Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

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In July 2017, 21-year-old Cheyanne Willis threw herself a gender reveal party and invited her family and friends, including her cousin 22-year-old Autum Garrett. Late that night, two gunmen burst into the home and opened fire on the remaining guests. As investigators unraveled the case, the details got very bizarre.

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Episode Source List:

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/12/26/colerain-police-arrests-made-2017-gender-reveal-party-shooting/1252473002/

https://www.fox19.com/2022/02/01/jury-reaches-verdict-deadly-shooting-fake-gender-reveal-party/

https://www.wlwt.com/article/woman-s-hair-cut-face-written-on-during-attack-photos-posted-online/3550221#

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/2022/01/20/day-5-man-accused-plotting-2017-colerain-mass-shooting-testify/6585446001/

https://www.fox19.com/2022/01/13/trial-begins-fake-gender-reveal-party-shooting-that-killed-woman-2017/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/14/fake-gender-reveal-party-fourth-man-indicted-ohio-murder-hire/2016270001/

https://www.wcpo.com/news/crime/gender-reveal-trial-echols-guilty-on-all-charges-sanon-guilty-of-attempted-murder

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/011723zor_5426.pdf

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/huntington-in/autum-garrett-7484187

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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?

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Episode Source List:

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

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/

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On November 14, 2015, 23-year-old Katie lay on a blanket outside an Austin, TX apartment complex watching the sunrise. When she closed her eyes for a moment, 17-year-old Pearl Moen crept from the bushes and attacked her. Later, the teen wrote about the murder in her diary, saying, “It was absolutely fantastic. Murder gives me a high unlike any other.”

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Episode Source List:

https://www.chron.com/crime/article/Texas-teen-who-called-murder-absolutely-10876709.php

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2017/01/22/austin-teen-pleads-guilty-to-stabbing-nurse-21-times-wrote-in-diary-i-m-so-proud-of-myself/

https://www.kvue.com/article/article/news/local/former-classmate-of-stabbing-suspect-shocked-by-charges/269-65018498

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/hyde-park-stabbing-victim-needs-help-keeping-attacker-behind-bars/269-481851917

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/parole-denied-for-hyde-park-stabber

https://www.wjhl.com/news/texas-teen-accused-of-stabbing-random-woman-21-times/

https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2017-10-13/pearl-moen-out-of-jail-already/

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2017/09/28/hyde-park-woman-up-for-parole-after-admitting-to-stabbing-woman/10430547007/

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2017/11/10/update-hyde-park-attacker-who-stabbed-woman-21-times-denied-parole/10392893007/

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/18-year-old-arrested-for-stabbing-austin-nurse-21-times

https://www.kxan.com/investigations/austin-stabbing-victims-say-attacks-could-be-better-tracked/

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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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Episode Source List:

https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/madison.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/44/f4427ae1-8b51-5327-800f-79ef93141347/612688a6ae1eb.pdf.pdf

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/

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In March 2010, friends and MMA fighters 21-year-old Taylor Powell and 29-year-old Jarrod Wyatt were hanging out when things took a terrible turn. Caught in a delusion about God and Satan, the pair started fighting. But Jarrod wouldn’t stop until he burned his friend’s heart.

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Episode Source List:

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna48953331

https://abcnews.go.com/US/jarrod-wyatt-mixed-martial-artist-ripped-heart-friend/story?id=17194715

https://www.times-standard.com/2010/06/22/victims-mother-insanity-plea-grasping-at-straws-family-is-devastated-after-klamath-killing-took-life-of-21-year-old-son-brother/

https://www.times-standard.com/2010/05/27/warning-this-story-contains-graphic-content-klamath-suspect-wyatt-will-answer-to-murder-charges/

https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/05/24/northern-california-mma-fighter-competent-to-stand-trial-in-gruesome-murder-of-friend/

https://www.khq.com/news/mma-fighter-facing-murder-charges/article_b4c5d5b3-b007-56d7-b2ba-f8a88cfcbdaa.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jarrod-wyatt-mma-fighter-accused-of-ripping-out-friends-heart-and-tongue-pleads-guilty-to-murder/