Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

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In January 2017, 12-year-old Ezekiel "Zeke" Holmes attacked his mother Pamela Wolosz and his sister Lydia Holmes with a knife in their comfortable home in Ashland, Oregon, ending his mother's extraordinary life. What caused him to snap?
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Episode Source List:

https://nbc16.com/news/local/14-year-old-ashland-boy-sentenced-in-mothers-murder

https://www.nbc11news.com/content/news/12-year-old-accused-in-moms-murder-410411965.html

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/oregon-teen-accused-of-stabbing-mother-sister-pleads-guilty/

https://www.mailtribune.com/top-stories/2018/08/28/ashland-mother-wrestled-knife-away-before-she-died/

https://kobi5.com/news/husband-of-murdered-mom-addresses-attack-44296/

https://ktvl.com/news/local/ashland-boy-who-killed-mother-injured-sister-at-12-years-old-expected-to-admit-to-crimes

https://ktvl.com/news/local/ezekiel-holmes-pleads-guilty

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/springfield/name/pamela-wolosz-obituary?id=18718317

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/video-games-saints-or-psychopaths-082814

4 Listeners

Ep. 90- Bumble Date Murder?: The Unsolved Case of Lauren Smith-Fields

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

06/02/22 • 61 min

In December 2021, 23-year-old Lauren Smith-Fields invited a Bumble date to her home. The next morning, her date called 911 to say she wasn’t breathing. Police decided not to investigate her death, but her family believes her death is manslaughter or murder. What happened to Lauren?

https://www.kktv.com/2022/02/01/connecticut-woman-found-dead-after-bumble-date-criminal-investigation-opened/

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Source List:

https://connecticut.news12.com/attorney-lauren-smith-fields-bumble-date-is-cooperating-not-focus-of-investigation

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1076148088/lauren-smith-fields-death-criminal-investigation

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/24/us/connecticut-police-black-family-allegations-daughter-death/index.html

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-cop-bridgeport-reverse-20220520-rplxud2knrcxdjknn4gf7ne64a-story.html

https://www.wtnh.com/news/bridgeport-community-holds-rally-seeks-answers-from-police-following-death-of-lauren-smith-fields/

https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Lauren-Smith-Fields-investigation-What-do-we-16814824.php

https://prismreports.org/2022/02/11/justice-for-lauren-smith-fields-and-the-black-tiktokers-who-made-sure-we-knew-her-name/

https://www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article257465833.html

https://aldianews.com/politics/policy/lauren-smith-fields-update

https://darienite.com/police-dui-for-man-28-after-head-on-collision-resulted-from-driving-into-opposite-lane-on-post-road-51597

https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/CT-death-notification-bill-will-help-Lauren-17132065.php

https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Bridgeport-police-release-cause-of-death-for-16938935.php

3 Listeners

Episode 120: Historical True Crime in Bisbee, Arizona

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

01/26/23 • 23 min

We talk about two bizarre historical events in Bisbee, Arizona that are massive crimes...but basically went unpunished.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/the-bisbee-deportation/

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Episode Source List:

https://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/news/remembering-bisbee-deportation-1917

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/buffalo-soldiers

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/brewery-gulch-battle/

https://tucson.com/news/national/hundreds-of-black-deaths-in-red-summer-of-racial-violence-ignored-century-later/article_9c01e676-fba8-5c84-9264-e6de392cf401.html

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/06/considering-history-racial-terrorism-and-the-red-summer-of-1919/

3 Listeners

Ep. 193 - The Murder of Christina Yuna Lee

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

08/15/24 • 40 min

In February 2022, Christina Yuna Lee was followed into her apartment complex in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhood. Her neighbors called the police, who arrived in minutes—so why doesn’t this story have a happy ending?

https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-guilty-plea-of-assamad-nash-for-brutal-murder-of-christina-yuna-lee/

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Episode Source List:

https://manhattanda.org/d-a-bragg-announces-sentencing-of-assamad-nash-for-murder-of-christina-yuna-lee/

https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/02/15/christina-lee-alleged-killer-arrests-mental-health/

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/suspect-in-gruesome-chinatown-stabbing-death-of-christina-lee-deemed-unfit-for-trial/4415987/

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2022/02/18/christina-yuna-lee-funeral-chinatown-nyc-stabbing-murder/6846530001/

https://nypost.com/2024/07/30/us-news/family-of-christina-yuna-lee-nyc-creative-producer-slaughtered-in-her-chinatown-apartment-ask-for-homeless-shelter-in-her-honor/

https://www.billboard.com/business/business-news/splice-christina-lee-new-york-murder-remembered-1235032087/

