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Hosted by Danielle Blinka · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 298 episodes
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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
Danielle Blinka hosts Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast, a society show with 298 episodes published.
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
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 underw
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 re
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 re
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 peopl
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 sq
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 shocke
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 s
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 t
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 ma
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
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
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,
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 arre
Send us Fan Mail In 2011, Amelia Espinoza was raising her son, 18-year-old Moises Meraz-Espinoza, in Los Angeles. This time, Satan really was waiting in the wings… Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: htt
Send us Fan Mail In 1997, 16-year-old Luke Woodham murdered three people and wounded seven in a short crime spree that began at home and ended at Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi. His small Mississippi town soon f
Send us Fan Mail In 1997, 16-year-old Luke Woodham murdered three people and wounded seven in a short crime spree that began at home and ended at Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi. His small Mississippi town soon f
Send us Fan Mail In 1997, 16-year-old Luke Woodham murdered three people and wounded seven in a short crime spree that began at home and ended at Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi. His small Mississippi town soon f
Send us Fan Mail In July 2020, 18-year-old Paycin Kritlow was celebrating his high school graduation with his lifelong friends when he died at the hands of someone he’d never have expected. Patreon: https://www.patreon.c
Send us Fan Mail Over 14 years, a depraved madman preyed on the women of Baiyin, China. After 11 murders, the killer suddenly stopped, and investigators feared that they’d never find him. But science is always advancing,
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Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast is hosted by Danielle Blinka. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 298 episodes.
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