Crime at Bedtime
Crime at bedtime is a show dedicated to those who love all things crime stories, even as you drift off to sleep at night.So relax take a minute, unwind and let me tell you some fascinating stories.Crime at Bedtime is written and hosted by Jack Laurence.tickets to LIVE show here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Gypsy Rose & Dee Dee Blanchard: Munchausen by Proxy, Murder, and Escape
For years, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard convinced doctors, charities, and neighbours that her daughter Gypsy Rose was gravely ill. Wheelchair-bound, tube-fed, and said to have cancer and muscular dystrophy, Gypsy appeared to be the perfect…
The Wrongful Conviction of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter: A Boxer’s 20-Year Fight for Freedom
In 1966, middleweight boxing contender Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was arrested for a triple murder he swore he didn’t commit. Convicted on shaky eyewitness testimony, Carter’s career and freedom were stolen at the height of his rise. For near…
Cary Stayner: From Brother of a Hero to Cold-Blooded Killer
In 1999, visitors to Yosemite National Park were horrified by the brutal murders of four women — Carole Sund, her daughter Juli, their family friend Silvina Pelosso, and naturalist Joie Armstrong. When the killer was unmasked, the revelatio…
Steven Stayner’s Abduction and Escape — The Boy Who Refused to Forget
In 1972, seven-year-old Steven Stayner was walking home from school in Merced, California when he was abducted by a child predator posing as a church worker. For the next seven years, Steven lived under a false name, raised by his captor, a…
The Airport Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: North Korea’s Most Shocking Hit
On a busy morning in February 2017, travellers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport witnessed a scene straight out of a spy thriller. Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was suddenly attacked by two…
The Jacob Wetterling Case: How a 27-Year Mystery Finally Ended
In October 1989, 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling vanished while riding home from a convenience store in rural Minnesota. His disappearance shocked America, sparking one of the largest missing-child investigations in the nation’s history. For n…
The Snowtown Murders: Australia’s Most Chilling Serial Killers
In May 1999, police made a horrific discovery inside an old, disused bank vault in Snowtown, South Australia, six plastic barrels filled with human remains. It was the beginning of one of Australia’s most disturbing and infamous serial murd…
The Master of Disguise: How Gilbert Chikli Scammed Millions with a Latex Mask
In one of the most outrageous and sophisticated scams in modern European history, Franco-Israeli con artist Gilbert Chikli posed as high-ranking government officials — including France’s Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to convince CEOs,…
Gone in Minutes: The Unsolved Abduction of Angela Hammond
On a quiet April night in 1991, 20-year-old Angela Hammond made a routine call to her fiancé from a payphone in the small town of Clinton, Missouri. She was four months pregnant, cheerful, and had just dropped a friend home. But what happen…
The McStay Family Murders: Vanished Without a Trace
In 2010, the McStay family seemed to vanish into thin air. Joseph, Summer, and their two young sons disappeared from their California home without warning. Their car was found near the Mexican border, triggering wild speculation, had they f…
"I don't like Mondays" Inside the Mind of Brenda Ann Spencer
On a quiet Monday morning in January 1979, the peace outside Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego was shattered by gunfire. Sixteen-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer, armed with a .22-calibre rifle her father had given her for Christma…
The Stanford Predator: John Getreu and the Cold Cases Solved by DNA
For nearly fifty years, two cold cases haunted the Stanford community.In 1973 and 1974, 21-year-olds Leslie Perlov and Janet Taylor were brutally murdered near the university campus. Both were strangled. Both cases went unsolved—until moder…
Twist of DNA and the Twin: The Ronald Smith Conviction
On July 18, 2008, 40‑year‑old elementary school teacher and Navy reservist Genai Coleman was tragically shot and killed in her own car in a Gwinnett County, Georgia mall parking lot—an unthinkable crime of opportunity that shocked her commu…
Murder, Misery, and the Realtor Next Door: The Todd Kohlhepp Case
When Kala Brown was discovered chained inside a shipping container on a rural property in South Carolina in 2016, police had no idea they were about to uncover one of the most chilling serial killer cases in modern American history.Todd Koh…
The Longest Wrongful Conviction in U.S. History: The Glynn Simmons Story
In December 1974, a liquor store robbery in Edmond, Oklahoma left one woman dead and another seriously wounded. Within weeks, two young Black men — Glynn Ray Simmons and Donnie Miller — were arrested, tried, and sentenced to death, based la…
A Killer in the Cold: The 1985 Slaying of Yvonne Menke and the Woman Now Accused
On a freezing winter morning in 1985, Yvonne Menke stepped out of her apartment to start her car — and never came back. Shot once in the neck and twice in the head, the 45-year-old mother was executed just metres from her front door. For de…
The Turpin Family: Inside California’s House of Horrors
In January 2018, the world was horrified by the shocking rescue of 13 children from their parents’ so-called “house of horrors” in Perris, California. The Turpin family story became one of the most disturbing child abuse cases in modern Ame…
The Hatton Garden Heist: Britain’s Greatest Vault Robbery Uncovered
In April 2015, London’s diamond district was rocked by an audacious £14 million vault robbery — the now-infamous Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Heist. Over the Easter weekend, a gang of ageing career criminals, dubbed the “Pensioner Gang,” dril…
Inventing Anna: The Real Story
Before the headlines, before the Netflix series, there was just Anna — a girl from Russia with a dream, a fake name, and a taste for luxury. In this episode, we dive into the true story behind the “fake heiress” who scammed her way into New…
