Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

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Runy Medina-Pacheco disappeared from her Orlando, Florida, apartment on Christmas Day in 2022. At first, her roommate Gisselle Victoria-Gonzalez seemed worried. At least, until investigators found surveillance footage of her purchasing a chain saw at 6:00 am the day after Christmas. 

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Law & Crime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoQYW1y3Zkc 

Law & Crime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E7KFp9Qnq0 

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article295214259.html 

https://charleyproject.org/case/runy-leidy-medina-pacheco 

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2026/10/01/woman-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison-for-murder-of-roommate-whose-body-is-still-missing/ 

courttv.com/news/woman-seen-buying-chain-saw-after-roommates-disappearance-pleads-guilty-to-murder/ 
 
https://www.facebook.com/OrlandoPolice/posts/pfbid033vWdtw97iwcBedahrTkBNZqGrcfrFydV5zBrLjUgnSTsJoyUk8EhwKDz3v7bbYNZl 

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Courtney “Jerri” Winters disappeared in December 2020, but no one reported her missing. Seven months later, her mutilated body was found under a tarp in a basement, and police arrested her ex-boyfriend, Matthew Lewinski. 

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Episode Source List:
https://www.courts.michigan.gov/siteassets/case-documents/uploads/OPINIONS/FINAL/COA/20241028_C365350_51_365350.opn.pdf

https://www.macombgov.org/departments/prosecutors-office/michigan-supreme-court-sends-macomb-county-murder-case-back-michigan

https://www.macombgov.org/node/55/news/jury-convicts-clinton-township-man-charged-including-first-degree-murder

https://www.macombgov.org/node/55/news/clinton-township-man-sentenced-life-prison-after-conviction-first-degree-murder

https://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-published/2024/365350.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCXvND6So6I 

https://www.macombdaily.com/2026/05/21/clinton-twp-man-convicted-of-1st-degree-murder-in-ex-girlfriends-slaying/ 

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/clinton-twp-man-accused-of-keeping-dead-girlfriend-in-basement-for-7-months-cutting-off-her-skin-due-in-court 

https://people.com/mich-man-lived-with-girlfriend-corpse-months-12019262 

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In 2010, three different hitmen tried to murder Houston socialite Yvonne Stern. Police had no idea who was trying to kill her, and each attempt got closer to killing Yvonne. She’d been shot in the abdomen during the third shooting, and it seemed the killer would keep trying when police finally got their break. 

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https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2010/jun/nr061110-4.htm

https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2010/aug/nr082710-3.htm 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/houston-personal-injury-attorneys-and-case-runners-indicted 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/personal-injury-attorney-convicted-obstructing-justice-0 

https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1456991/239043.pdf

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/fourteenth-court-of-appeals/2013/14-12-00623-cr.html 

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-5th-circuit/116510162.html 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/sex-lies-and-hit-men-2/ 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/houstons-juiciest-murder-for-hire-case-is-over/ 

https://abcnews.com/US/murder-hire-mistress-claims-emotionally-manipulated/story?id=16704172

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/first-defendant-pleads-guilty-in-alleged-hit-on-1537414.php 

https://abc13.com/archive/7501397/ 

https://abc7.com/archive/8698189/ 

https://abcnews.com/US/jeffrey-stern-murder-hire-plot-woman-charged-plotting/story?id=16553837 

https://6abc.com/archive/7942450/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mistress-in-texas-murder-for-hire-plot-gets-20-years/ 

https://abc7news.com/archive/8747085/ 

https://abc13.com/post/lawyer-once-accused-of-hiring-hitman-back-in-the-spotlight/5481127/ 

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Houston-lawyer-denies-role-in-socialite-death-plot-1696705.php

https://abcnews.com/US/mistrial-declared-houston-murder-hire-case/story?id=14878956

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/attorney-s-wife-suing-her-husband-s-former-3392801.php

https://www.khou.com/article/news/alleged-hit-man-in-stern-murder-for-hire-case-gets-20-years-in-prison-on-drug-charges/285-339733906 

https://abc30.com/archive/8750571/ 

https://abc7chicago.com/archive/8751262/ 

https://abc7ny.com/archive/8413865/ 

https://houston.culturemap.com/news/city-life/06-21-12-11-52-michelle-gaiser-worlds-worst-hitman-hirer-allegedly-tried-to-kill-ex-lover-jeffrey-stern 

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In February 2016, 19-year-old Morgan Bauer moved to the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Two weeks later, she disappeared. Seven years later, investigators recovered her charred remains, and they had to piece together the truth about what happened to Morgan from admissions by the two people who murdered her—Katelyn Goble and Jonathan Alexander Warren. 

