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
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Danielle Blinka hosts Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast, a society show with 288 episodes published.
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
Ep. 284 — The First Fetal Abduction by Caesarian: The Murder of Margaret Sweeney
Jun 25, 202643mEp. 284
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
Ep. 283 – The Bolduc Family Murders
Jun 18, 202658mEp. 283
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
Ep. 282 — The Murder of Mel Kernena Cotton
Jun 11, 20261h 18mEp. 282
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
Ep. 281 – The Red Riding Hood Murders: Female Serial Killer Piroska Jancsó-Ladányi
Jun 4, 20261h 29mEp. 2810
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
Ep. 280 - Live From Comicpalooza! Killer Chatbot?: A.I. & The Murder of Margaux Whittemore
May 28, 202633mEp. 2800
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
Ep. 279 — “I Love You to Death:” The Worst (But Funniest) Murder Conspiracy Ever
May 21, 202651mEp. 2790
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
Ep. 278 — Ray the Ripper: A Houston Spree Killing
May 14, 202648mEp. 2780
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,
Ep. 277 — The Murder of Michelle Shadbolt
May 8, 20261h 3mEp. 2770
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
Ep. 276 — Amelia & The Devil: A Diabolical Murder Case
Apr 30, 202652mEp. 2760
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
Ep. 275 — The “Satanic Cult” Murders You’ve Never Heard About, Pt. 3
Apr 23, 202657mEp. 2750
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
Ep. 274 — The “Satanic Cult” Murders You’ve Never Heard About, Pt. 2
Apr 16, 20261h 25mEp. 2740
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
Ep. 273 — The “Satanic Cult” Murders You’ve Never Heard About, Pt. 1
Apr 10, 20261h 0mEp. 2730
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
Ep. 272 — The Murder of Paycin Kritlow
Apr 2, 202639mEp. 2720
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
Ep. 271 — The Chinese “Jack the Ripper”
Mar 26, 20261h 22mEp. 2710
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,
Ep. 270 — The Murder of Cynthia “Cindy” Capps
Mar 19, 202623mEp. 2700
Send us Fan Mail In October 2020, Cynthia Capps and her husband Jorge Gonzalez were renting out their extra rooms to make ends meet during the pandemic. One evening, Cindy seemingly disappeared while Jorge was in the sho
Ep. 269 — The Murder of Gabrielle “Britney” Ujlaky
Mar 12, 202641mEp. 2690
Send us Fan Mail 16-year-old Britney Ujlaky was a cowgirl with big goals for her future. She seemed unstoppable, but one of her most trusted friends was a snake in the grass. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod P
Ep. 268 — The Choctaw Three: A Murder that Never Happened
Mar 5, 20261h 5mEp. 2680
Send us Fan Mail *The most bananas case I’ve covered* In 1999, the tiny town of Butler, Alabama, made national headlines when three intellectually disabled defendants were accused of killing a baby that never existed. Wh
Ep. 267 — Fortune Teller: The Historic Kintzler Murders
Feb 26, 20261h 32m0
Send us Fan Mail In 1877, German immigrants John and Gretchen Kintzler lived in a messy log cabin in Troxelville, Pennsylvania. On Sundays, John told fortunes at their kitchen table, so the couple had more money than the
Ep. 266 — From the Crawl Space: The Murder of Barbara Latiolais
Feb 19, 20261h 0mEp. 2660
Send us Fan Mail In 2012 Barbara Latiolas hired a local teenager to mow her lawn. That decision led to a pair of killers hiding in her crawl space, waiting for the perfect time to strike. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com
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