Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

Danielle Blinka
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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

  1. 2D AGO

    Ep. 271 — The Chinese “Jack the Ripper”

    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, and genetic genealogy would break the case wide open. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod  PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/  Ad: The ODDentity Podcast — https://linktr.ee/oddentitypod  Episode Source List: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Crime-map-of-Gao-Chengyong-tu-1-gaochengyongzuoandetu_fig1_333781722  https://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2016/09/19/417290.html  https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155152746214699.html  https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155152746814730.html  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46743882 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43596549 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37211650  https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2010590/revealed-quiet-dutiful-son-who-became-one-chinas-most-notorious  https://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-08/29/content_26622076.htm  https://web.archive.org/web/20170429204951/http://www.sino-us.com/10/19250093346.html  https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/jack-the-ripper-of-china-wife-of-accused-serial-killer-gao-chengyong-cant-accept-murders/news-story/fd25f57c443d947712b19c1469545a6a  https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/gao-chengyong-aka-chinese-jack-the-ripper-confesses-to-grisly-rape-murder-spree/news-story/a653ced295be24f66a2fd008ec07a20d  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-03/chinas-gao-chengyong-jack-the-ripper-executed/10683752  https://www.historicmysteries.com/major-crimes/gao-chengyong-jack-ripper-china/6370/  https://www.wral.com/story/-vicious-killer-of-11-women-gets-death-penalty-in-china/17454318/  http://www.china.org.cn/china/2018-03/31/content_50782789.htm  https://newrepublic.com/article/150576/30-year-manhunt-chinas-elusive-serial-killer  https://newrepublic.com/article/150576/30-year-manhunt-chinas-elusive-serial-killer

    1h 22m

  2. MAR 19

    Ep. 270 — The Murder of Cynthia “Cindy” Capps

    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 shower. When Jorge found a blood spot on their kitchen floor, he feared the worst.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Rowan & Pine — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rowan-pine-a-feminist-folklore-mythology-podcast/id1632401774  Episode Source List: https://virginiabeach.gov/connect/news/commonwealth-v-hagen-lawrence-roberts-max-sentence-imposed-for-stabbing-woman-to-death-and-putting-her-body-in-toolbox https://www.kcbd.com/2026/03/02/man-stabbed-woman-90-times-stuffed-her-remains-toolbox-authorities-say/ https://people.com/police-found-womans-remains-in-toolbox-killer-sentenced-to-life-11916782  https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/man-found-guilty-of-2020-virginia-beach-murder-hagen-roberts-cynthia-capps/291-29a66324-1089-4961-89c3-6560ebc9251f  https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/man-accused-of-killing-woman-and-putting-her-in-a-toolbox-in-vb-backyard-last-year-was-her-roommate-according-to-court-docs/  https://www.altmeyerfuneralandcremation.com/obituaries/Cynthia-Capps?obId=31553501

    23 min

  3. MAR 12

    Ep. 269 — The Murder of Gabrielle “Britney” Ujlaky

    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 PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy — https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b65048bd&nd=1&dlsi=7e42cb75c47e4fc4    Episode Source List: https://law.justia.com/cases/nevada/supreme-court/2024/85331.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nv-supreme-court/115680388.html  https://nvcourts.gov/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/47227/Dickey_v._State,_540_P.3d_442_Nev._2024.pdf https://nvcourts.gov/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/48493/140_Nevada_Reports_pages_1-61.pdf  https://apnews.com/general-news-2a91a0a42ea138841ae772d5b236188c  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/britney-ujaky-death-bryce-dickey-convicted-murder-sex-assault-nevada/  https://people.com/nevada-cowgirl-considered-him-big-brother-then-he-killed-her-11891033  https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-unforgettable/crime-news/bryce-dickey-killed-assaulted-britney-ujlaky-in-nevada  https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/elkodaily/name/gabrielle-ujlaky-obituary?id=13280408  “Open Desert.” Dateline NBC. Season 32, Episode 18. Aired 7 December 2023. “Final Rodeo.” People Magazine Investigates. Season 7, Episode 4. Aired 31 July 2023.

    42 min

  4. MAR 5

    Ep. 268 — The Choctaw Three: A Murder that Never Happened

    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. What started out as a lie told by Victoria Banks to get a lower bail quickly spiraled, landing her estranged husband, Medell Banks, Jr., and her sister, Diane Tucker, in handcuffs alongside her.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Getting Down & Wordy Podcast — https://linktr.ee/gettingdownandwordy  Episode Source List: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/al-court-of-criminal-appeals/1402042.html  https://law.justia.com/cases/alabama/court-of-appeals-criminal/2002/cr-01-0310-0.html  https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/an-imaginary-homicide https://exonerationregistry.org/cases/10246  http://www.justicedenied.org/choctawthree.htm  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-07-adna-justice7-story.html  https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2002/08/09/sentence-overturned-in-baby-death-case/27825701007/

