Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

Danielle Blinka

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. 1D AGO

    Ep. 267 — Fortune Teller: The Historic Kintzler Murders

    Send a text 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

  2. FEB 19

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

    Send a text 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

  3. FEB 12

    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 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

  4. FEB 5

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

    Send 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 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

  5. JAN 29

    Ep. 263 — The Murder of Jonathan Moyer

    Send 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 dealing with a strangely terrible smell in the home they shared.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Getting Down & Wordy Podcast  — https://linktr.ee/gettingdownandwordy  Episode Source List: https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/superior-court/2014/1460-mda-2013.html  https://cases.justia.com/pennsylvania/superior-court/2014-1460-mda-2013.pdf?ts=1400269253 https://www.timesleader.com/archive/1124877/1-woman-pleads-1-charged-in-love-triangle-death  https://lancasteronline.com/news/guilty-plea-withdrawn-in-brownstown-death/article_f35b8e72-5c93-5930-ab86-1bea996d8fd5.html  https://www.siplerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/jonathan-a-jonnie-moyer

    34 min

  6. JAN 22

    Ep. 262 — The West Nickel Mines School Massacre

    Send 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 ran for help before he could carry out all of his terrible plans. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The Ugly Radio — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ugly-radio/id1515895095  Episode Source List: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305213799_Behold_the_monster_Mythical_explanations_of_deviance_and_evil_in_news_of_the_Amish_school_shooting  https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/charles-carl-roberts-iv  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/02/amish-shooting-10-year-anniversary-pennsylvania-the-happening  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/oct/03/usgunviolence.topstories3  https://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/03/amish.shooting/index.html  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-2/gunman-kills-five-students-at-amish-school  https://abcnews.go.com/US/amish-school-shooters-widow-marie-monville-remembers-tragedy/story?id=20417790  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amish-school-siege-was-well-planned/  https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2525490&page=1  https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15113706  https://www.npr.org/2006/10/03/6189852/girls-murderer-told-wife-of-past-troubles-police-say  https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=2531138&page=1  https://www.witf.org/2024/09/05/after-18-years-survivor-of-nickel-mines-amish-school-shooting-dies/  Colorado: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/28/usa.schools https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15041037 https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2506517&page=1

    55 min

  7. JAN 15

    Ep. 261 — The Wise Family Murders

    Send 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 wife, Emily Wise, wasn’t answering his calls. The only person in their household of eight who answered his calls was his grandson, Jesse Dee Wise.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The Lost Signal —  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-signal-podcast/id1465964518  Episode Source List: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grandson-killed-family-with-force/ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna12316960  https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19247451  https://lancasteronline.com/news/charges-mount-against-wise/article_0f6189e2-9c0e-52bf-b765-1e78234f1d5b.html  https://lancasteronline.com/news/leola-massacre-recalled-6-bodies-in-bloody-basement/article_66879b2b-10a0-50c9-8ab3-c7bae74017ec.html  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zN4gxGshh8

    53 min

  8. JAN 8

    Ep. 260 — Oops! Criminals Caught in the Act

    Send 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. From getting stuck at the crime scene to having their crime in the background of a TikTok, these criminals had major oopsies that got them caught redhanded.  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: Windows of Justice https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article247899145.html  https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article247888970.html  https://www.news-press.com/story/news/local/lehigh/2020/12/14/lcso-lehigh-acres-man-dies-during-attempted-burglary/6548127002/ https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/florida-rapper-jonathan-hernandez-32-dies-when-window-falls-on-his-neck-while-burglarizing-a-home.4202374/  https://www.winknews.com/news/lee/man-dies-while-attempting-to-burglarize-home-in-lehigh-acres-lcso-says/article_59b00e1e-6c1e-5728-8176-9f54b5815855.html  https://www.fortmyersbeachtalk.com/news/swfl-news/2014/04/update-three-charged-in-lehigh-shooting-death/  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219987719/jonathan-hernandez-zuluaga  *** https://www.nytimes.com/1940/12/16/archives/burglar-falls-3-stories-in-fleeing-out-window.html  Butt-Sniffing Bandit  https://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/8124/  https://abc7.com/post/calese-crowder-alleged-serial-stalker-burbank-suspect-released/13661030/  https://abc7.com/post/calese-crowder-arrest-repeat-sex-offender-charged-multiple-buttocks-sniffing-incidents-arrested-burbank/17628227/  https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/woman-accidentally-films-man-stalking-172656392.html  https://ktla.com/news/local-news/serial-butt-sniffer-arrested-again-in-burbank-weeks-after-100k-bail-case/ https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/court-revokes-parole-supervision-for-man-dubbed-butt-sniffer-in-burbank/3774577/  https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/serial-butt-sniffer-arrested-again-california  https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/calese-crowder-burbank-glendale-sex-offender-harassment/  Stuck in the Trunk https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/COPS-Stalker-trapped-in-trunk-of-Milford-woman-s-11579991.php  https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/man-found-in-trunk-of-ex-girlfriend-s-car-in-1786586.php  https://patch.com/connecticut/shelton/shelton-police-arrest-log-march-9-15-0

    52 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
    275
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast
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