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Episode Source List: 
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/atlanta/news/guilty-plea-in-murder-of-morgan-bauer 

https://www.atlantapd.org/community/crime-stoppers/missing-persons/morgan-aryn-bauer 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfdyceQlT1E 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Zq7YnZUSk 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMxk9JxQC90

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTWF8i6c7dI 

https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/thousands-searching-teen-morgan-bauer-who-disappeared-after-moving-atlanta-n542596 

https://people.com/couple-strangled-dismembered-and-burned-remains-of-teenager-after-luring-her-to-home-12107356 

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/morgan-bauer-case-katelyn-goble-found-guilty-2016-killing 

https://www.courttv.com/news/i-think-we-got-away-with-it-accused-killers-ex-recounts-disturbing-conversation/ 

https://www.harwellfuneralhome.com/obituary/Morgan-Bauer 

https://www.courttv.com/news/this-is-bob-bob-kills-people-prosecution-wins-fight-to-use-occult-evidence-at-womans-dismemberment-murder-trial/ 

https://www.courttv.com/news/judge-shows-no-mercy-for-killer-who-said-i-wanna-cut-her-up-before-victims-murder/ 

https://www.keloland.com/keloland-com-original/investigator-bauer-case-involved-hundreds-of-hours/ 

https://www.courttv.com/news/defense-dismisses-defendants-obsession-with-death-and-murder-as-cosplay/ 

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In 2012, 22-year-old Jaren Lockhart disappeared from the New Orleans French Quarter. Hours later, her dismembered remains started washing up on nearby Mississippi beaches. What seemed at first to be a case of jealousy turned out to be a whole occult murder. 

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Episode Source List:
https://law.justia.com/cases/louisiana/fifth-circuit-court-of-appeal/2016/16-ka-163.html

https://www.jpda.us/metairie-woman-pleads-guilty-to-death-dismemberment-of-jaren-lockhart/

“Burlesque and Blood.” Lethally Blonde. Season 2, Episode 7. 2026. 

https://www.wdsu.com/article/man-accused-in-death-dismemberment-of-jaren-lockhart-back-in-court-for-second-day-of-trial/3377968 

https://wgno.com/news/local/margaret-sanchez-pleads-guilty-to-killing-jaren-lockhart/ 

https://www.fox8live.com/story/29355416/former-cellmate-says-terry-speaks-confessed-to-killing-jaren-lockhart/ 

https://wgno.com/news/crime/terry-speaks-quits-representing-himself-amid-emotional-witness-testimony/ 

https://www.wafb.com/story/25713740/two-years-later-questions-remain-with-investigation-of-jaren-lockhart-murder/ 

https://www.wafb.com/story/25452231/police-arrest-woman-on-murder-charge-in-jaren-lockharts-death/ 

https://www.fox8live.com/story/18779959/jaren-lockharts-family-speaks-out-for-the-first-time/ 

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For two years, Christian Herbert Magee terrorized women in the area around Strathroy and London, Ontario. He murdered three women and assaulted two others before police caught him. 

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Episode Source List:
https://ca.vlex.com/vid/r-v-magee-c-680711453 

Arntfield, Michael. Murder City: The Untold Story of Canada’s Serial Killer Capital, 1959-1984. FriesenPress, 2015. 