2 Listeners

Ep. 133-The Colorado Hammer Murders Part 1: Aurora and Lakewood

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

05/11/23 • 59 min

Over 12 days in January 1984, a hammer-wielding attacker terrorized the suburbs of Denver. In addition to harming several survivors, he took the lives of Patricia Smith, Debra Bennett, Bruce Bennett, and Melissa Bennett. When the murders stopped, investigators wondered why. Unbeknownst to everyone in Colorado, the elusive killer was already hitchhiking to his next destination.

https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/18th_Judicial_District/Arapahoe/Cases_of_Interest/Ewing%20DA%20Motion%202%20Complaint%20and%20Information%20Redacted.pdf

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Episode Source List:

https://www.da18.org/2021/08/murderer-of-auroras-bennett-family-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/

https://denvergazette.com/news/local/alex-ewing-receives-life-sentence-for-1984-hammer-killing-of-patricia-smith/article_f336cf30-ba8c-11ec-a1ef-53afacf29193.html

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/blame/opening-statements-1984-hammer-attack-patricia-smith/73-f14b0c60-2ef6-4c2d-92fc-a4fa3f10dc0d

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/07/alex-ewing-hammer-killer-guilty-patricia-smith/

https://people.com/crime/bennett-killings-alex-ewing-sentenced-three-life-terms/

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/blame/alex-ewing-court-outburst/73-48434654-4760-4daf-a260-c8bcd84e3e47

https://people.com/crime/people-magazine-investigates-victim-colorado-hammer-killer-speaks-out/

https://news3lv.com/news/local/nevada-inmate-to-stand-for-trial-for-colorado-murders-more-than-three-decades-later

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/blame/alex-christopher-ewing-1984-colorado-hammer-attacks/73-d668975a-1b27-4ddb-872a-f58c186a4a9e

https://www.denverpost.com/2015/02/01/aurora-woman-attacked-by-serial-killer-seeks-release-of-withheld-clue/

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/vanessa-bennett-survivor

“The Colorado Hammer Killer.” People Magazine Investigates. S 6, Ep 5.

“Lone Survivor.” Cold

2 Listeners

Ep. 112 - A Problem in New Orleans: The Murder of Hasahn Shawl & The Short Life of Jaquin Thomas

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

11/10/22 • 51 min

In July 2016, 15-year-old Jaquin Thomas went with his uncle to an apartment for a confrontation. Jaquin, whom everyone knew as a helpful, kind teen, carried a gun that day. According to his uncle and witnesses, Jaquin shot 24-year-old Hasahn Shawl to death that day. Not long after the crime, Jaquin himself was lost while awaiting trial in adult prison.

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Programs:

https://www.skipinc.org/

https://www.usdreamacademy.org/

https://rainbows.org/resources/incarceration/

https://www.prisonfellowship.org/about/angel-tree/register/

https://themessagesproject.org/

https://bbbstx.org/greater-houston/

Episode Source List:

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/teens-suicide-emblematic-of-problems-at-new-orleans-jail

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_72fee2fc-b6ae-5bde-b8b2-ffb7ede32e28.html

https://apnews.com/article/6b40af07d5f34c8c92bb5f3b8bcd33b3

https://www.wbrz.com/news/ex-orleans-deputy-charged-in-teen-s-suicide-seeks-dismissal/

https://www.wdsu.com/article/teen-inmates-death-spurs-change-in-juvenile-justice-system/9639492#

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_4bb07348-d3f8-58ed-8e8b-96af949049a1.html

https://apnews.com/article/bd77c8778a8a4bc3a25e09cb8f4a478c

https://law.justia.com/cases/louisiana/fourth-circuit-court-of-appeal/2018/2018-ka-0714-0.html

https://www.nola.com/news/courts/article_cbbac3e2-13b0-54f0-9872-c385635400fb.html

https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/incarceration-family-review-research-promising-approaches-serving-fathers-families-1

https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/rdusda.pdf

http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SCCJR-Impact-of-crime-prisoners-families.pdf

2 Listeners

Ep. 92 - The Salem Heights Apartments Pt. 1: The Disappearance of Gail Knowlton & The Murder of Yuliya Galperina

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

06/16/22 • 54 min

The Salem Heights Apartments in Salem, Massachusetts, are located across from a landmark related to the Salem Witch Trials. Since 1992, they've been the site of several disappearances, murders, and suspicious deaths. Sure, it's a coincidence, but it's also super weird.
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Episode Source List:

