Crude ACTS
We are a TEXAS TRUE CRIME PODCAST that focuses on crimes that occurred in the Lone Star State. On our episodes we shoot it straight: no banter, no jokes, no deviation from the story, just journalistic storytelling with exposition, interviews, and a focus on the facts.
- Update frequency
- every 32 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 28
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Houston Mass Murders - The Syndicate - Part 1
In this episode we kick off our delve into the theory that serial killer Dean Corll and his duo of apprentices - Elmer Wayne Henley Jr and David Brooks, were killing as a part of a nati…
Houston Mass Murders - Criminology
In this episode of The Houston Mass Murders we explore criminology and the Serial Killers Apprentices - Elmer Wayne Henley Junior and David Owen Brooks.
Dean Corll, the John Wayne Gacy…
The Houston Mass Murders - Identification
On this episode we talk about what it took to identify the many victims of this case. The important scientists, like Dr. Sharon Derrick, who helped identify them and the closure she gav…
The Houston Mass Murders - The Lost Boys 2
On this episode we will continue talking about the victims of the Houston Mass murders.
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The Houston Mass Murders - The Lost Boys 1
In this episode we will go over The Lost Boys of the Houston Mass Murders. The 29 victims of serial killer Dean Corll and his murdering apprentices.
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The Houston Mass Murders - Prologue The Candyman
On this season of Crude Acts we'll be diving into the seedy underworld of missing and exploited children and what happens when they fall into the wrong hands. On this first episode we'r…
The Houston Mass Murders - Who's The Candyman - Dean Corll?
On this episode we dive into The Candy Man - Dean Corll. How did this quiet, mild mannered man become one of the most notorious serial killers in America? What were the signs? How did h…
The Houston Mass Murders - The End is the Beginning
This is a re-release of Season 1 episode 9 about The Houston Mass Murders and the Serial Killer Candy Man, Dead Corll, who...along with his two apprentices David Brooks and Elmer Wayne …
Who Killed Debbie and Sandy? Part 10
Loose ends are tied up in this episode of Crude Acts. New names are brought to the forefront. Old leads are brought back to the surface. They all converge in a story that exposes a web …
Who Killed Debbie and Sandy? Part 9
This is episode 9 of season 2 of Crude Acts - Who Killed Debbie and Sandy, a true crime series. In this episode we dig deeper into some connected stories of alleged illegal narcotics sm…
Who Killed Debbie and Sandy - Hurricane Beryl Episode
On this special episode of Crude Acts we go over how in Texas, Oil and Politics go hand in hand.
And sometimes oil, politics, and illegal narcotics converge to create a storm like no ot…
Who Killed Debbie and Sandy? Part 8
While trying to figure out who killed Debbie and Sandy we've had to do a deep dive into the illegal narcotics scene in Baytown Texas during the 1980s. We already went over the network o…
Who Killed Debbie and Sandy? Part 7
This is the 7th installment of the Who Killed Debbie and Sandy series. In this episode we continue picking apart a confession given to police posthumously to Bobby Jarvis' death. The …
Who Killed Debbie and Sandy? Part 6
Welcome back to Crude Acts - Who Killed Debbie and Sandy, and thank you for joining us as we continue to dive into the mystery of their deaths . On this episode you're going to hear ano…
Who Killed Debbie and Sandy? Part 5
This is our 5th episode in our series about the homicide cold case of Debbie Merritt and Sandy Terrell. In the episode we will uncover more police reports, one with an informant and an…
Who Killed Debbie and Sandy? Part 4
In episode 4 of this true crime series we continue to dive into the leads and suspects. Names of local politicians and businessmen are talked about in their relation to a network that t…
Who Killed Debbie and Sandy? Part 3
This is the 3rd episode in our series about the unsolved murder of Sandy Terrell and Debbie Merritt that occurred in Baytown, Texas in 1985. We are now beginning to dig into the persons…
Who Killed Debbie and Sandy? Part 2
This is the second episode about the unsolved murder case of Debra Merritt and Sandra Terrell. It’s titled Beyond the Headlines.
On this true crime episode we will talk about who the wo…
Who Killed Debbie and Sandy? Part 1
Two Baytown Texas women, Debbie Merritt and Sandy Terrell, disappeared while on their way on a weekend getaway on November 5th 1985. Two years later, in 1987, their bodies were discover…
Murder in an Oil Town - Houston Mass Murders - Part 1
The Houston Mass Murders occurred during the years 1970-1973. A trio of serial killers David Brooks, Elmer Wayne Henley Jr, and a man known as The Candy Man - Dean Corll, were responsib…