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-chris-magee-transfer-to-me/52016153/?locale=en-US

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/19/serial-killer-london-ontario-canada

https://coldcase.lailafarrell.com/index.php/2018/08/10/christian-magee/ 

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-windsor-star-christian-magee-charg/51953837/?locale=en-US 

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2006/01/16/Mad-Slasher-wants-to-apologize/19681137468884/ 

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20051006/281608120825417?srsltid=AfmBOooZoc4IxWmt05lBzAQfZp2Ftb-TDWYylFwSWb6dMZy4N7hC9xsM 

https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/magee-christian.htm 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65816586 

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In 2004, Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Gladue was arrested for making terroristic threats. While in jail, he came up with multiple stupid ideas for how to make the charges go away, with the “help” of his cellmates, who, if we’re being honest, were not helpful at all. 

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Episode Source List:
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/caaf/08-0452-AF/08-0452-AF-2009-04-28.html

https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/135812/airman-wife-arrested-in-murder-plot/ 

https://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/journal/2008/2008Aug.htm

https://www.armfor.uscourts.gov/journal/2008/2008Dec.htm 

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn99000076/2005-05-27/ed-1/seq-1/ 

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn99000076/2005-05-27/ed-1/seq-3/ 

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn99000076/2005-05-17/ed-1/seq-5/ocr/ 

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn99000076/2004-10-31/ed-1/seq-1/ 

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn99000076/2004-10-31/ed-1/seq-7/  

https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/air-force-sergeant-and-wife-charged-with-reported-murder-for-hire/83-402262522 

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24-year-old Jacqueline Duncan was watching TV in her apartment with her 3-year-old son tucked into bed when her neighbor, Rodney Warndahl, burst through her door. He was wearing nothing but bikini underwear and wielding a knife. 

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https://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/supreme-court/1989/c2-88-597-2.html 

https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/state-v-warndahl-no-892007192 

https://coms.doc.state.mn.us/publicviewer/OffenderDetails/Index/145648/Search 

https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/about-bca/history 

https://wireofhope.com/members/rodney-warndahl/ 

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At 20-years-old, Kenneth McDuff committed a brutal triple murder that earned him the death penalty. But the fates were on his side, and his sentence was commuted to life. After serving 23 years, Texas released him to an unsuspecting public. Almost immediately, he began killing again. Bodies piled up, but McDuff was somehow one step ahead of law enforcement. 

Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_McDuff 

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Episode Source List:
https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1997/71872-4.html 

https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/98/98-51022.0.wpd.pdf 

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1968/40966-3.html 

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/mcduffkennethlast.html 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/free-to-kill-2/ 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-end/ 

https://web.archive.org/web/19970526074211/http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/112496/mcduff.htm 

https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182921/https://hometownbyhandlebar.com/?p=32284 

Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-xZa0nYFo 

Crime Reporter Rebecca Lopez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56QGYU2dLTI 

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/crime-reporters-notebook/kenneth-mcduff-how-texas-freed-a-killer-three-times-dozens-paid-with-their-lives/287-08521f38-6df3-4780-ab33-247155b23bb3 

https://www.oxygen.com/prosecuting-evil-with-kelly-siegler/crime-news/serial-killer-kenneth-mcduff-victims-what-to-know 

https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1960s/6873/ 

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At 20-years-old, Kenneth McDuff committed a brutal triple murder that earned him the death penalty. But the fates were on his side, and his sentence was commuted to life. After serving 23 years, Texas released him to an unsuspecting public. Almost immediately, he began killing again. Bodies piled up, but McDuff was somehow one step ahead of law enforcement. 

*Part Two will be posted on Patreon as soon as it’s ready. 

Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_McDuff 

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Episode Source List:
https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1997/71872-4.html 

https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/98/98-51022.0.wpd.pdf 

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1968/40966-3.html 

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/mcduffkennethlast.html 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/free-to-kill-2/ 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-end/ 

https://web.archive.org/web/19970526074211/http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/112496/mcduff.htm 

https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182921/https://hometownbyhandlebar.com/?p=32284 

Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-xZa0nYFo 

Crime Reporter Rebecca Lopez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56QGYU2dLTI 

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/crime-reporters-notebook/kenneth-mcduff-how-texas-freed-a-killer-three-times-dozens-paid-with-their-lives/287-08521f38-6df3-4780-ab33-247155b23bb3 

https://www.oxygen.com/prosecuting-evil-with-kelly-siegler/crime-news/serial-killer-kenneth-mcduff-victims-what-to-know 

https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1960s/6873/ 

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