-doe-identify-podcast/id154400...

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 encountered a burgeoning serial killer. For four and a half years, police had no real leads. That is, until a woman found the body of 24-year-old Amanda Wood in her basement. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.netwo...

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 burning family home.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Anything Bones - https://anythingbonespodcast.squarespace.com/   Episode Source List: https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/davis_zac...

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 blood, saying he’d just killed someone. When police arrived, they learned that this wasn’t the first time that Daniel Uhlman tried to murder his mom. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Ugly Radi...

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 police arrested the boyfriend that same night. Jhordann spent most of the night on the phone with her mom and other family members–as well as a killer. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Cryptid Co...

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 “Joe” Collier four years later. As Joe, he masqueraded through people’s lives, eventually meeting his birth mother and wooing a woman named Candy Williams. Twenty-five years after murdering his family, he became a dangerous stalker.  Patreon:...