Bad Human: A True Crime Podcast

Bad Human: A True Crime Podcast

A true crime podcast exploring criminals who have failed humanity and are chilling at the bottom of the morality bell curve. Grab a glass of wine, some wicked sarcasm, a few f-bombs and join these pet parents as Kmac shares weekly true crime stories with her hubs The Answer. A healthy balance of true crime knowledge and insights while ensuring the victims, families and loved ones are respected and honored.

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January 12, 2025 32 mins

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On September 25, 1968, a passing motorist named Donald Haines called police after witnessing an older man lure Tali Shapiro, an 8 year old girl, into his Hollywood apartment. Tali, who was residing at the Chateau Marmont with her family, was approached by the gentleman on her way to school when he pulled up beside her in his car and asked if she needed a ride.

Police would locate the apartment where she was t...

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Trigger warning....This case is one of the most gruesome and cruelest cases we have covered.... But our hope is keeping it in the public will help it one day be solved.  As with every case we treat these stories with respect and dignity because these are real peoples loved ones and real tragedy people have had to endure.

On the evening of November 18, 1987, police went to the mobile home of Russell Keith Dard...

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August 15, 2024 39 mins

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In a shocking incident in 2000, Australian woman Katherine Knight brutally stabbed her partner, John Price, a staggering 37 times. What followed was even more horrifying as she proceeded to skin him, decapitate his head, and cook parts of his body.  This was just the breaking point in a history of violence, crime and horrific acts that no person should have to endure. 


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On Jan. 3rd,  1935, a man calling himself Roland T. Owen checked into the Hotel President in Kansas City, Missouri.  Carrying no luggage, he was described as being 20 to 35 years old, had brown hair, a scar on his scalp visible above the ear, and a case of cauliflower ear. He was nicely dressed in a black coat and received the room key for room 1046.   He specifically asked for an interior room several floors up.  He ...

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March 21, 2024 43 mins

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Sunday April 30th, 1989, the Congregation of Olive Branch Church in Lakeville Indiana were gathering for the 9:30 a.m., several of them noticed the absence of Pastor Bob, his wife and their 5 children. This was not like him as he was always there early to greet people as they entered the church.

Growing uneasy they decided to check it out.....What they would find is a horrible murder and what would ensue is a...

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On the morning of February 13, 2009, in Escondido, CA, around approx. 7 am, 14-year-old Amber DuBois was seen walking to school. She wore a backpack that held a $200 check earmarked for her 4-H Club project, where she planned to purchase a lamb who she had already named Nannet. 

Amber would never make it to school that day and it would be over a year before a break in her case would come when on February 25,...

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January 9, 2024 52 mins

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Part two of Ed Kemper.  Be sure to listen to part one before listening.

Here we pick up after Ed has committed his first murders, been released from Atascadero State Hospital, a maximum-security facility in San Luis Obispo County that houses mentally ill convicts and is about to embark on his reign of terror over Santa Cruz, CA.

We cover his crimes, trial, and post conviction life......

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January 6, 2024 38 mins

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It was 1972 in Santa Cruz, California.  It was a time of love and peace…..The age of aquirius.  Many people described it as a fun and free time period to live….

However, this would all change In August of that year when group of hikers found a skull up in the Loma Prieta Mountain.  This would be the beginning of a horrific killing spree that would paralyze a city and steal the innocence of residents who lived for years...

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November 19, 2023 49 mins

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The following case  references crimes committed against children. The details provided within this episode are relevant to the case and necessary in explaining the case. Our intent is to spread awareness in hopes of one day seeing this case solved and justice served. As we always strive to do, we will treat the details and those impacted by the case with dignity and respect.

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We are back with a quick update to our last episode.

Thanks to our listeners who keep us up to date with the latest details.  Accuracy is extremely important to us here at Bad Human as we always strive for credible details.


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November 1, 2023 49 mins

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Make sure to listen to the first two Idaho Murder episode if you haven't already!  Some of this may be a repeat from the last episode because it was so long ago so apologies for the duplicative info.. but it’s a good refresher. 

Here we pick up right after Brian Kohbergers arrest.  New evidence, eye witness accounts, grand jury indictments and all of the wild pre-trial happenings including the defenses a...

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October 19, 2023 33 mins

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February 19th, 1993 started as any typical day in St. Joseph Florida, a small community near Dade City Miami.   Renee Odom dropped her 12 year old daughter Jennifer off at the bus stop and the two shared their usual bonding time in the car before Jennifer would catch the bus.  They discussed Math amongst other things and then Jennifer jumped on the bus to head off to school.  She sat in the back of the bus and waved t...

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October 3, 2023 39 mins

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On May 10, 2020, 49 year old mom and wife Suzanne Morphew went for a bike ride nearby their home in Salida, CO.  It was mother’s day and she was looking to get a little fresh air and sunshine.  

Their teenage daughters  were on a camping trip and were due to come home later that day to celebrate Mothers day.  When their mother didn’t respond to their happy mothers day text messages they called their dad (who was 150 mi...

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September 26, 2023 44 mins

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On June 2, 2007 around 7pm, 18 year old Kelsey Smith decided to head to Target in Overland Park, KS to purchase a present for her boyfriend.  They were celebrating their 6-month anniversary and had planned to get together later that evening.    Kelsey had just graduated HS and was excited about her future.  She was beautiful, talented, loved marching band and was described as kind, loving, full of life and kind to eve...

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September 11, 2023 46 mins

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It was 7 A.M. , June 10, 1912 when Mary Peckham became concerned after she noticed that the family who lived next door had not come out to do their morning chores.  The Moore family consisted of parents Josiah, Sarah and their four children: Herman Montgomery (11), Mary Katherine (10), Arthur Boyd (7), and Paul Vernon (5). 

 Mary knocked on the Moores' door. When nobody answered, she tried to open the door and dis...

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September 4, 2023 32 mins

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Spalding, UK is a town of around 36,000 people with a low crime rate.  It seemed like a great place to raise a family.   There were cute markets and beautiful countryside.  It looks like a Bob Ross photograph.  It is a place that anyone would love to raise a family.

This would also be the place where a mother and daughter would be brutally murdered in their home while the killers spent the next 36 hours watc...

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August 30, 2023 26 mins

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On October 5, 2018, 27-year-old Terrence Woods Jr was about to wrap up a day of shooting on the show Gold Rush while filming on set in the Penmen Mine area of Idaho.  At 5:31pm he would drop his radio, sprint down a steep cliff, disappear into the forest and rough terrain below never to be seen again.  

To this day, his disappearance is just another unfortunate example of an unsolved case within the BIPOC community.  <...

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August 28, 2023 44 mins

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On the night of April 25, 2009, 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel  left a hotel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where she had been staying with friends over spring break

She walked to another hotel a short distance away, and from there, texted her boyfriend to say that she was heading back to her motel. It was the last time she was known to be alive.   What would follow is 13 years of an investigation including a sexual ...

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August 24, 2023 29 mins

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We are back for part 2 of the Isreal Keyes case!!

In this episode we cover more of the horrific and inhumane acts of this malicious killer, discuss his behaviors that made him one of the most prolific serial killers to date and his confessions and time in jail.

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February 1, 2012, began like any other day at work for 18-year-old Samantha Koenig.  
Finishing up her shift at the Common Grounds coffee stand around 8pm in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, the young barista was approached by a man wearing a ski mask who ordered coffee.  She would end up being just one of the many victims of one of the most manipulative, calculating, and heartless serial killers in history.

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