Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast
1) Ep. 135 - Why Do the Good Die Young? The Murder of Samantha Dean
In February 2015, a gruesome discovery behind a vacant building revealed a twisted plan to murder 29-year-old mom-to-be Samantha Dean. This web of deceit would involve multiple (pretty dumb) hitmen an...Show More
2) Ep. 265 — “I’m so lonely, guess I’ll murder and dismember you”
Send a text In November 2024, 21-year-old Phoenix Spencer-Horn was just starting what should have been a long life. She was living with her boyfriend, Ewan Methven, and working in a restaurant in Scot...Show More
3) Ep. 264 — Chicago’s First Execution: The Murder of Lucretia Thompson
Send us a text In 1840, Lucretia Thompson left for her job as a housekeeper and never returned. Two days later, searchers found her bloody body near a wooded area, partially consumed by hogs. She’d be...Show More
4) Ep. 263 — The Murder of Jonathan Moyer
Send us a text In March 2003, 17-year-old Jonathan “Jonnie” Moyer disappeared. Around that same time, two of his best friends, 16-year-old Steva Hagelgans and 18-year-old Felina Billetdeaux were deali...Show More
5) Ep. 262 — The West Nickel Mines School Massacre
Send us a text In October 2006, a man named Charles Roberts IV invaded a one-room Amish school house and took ten female students hostage. However, he underestimated the heroics of two Amish women who...Show More
6) Ep. 261 — The Wise Family Murders
Send us a text In April 2006, six members of the Wise family suddenly went silent. The family patriarch, Jesse Lee Wise, Sr., who was on a business trip, knew that something must be wrong when his wif...Show More
7) Ep. 260 — Oops! Criminals Caught in the Act
Send us a text It’s my birthday! Since this episode comes out on my birthday, I wanted to do something fun, so I’ve collected some cases where burglars and stalkers were caught in the craziest ways. F...Show More
8) Ep. 259 — A Wild West Torture Murder: The Murder of Dr. J.A. Ramsey
Send us a text Back in 1926, south Texas was still the wild west, and Dr. J.A. Ramsey was a prominent citizen of Mathis, Texas. After a late night call to a patient’s bedside, Dr. Ramsey disappeared. ...Show More
9) Ep. 258 — The Infamous Santa Claus Bank Robbery of 1927
Send us a text This case is so wild, y’all! It takes place in 1927 in Cisco, Texas, and involves a Santa, a robbery, bounties, a whole town full of people shooting at each other, murders, and mayhem. ...Show More
10) Ep. 257 — The Luna Family Murders
Send us a text One morning, Patricia Luna opened her door to accept a flower bouquet. Seven hours later, Patricia, her husband Albert, Sr., and two of their children were discovered in a ghastly crime...Show More