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Gail_Knowlton

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP60496

https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=72828172&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQ0MTEwOTYyOCwiaWF0IjoxNjU1MjI4MTMzLCJleHAiOjE2NTUzMTQ1MzN9.AA7-FlF5a11wQlz91ltVzL2cLRSHqfLlSHnJhjdqPXA

https://www.bostonherald.com/2009/05/18/pregnant-mom-slain/

http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/05/21/boy_awoke_to_mothers_screams_police_say/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7614884&page=1

https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/ronchi-found-guilty-of-first-degree-murder/article_73598f8f-5db3-5e36-9f73-383d6f567a81.html

https://www.eagletribune.com/news/salem-mass-mother-gets-20-to-25-in-attempted-murder-of-her-own-children/article_f3a10128-113e-5331-883e-a99edabff252.html

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/02/salem-mother-who-slashed-throats-her-two-young-children-expected-plead-guilty/Q1U2SE7FWRCjyuZu7ynlSP/story.html

https://www.necn.com/news/local/_necn__did_the_state_fail_in_the_case_of_salem__mass__mom__necn/1930012/

https://www.masslive.com/news/2012/05/cousin_massachusetts_woman_acc.html

https://www.salem-heights.com/

https://www.bostonherald.com/2009/05/18/pregnant-mom-slain/

https://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/man-killed-in-jump-from-salem-building/article_06767527-9821-5609-bf34-32015ed92206.html

https://whdh.com/news/officials-man-dies

2 Listeners

Ep. 81 - Never Coming Home: The Murders of Bart and Krista Halderson

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

03/31/22 • 68 min

On July 7, 2021, 23-year-old Chandler Halderson reported his parents Bart and Krista Halderson missing. The next day, police recovered part of their remains. Something horrible had happened in the Halderson household.
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https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/madison.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/44/f4427ae1-8b51-5327-800f-79ef93141347/612688a6ae1eb.pdf.pdf

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Episode Source List:

https://www.scribd.com/document/515786831/Halderson-Probable-Cause-Statement

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-homicide-madison-sentencing-wisconsin-supreme-court-c1ba572616f80f8037f90da2e847b2ce

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-homicide-56c738c37abd13d9f8171a10aa343237

https://www.nbc15.com/2022/03/25/chandler-halderson-transferred-dodge-correctional-institute/

https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/wisconsin-man-chandler-halderson-found-guilty-of-killing-his-parents-at-home/

https://madison.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/chandler-halderson-doesnt-want-to-appear-for-his-own-sentencing-next-week/article_caa3611c-81ba-5fae-ac57-19324ca48eed.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wisconsin-man-accused-killing-his-father-dismembering-his-body-n1274159

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wisconsin-man-life-killing-dismemberment-parents-83514662

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2022/01/04/trial-starts-chandler-halderson-accused-killing-parents-dane-county-wisconsin/9095662002/

https://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/chandler-haldersons-friends-ex-girlfriend-testify-about-gun-scuba-diving-lies/article_6e149c2b-aa7c-542e-b7e7-d6ba6f10d1d2.html

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/24291644/bart-a-and-krista-r-halderson

https://www.wbay.com/2022/01/19/watch-live-prosecution-could-end-its-case-halderson-trial-today/

2 Listeners

Ep. 114 - Horror in White Springs, Florida: The Murder of Damien Kornegay

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

12/01/22 • 43 min

In January 2015, Florida police arrested two teenage girls who’d run away from home. Earlier that day, 15-year-old Ariel Kornegay shot her older brother. When police began investigating, they found layers and layers of trauma in the family’s rural home. Who was really to blame for what happened to Damien?

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/07/sister-charged-brothers-death-told-police-he-beat-her-day/15646138007/

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Episode Source List:

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/09/incest-molestation-reports-columbia-county-home-preceded-shooting-death/15646318007/

https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/flyer.jsf?personId=77219

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/sisters-wont-face-adult-charges-in-brothers-death/77-415348748

https://www.ocala.com/story/news/state/2015/03/05/sister-convicted-of-burglary-in-brothers-shooting-death/31954837007/

https://www.ocala.com/story/news/local/2015/01/26/balance-between-rehabilitation-justice-sought-as-fate-of-girls-in-slaying-weighed/31952633007/

https://www.news4jax.com/news/2015/11/04/kornegay-parents-sentenced-for-child-abuse/

https://mycbs4.com/archive/more-details-emerge-about-15-year-old-who-killed-her-brother

https://www.local10.com/news/2015/01/07/sisters-wont-be-charged-as-adults-in-boys-death/

https://www.wokv.com/news/news/local/columbia-county-teen-charged-murdering-brother-acc/nkPcr/

2 Listeners

Ep. 113 - “A Battle Between God and Satan”: The Murder of Taylor Powell

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

11/17/22 • 52 min