    1h 6m

  5. FEB 26

    Ep. 267 — Fortune Teller: The Historic Kintzler Murders

    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 their humble home suggested. Then, on December 8, 1877, a fire erupted in the Kintzler cabin, and the townsfolk soon realized that they had a brutal murder to solve.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Thick Thighs and Creepy Vibes — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-thighs-and-creepy-vibes/id1736179086    Episode Source List: https://www.newspapers.com/article/lebanon-daily-news-guilty-of-murder-in-t/5964151/  https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wellsboro-agitator-uriah-moyer-impli/5963232/  https://www.virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=STATE18820325.1.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------  https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2020/12/when-german-fortune-tellers-were.html  https://wordpress.susqu.edu/csvhp/areas/kintzler/ https://wordpress.susqu.edu/csvhp/areas/kintzler/case/  https://wordpress.susqu.edu/csvhp/areas/kintzler/victims/  https://wordpress.susqu.edu/csvhp/areas/kintzler/scene/  https://wordpress.susqu.edu/csvhp/areas/kintzler/suspects/  https://wordpress.susqu.edu/csvhp/areas/kintzler/hartley/  https://wordpress.susqu.edu/csvhp/areas/kintzler/versions/  https://wordpress.susqu.edu/csvhp/areas/kintzler/trials/  https://wordpress.susqu.edu/csvhp/areas/kintzler/press/  https://wordpress.susqu.edu/csvhp/areas/kintzler/aftermath/  https://digital.fandm.edu/_flysystem/fedora/2022-04/Vol5No9.pdf  https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=THWG18800617.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------  https://archives.albany.edu/description/catalog/apap301aspace_c088c6f9b6aca682a80d0d94cf1ec663  https://www.farmanddairy.com/columns/tinsmiths-were-self-taught-craftsmen-important-to-daily-frontier-living/847363.html  https://www.dailyitem.com/news/hidden-history-original-1880s-gallows-displayed-at-snyder-county-historical-society/article_27cb97e0-71b0-11ee-b79a-33272721be41.html  https://spenglerindustries.com/history-of-tinsmithing/  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65239847/israel-erb

    1h 33m

  6. FEB 19

    Ep. 266 — From the Crawl Space: The Murder of Barbara Latiolais

    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/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The ODDentity Podcast — https://linktr.ee/oddentitypod  Episode Source List: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/2170263.html https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/teen-convicted-in-2012-strangulation-murder-of-castro-valley-woman/ https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/killer-gets-life-with-no-parole-for-castro-valley-womans-murder-committed-4-months-after-hs-graduation/  https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/life-sentence-castro-valley-murder/  https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/hayward-man-to-represent-himself-in-castro-valley-murder-trial/  https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/07/08/defense-for-teen-killer-focuses-on-sad-childhood/  https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/arrest-made-in-beating-death-of-woman-found-in-burning-castro-valley-home/  https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/31/us/shakespeare-in-prison

    1 hr

  7. FEB 12

    Ep. 265 — “I’m so lonely, guess I’ll murder and dismember you”

    Send us Fan Mail 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 Scotland. Her life seemed to be on the right track, but there was darkness lingering beneath the surface.   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Rowan & Pine — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rowan-pine-a-feminist-folklore-mythology-podcast/id1632401774  Episode Source List: https://judiciary.scot/home/sentences-judgments/sentences-and-opinions/2025/07/14/hma-v-ewen-methven https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/news/2025/june/man-convicted-of-murder-of-phoenix-spencer-horn-in-east-kilbride/  https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/crime/ewan-methven-murder-jailed-phoenix-spencer-horn-east-kilbride-b2788508.html  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly89l990xyo  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7lgpxld24o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0g212njddo  https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/20/ewan-methven-appears-in-court-charged-with-of-phoenix-spencer-horn-in-east-kilbride https://people.com/man-decapitated-girlfriend-because-he-was-lonely-then-watched-porn-on-her-phone-11773509 https://people.com/postman-decapitated-girlfriend-dismembered-evil-court-11759091  https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/family-scots-woman-killed-evil-35903529  https://news.stv.tv/west-central/mum-of-murdered-phoenix-spencer-horn-says-killer-should-spend-rest-of-his-life-behind-bars

    47 min

  8. FEB 5

    Ep. 264 — Chicago’s First Execution: The Murder of Lucretia Thompson

    Send us Fan Mail 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 been beaten to death with a roughly made club, which remained with her body.  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&dlsi=7e42cb75c47e4fc4  Episode Source List: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/stone-v-people-of-895085710  https://libguides.chicagohistory.org/truecrime/specificcases https://www.plainsite.org/opinions/2b9lyyb34/stone-v-people/  https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-inter-ocean-chicagos-first-murder-1/23449469/  https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-alton-telegraph-execution-of-john-st/16925972/?locale=en-US  https://mysteriouschicago.com/was-john-stone-chicagos-first-serial-killer-podcast/  https://www.facebook.com/OriginalChicagoGroup/posts/at-the-northwest-corner-of-hubbard-and-dearborn-streets-stood-the-old-cook-count/1026126626289160/  https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/teaching-packages/early-chicago.html  https://library.stlawu.edu/collection/canadian-rebellion-collection  https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/rebellions-of-1837

    51 min
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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

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  • Creator
    Danielle Blinka
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    279
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast
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