Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast

Ep. 267 — Fortune Teller: The Historic Kintzler Murders

Send a textIn 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/badactspodPodMoth: 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 

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

Send a textIn 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/badactspodPodMoth: https://podmoth.network/Ad: The ODDentity Podcast — https://linktr.ee/oddentitypod Episode Source List:https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/2170263.htmlhttps://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 

Ep. 265 — “I’m so lonely, guess I’ll murder and dismember you”

Send a textIn 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/badactspodPodMoth: 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-methvenhttps://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/cz7lgpxld24ohttps://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-kilbridehttps://people.com/man-decapitated-girlfriend-because-he-was-lonely-then-watched-porn-on-her-phone-11773509https://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 

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

Send a textIn 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/badactspodPodMoth: 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/specificcaseshttps://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 

Ep. 263 — The Murder of Jonathan Moyer

Send a textIn 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/badactspodPodMoth: 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=1400269253https://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