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. 182 - The Stolen Life of Sara Ann Goodwin

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

05/16/24 • 48 min

When 18-year-old Sara Ann Goodwin disappeared off a notorious Houston, TX, street, her friends did everything they could to search for her. After her violent murder, the words used to talk about Sara would continue to tear her down.

https://www.harriscountyda.com/houshouston_man_sentenced_to_45_years_in_prison_for_murdering_dismembering_prostitute_in_2022ton_man_sentenced_to_45_years_in_prison_for_murdering_dismembering_prostitute_in_2022

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Episode Source List:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21272623-henry-david-cossette-arson-criminal-complaint

https://abc13.com/sara-goodwin-missing-henry-david-cossette-houston-woman-killed-s-course-drive-near-bissonnet/11596682/

https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/sara-goodwin-houston-murder-update/285-a0e95ce3-498c-4bf6-8bfb-d7467e9b4a18

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/quanell-x-search-efforts-sara-goodwin/285-4bc6bff2-a07e-436e-8711-0a0ddbcda34e

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/02/24/family-of-18-year-old-woman-demands-no-bond-for-man-charged-with-her-murder-in-sw-houston/

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/henry-david-cossette-accused-of-murdering-sara-goodwin

2 Listeners

Ep. 123: The Colerain Township Gender Reveal Mass Shooting

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

02/23/23 • 44 min

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

2 Listeners

Ep. 135 - Why Do the Good Die Young? The Murder of Samantha Dean

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

05/25/23 • 64 min

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 and take the FBI all the way to the island of Bali in Indonesia.

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Episode Source List:

https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Clark_-_07.23.15.pdf

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2179005-vontrey-clark-search-warrant

https://casetext.com/case/in-re-moore-4242041

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/ag-paxton-announces-guilty-verdict-freddie-smith-capital-murder-trial

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/bastrop-county/timeline-the-murder-of-samantha-dean/

https://people.com/crime/samantha-dean-murder-ex-texas-cop-and-father-of-child-detained-in-indonesia/

https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/warrant-dean-murder-scene-appeared-staged/269-152624959

https://people.com/crime/former-texas-police-officer-pleads-guilty-to-killing-girlfriend-who-was-7-months-pregnant/

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/bastrop-county/vontrey-clarks-longtime-girlfriend-issues-statement/

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/07/08/man-found-guilty-in-murder-for-hire-death-of-pregnant-samantha-dean/65369567007/

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/state-to-pursue-death-penalty-against-former-austin-officer-vontrey-clark/269-488087056

https://www.porterloring.com/obituaries/Samantha-Elizabeth-Dean?obId=18143261

2 Listeners

Ep. 118 - The Classmate Poisoning: The Murder of Bala Manikandan

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

01/12/23 • 41 min

In September 2022, 13-year-old Bala Manikandan collapsed after rehearsing his private school’s Annual Day presentation. Later, a doctor determined that Bala, who was an accomplished student, died from poisoning. But who would poison a class 8 student?

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Episode Source List:

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/puducherry-mother-child-rival-poisoning-b2159918.html

https://www.indiatoday.in/crime/story/woman-poisons-son-s-classmate-arrested-1996238-2022-09-04

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/boy-dies-of-poisoning-in-karaikal-classmates-mother-held/article65850139.ece#:~:text=A%20mother%20of%20a%20Class,school%20at%20Karaikal%20in%20Puducherry

https://www.anabelmagazine.com/news/65435/kjo-mama-u-arrestua-pasi-dyshohet-se-helmoi-rivalin-e-te-bijes-ne-shkolle/eng

https://www.india.com/news/india/class-8-topper-poisoned-to-death-by-jealous-mother-of-classmate-who-secured-second-position-5610952/

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/sep/08/gang-damages-house-of-woman-accused-in-karaikal-boys-death-2496019.html

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/sep/15/karaikal-teens-murder-accused-says-she-used-rat-poison-2498360.html

2 Listeners

Lost Girl: The Murder of Louise Smith

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

04/07/22 • 50 min

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In May 2020, the English city of Havant was under COVID-19 lockdown, and 16-year-old Louise Smith had just moved into a 1-bedroom flat shared by her aunt and uncle. The past few years had been hard for Louise, with her parents divorce, a sexual-assault, and teenage hormones. Unfortunately, her new home wouldn’t be the safe haven she needed.

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Episode Source List:

https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/hampshire-news/louise-smith-murder-timeline-guilty-4776379

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-55223235

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-55531340

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-54975045

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-55245077

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/09/uncle-jailed-over-of-teenager-louise-smith

https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/09/uncle-jailed-for-life-for-sexual-murder-of-louise-smith-16-in-woods-13725449/

https://www.hampshire.police.uk/news/hampshire/news/news/2020/december/man-convicted-of-murdering-16-year-old-louise-smith-from-leigh-park/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-55947116

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/hampshire-police-davis-hampshire-havant-winchester-crown-court-b978526.html

2 Listeners

Ep. 189 - The Sex Doll Killer: The Murder of Kristen Trickle

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

07/18/24 • 72 min

On Halloween 2019, 26-year-old Kristen Trickle died in her bed. The coroner ruled it a suicide, but both Kristen’s family and the detectives on her case knew that it had to be murder. The evidence kept stacking up until authorities finally had enough to arrest her killer.

https://www.kake.com/story/50718207/kansas-man-who-killed-his-wife-used-insurance-payout-to-buy-sex-doll

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Episode Source List:

https://hayspost.com/posts/0379c4b5-8e93-4dcb-8d83-cfb4b8537b90

https://www.kake.com/news/kansas-man-accused-of-killing-his-wife-will-go-to-trial/article_3780627a-d36f-50d0-8f3b-0f72f3c12f1b.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kristen-trickle-colby-trickle-kansas-psychological-autopsy-criminal-case-to-determine-mindset-of-fatal-shooting-victim-48-hours/

https://www.kake.com/news/jury-convicts-kansas-man-of-killing-his-wife/article_dc81fdde-edf5-551d-8f72-419d80c86f7b.html

“Autopsy of the Mind.” 48 Hours: Season 37, Episode 28.

https://www.haysmemorial.com/obituary/Kristen-Trickle

2 Listeners

Ep. 77 - Twisted Deceit: The Torture and Murder of Eric Torrez

Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

03/03/22 • 54 min