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Send us Fan Mail 28-year-old Elaine Bunyard was pregnant with her second daughter, due any day, when her 7-year-old found her brutally murdered in their home’s garage. Elaine’s husband, Jerry Bunyard, had an alibi for the murder, but a friend of his had a very interesting story to tell the police. My poem on Rattle: https://rattle.com/a-gateway-opens-by-danielle-blinka/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: 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://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/3d/45/1189.html  https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-bunyard-33080/ https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/news/2026/07/13/condemned-incarcerated-person-jerry-t-bunyard-dies/  https://stocktonia.org/news/public-safety/2026/07/14/stockton-man-who-paid-125-for-shotgun-murder-of-his-wife-and-her-unborn-child-dies-in-prison/  https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/people-v-bunyard-no-892344284  https://people.com/death-row-inmate-dies-decades-after-hiring-hitman-kill-pregnant-wife-12019006    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-07-12-mn-5696-story.html

Send us Fan Mail 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.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod Be Witching Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4qx7jeN4M1dd813IvoxPqO?si=lx-yAcmPT1KeNlb0C3k8Cw&utm_source=copy-link   ygAd: The ODDentity Podcast — https://open.spotify.com/show/5TN8fxppj4yaBznLsqjZ7C   Episode Source List: Court TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNpkeDj4YsQ  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

Send us Fan Mail 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.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Caffeinated Conspiracies — https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/caffeinated-conspiracies/id1454287363  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

Send us Fan Mail 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.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Rowan & Pine — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rowan-pine-a-feminist-folklore-mythology-podcast/id1632401774   Episode Source List: 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

Send us Fan Mail 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.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod Be Witching Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4qx7jeN4M1dd813IvoxPqO?si=lx-yAcmPT1KeNlb0C3k8Cw&utm_source=copy-link  PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The ODDentity Podcast  — https://open.spotify.com/show/5TN8fxppj4yaBznLsqjZ7C  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/

Send us Fan Mail 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.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy — https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b65048bd&nd=1&dlsi=7e42cb75c47e4fc4  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/

Send us Fan Mail 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.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Getting Down & Wordy Podcast — https://linktr.ee/gettingdownandwordy 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

Send us Fan Mail 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.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: 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://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

Send us Fan Mail 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.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The ODDentity Podcast https://linktr.ee/oddentitypod  Episode Source List: 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/

Send us Fan Mail 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  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Rowan & Pine — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rowan-pine-a-feminist-folklore-mythology-podcast/id1632401774   Ad: Caffeinated Conspiracies — https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/caffeinated-conspiracies/id1454287363  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/

Send us Fan Mail 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  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Rowan & Pine — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rowan-pine-a-feminist-folklore-mythology-podcast/id1632401774   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/

Send us Fan Mail 31-year-old Ashley Young never returned from meeting up with an old friend. Days later, her torso was discovered in a basement. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: The ODDentity Podcast — https://linktr.ee/oddentitypod  Episode Source List: https://law.justia.com/cases/michigan/court-of-appeals-unpublished/2021/351400.html  Court TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj-WsPxzRpc  “Can’t Find Her.” A Body in the Basement. Season 2, Episode 6. 2025.  https://midmichigannow.com/news/state/chance-sentenced-to-100-to-200-years-for-second-degree-murder  https://www.wbaltv.com/article/grieving-mother-screams-at-daughter-s-killer-i-want-to-rip-you-limb-from-limb/29438153  https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/trial-continues-for-father-of-convicted-killer/  https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2019/01/father-of-slaying-mutilation-suspect-tried-to-help-son-avoid-arrest-prosecutor-says.html  https://wwmt.com/news/local/brother-of-jared-chance-testifies-during-murder-trial  https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/murder-dismemberment-trial-goes-to-jury/ https://wwmt.com/news/local/neighbor-testifies-that-jared-chance-bragged-of-knowing-how-to-get-away-with-murder  https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/community/ashley-young-vigil-death-anniversary/69-ee1118c5-e340-4f09-ab48-497a2f1c0115  https://wwmt.com/news/local/mother-of-slain-kalamazoo-woman-testifies-about-her-daughters-giving-character  https://wwmt.com/news/local/jared-chance-trial-testimony-crime-scene-technicians-describe-finding-body-parts-in-bags https://wwmt.com/news/local/jury-finds-jared-chance-guilty-of-four-counts-including-2nd-degree-murder https://wwmt.com/news/local/ashley-youngs-family-demands-location-of-missing-remains-be-revealed  https://www.woodtv.com/news/ottawa-county/police-reports-history-of-bizarre-behavior-at-chance-home/ https://www.wilx.com/content/news/Mom-pleads-no-contest-to-helping-son-in-body-parts-case-566752541.html  https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/deliberations-resume-in-trial-of-convicted-killers-dad/  https://www.legalnews.com/Home/Articles?DataId=1488868  https://people.com/crime/man-allegedly-murdered-woman-found-dismembered-basement-neighbor-noticed-strange-smell/

Send us Fan Mail In October 2023, Richard “Scott” MacFarland invited a friend of his to live with him. Meghan Macklin had fallen on hard times, and she needed a place to crash. Scott was a widower who liked to help people, but he should never have trusted Meghan Macklin.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/badactspod PodMoth: https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy https://open.spotify.com/show/44Z9VDxjEVGpbPBkYzQorh?si=0556a1a9b65048bd&nd=1&dlsi=7e42cb75c47e4fc4  Episode Source List: https://www.buckscounty.gov/m/newsflash/Home/Detail/1560  The Criminal Complaint: https://crimewatch.net/sites/default/files/29567/post/2024/03/meghan_macklin_criminal_complaint.pdf  https://crimewatch.net/us/pa/bucks/da/29567/post/woman-ordered-stand-trial-murder-wrightstown-man  https://crimewatch.net/us/pa/bucks/da/29567/post/woman-charged-killing-wrightstown-township-man-october  https://crimewatch.net/us/pa/bucks/da/29567/post/district-attorney-jennifer-schorn-concludes-26-years-service-will-lead-statewide-cold  https://www.buckscountyherald.com/news/police/woman-gets-up-to-50-years-for-2023-murder-of-wrightstown-man/article_26c8dc94-b49c-4c69-bef7-81eaaaa39e84.html  https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/crime/2026/06/24/richard-macfarland-meghan-macklin-wrightstown-murder-bucks-county-sentencing-stabbing/89749560007/  https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/woman-charged-in-slaying-bucks-man/3795475/

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