A mothers silence - The Porco Case
To neighbours, the Porcos were the picture of suburban success — respected careers, a lovely home, two sons with bright futures. But behind closed doors, something much darker was brewing. When an axe-wielding attacker shatters their quiet …
The Mother, The Son, and the Con - Sante and Kenneth Kimes
They posed as royalty. Faked their way into mansions. Left a trail of fraud, fire, and missing people across the United States. But in 1998, Sante and Kenneth Kimes crossed the line from con artists… to killers. This is the twisted story of…
"Tourist From Hell" - John Martin Scripps
He travelled under stolen names, with stolen credit cards, and a suitcase full of secrets. John Martin Scripps was no ordinary tourist. Behind his polite British accent and passport stamps was a cold-blooded killer—one who stalked fellow tr…
introducing Mysteries at Bedtime
Tonight I would like to introduce you to my new show Mysteries at Bedtime. Since starting Crime at Bedtime just over a year ago I have truly loved finding, researching and brining you the stories in this series. A long the way I have come a…
The Tourist from Hell: John Martin Scripps and the Singapore Dismemberments
In 1995, two Canadian tourists vanished from a luxury hotel in Singapore. Days later, their dismembered bodies were found floating in the river — cut with the precision of a butcher. What followed was a cross-border manhunt that uncovered a…
When the Mask Slipped: The Shocking Crimes of Brian Blackwell
A straight-A student. A luxury lifestyle built on lies. And a brutal double murder. In 2004, Brian Blackwell shocked Britain when he was arrested for killing both his parents — then jetting off on a five-star holiday with his girlfriend as …
Murder at White House Farm: The Chilling Truth Behind the Bamber Case
True crime’s most shocking family murder. In 1985, the Bamber family were slaughtered at their rural Essex farmhouse. Police believed the daughter, Sheila, was to blame — until a silencer, a scratch, and a witness changed everything.Discove…
The Man Who Escaped to Say Goodbye: Christopher Daniel Gay
How did one man escape from prison, steal Crystal Gayle’s tour bus, and nearly make it to his dying mother’s bedside? This is the unbelievable true story of Christopher Daniel Gay — known to the press as “Little Houdini” — and the multi-sta…
The Disappearance of Maura Murray: A Chilling True Crime Mystery
Maura Murray was a 21-year-old nursing student who vanished after a car crash on a snowy road in rural New Hampshire in 2004. What began as a routine night became one of the most mysterious and enduring unsolved cases in true crime history.…
Death in the Ice Valley
When a body was found in Norway’s Isdalen Valley in 1970, police were faced with a mystery unlike any other. The woman had no ID, multiple aliases, and connections to Europe’s Cold War undercurrent. Was she a spy? A victim? Or someone tryin…
Rudy Kurniawan: The Man Who Bottled a Lie
In the early 2000s, Rudy Kurniawan was the toast of the wine world — pouring $20,000 vintages at elite tastings and selling millions in rare bottles. But when experts began spotting vintages that never existed, a global investigation expose…
The Flatmate, the Lie, and the Toolbox: The Murder of Qiong Yan
When Qiong Yan stopped answering video calls in late 2020, her mother grew anxious. But the texts kept coming. They were short. Strange. But still hers… weren’t they? Qiong lived in Brisbane, sharing an apartment with Yang Zhao — a man drow…
The Man Who Faked His Death: The John Darwin Canoe Disappearance
In 2002, former prison officer John Darwin was presumed dead after vanishing while canoeing off the coast of Seaton Carew. His broken canoe was found. His wife mourned publicly. His sons believed he was gone forever. But John Darwin wasn’t …
The Man Who Wouldn’t Die: Murder, Mayhem, and Mike Malloy
In 1930s New York, four desperate men hatched the perfect murder plot — or so they thought. Tony Marino, Joseph Murphy, Francis Pasqua, and Tony Bastone targeted a homeless man named Mike Malloy, hoping to kill him for insurance money. But …
Richard McCoy Jr.: The Man Who Copied D.B. Cooper
In 1972, Richard McCoy Jr. hijacked a commercial jet, demanded half a million dollars, and parachuted to freedom — echoing the infamous case of D.B. Cooper just five months earlier. Was it coincidence, or was McCoy actually Cooper himself? …
Russ & Betsy Faria and Pam Hupp: A Tragedy in Three Acts
Betsy Faria was battling cancer when she was found brutally murdered in her Missouri home. Her husband Russ was quickly charged—but was the real killer hiding in plain sight? In tonight’s episode, we unravel a case of friendship, fraud, and…
Two Bodies, One Lie: The Murder of Donnah Winger
It was the perfect story: a dangerous stranger, a husband protecting his wife, and a tragic ending. But when the details started to unravel, investigators realised that this wasn’t a story about a hero at all—it was a setup from the very be…
Secrets, Silence, and Murder: The McCulkin Family Mystery
When Barbara McCulkin and her daughters went missing in 1974, rumours swirled but answers never came. It took forty years to expose the truth—and reveal the shocking connection to Brisbane’s criminal underworld.The One Minute Remaining LIVE…
A Quiet Beach, A Devastating Loss: The Toyah Cordingley Investigation
The disappearance and murder of Toyah Cordingley in 2018 sparked one of Queensland’s largest manhunts. This is the full story—from the day she vanished, to the arrest and extradition of the man accused of her murder Rajwinder Singh, all the…
The Butcher Baker: Hunting Humans in Alaska
By day, Robert Hansen was a quiet family man, a skilled baker, and a respected member of Anchorage, Alaska’s small community. But beneath the surface was a predator like no other. Between 1971 and 1983, Hansen abducted, assaulted, and murde…
Murder in Cabin 28: The Keddie Mystery
In April 1981, 36-year-old Glenna “Sue” Sharp and her five children were living in Cabin 28 of the Keddie Resort, a rural and rundown former holiday spot in northern California. On the morning of April 12th, Sue, her 15-year-old son John, a…