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Mysteries at Bedtime

From the creator of the chart topping Crime at Bedtime comes Mysteries at Bedtime - Step into the unknown with Mysteries at Bedtime — a podcast that takes you deep into the world’s strangest unsolved mysteries, eerie disappearances, and real-life encounters with the unexplained.Each week, journalist and storyteller Jack Laurence guides you through immersive, true stories of UFO sightings, missing persons, paranormal events, government secrets, and historical oddities. Told in a calm, captivating

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26:31

The Disappearance of Paula Jean Welden: Vermont’s...

Mysteries at Bedtime ·

2025/10/07

In December 1946, 18-year-old Bennington College student Paula Jean Welden set out for a short hike on Vermont’s Long Trail. She was seen by motorists and hikers and then she was gone. Despite one of the largest searches in state history, no trace was ever found. Her case not only unsettled a community, but directly led to the creation of the Vermont State Police, and became part of the legend of the so-called Bennington Triangle.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted

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30:15

The Vanishing of Walter Collins

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2025/10/05

In 1928, nine-year-old Walter Collins vanished on his way to the cinema in Los Angeles. Months later, police declared they had solved the case and returned a boy to his grieving mother. But when Christine Collins insisted the child was not her son, she found herself locked in a battle with one of America’s most corrupt police departments and at the centre of a mystery that would spiral into one of California’s darkest criminal cases.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here

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23:27

The Havana Syndrome: Strange Noises, Sick Diplomats,...

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2025/09/30

In December 2016, American diplomats in Havana, Cuba, began reporting a strange set of symptoms, nausea, dizziness, headaches, and hearing loss. Many described hearing a high-pitched sound, like marbles rolling inside a funnel, just before the illness struck. By 2018, dozens of U.S. and Canadian officials had been affected, sparking panic, diplomatic fallout, and years of investigation.Was it a new kind of weapon, crickets mistaken for sonic attacks, or mass stress spreading through embassy halls

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23:17

The Disappearance of Ryan Chambers: The Australian...

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2025/09/28

In August 2005, 21-year-old Australian backpacker Ryan Chambers walked barefoot out of an ashram in Rishikesh, India, leaving behind his passport, wallet, phone, and shoes. He was never seen again. For nearly two decades, his family searched across India, chasing rumours and plastering posters from Punjab to Rajasthan. In 2023, a South Australian court finally declared Ryan dead — but the mystery of what happened that morning on the banks of the Ganges remains unsolved. This is the haunting story of

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24:42

Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel: The Elevator Video and...

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2025/09/23

n January 2013, 21-year-old Canadian student Elisa Lam checked into Los Angeles’ infamous Cecil Hotel. Known for its dark history of crime, tragedy, and mystery, the hotel was the last place Elisa was seen alive.When she failed to check out or contact her family, police launched a search. Two weeks later, security footage of Elisa inside a hotel elevator shocked the world. Her behaviour, pressing multiple buttons, hiding in corners, stepping in and out, gesturing as though to someone unseen went

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24:12

The Ghost Ship Mary Celeste: The Crew That Vanished...

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2025/09/21

In 1872, the merchant brigantine Mary Celeste left New York Harbor on a routine voyage to Italy. On board were Captain Benjamin Briggs, his wife Sarah, their young daughter Sophia, and a crew of seven experienced sailors. Just weeks later, the ship was found drifting in the Atlantic Ocean — fully seaworthy, cargo intact, provisions untouched… but not a single soul remained on board.What happened during those missing days between her last log entry and her discovery by the Dei Gratia? Why would an

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26:58

The Sodder Family Fire: Five Children Lost Without a...

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2025/09/16

On Christmas Eve 1945, a fire tore through the Sodder family home in West Virginia. George and Jennie escaped with some of their children, but five never made it out. When no remains were found in the ashes, suspicion turned to sabotage, kidnapping, and conspiracy. This is the enduring mystery of the Sodder children.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:15

The Emilcin Abduction: A Farmer’s Encounter with the...

Mysteries at Bedtime ·

2025/09/14

It was an ordinary May morning in 1978 when Polish farmer Jan Wolski set out in his horse-drawn cart. By the end of that ride, he would tell a story that has haunted Emilcin ever since. He described tall, silent beings, a hovering craft without doors, and a strange medical examination that defied explanation. Wolski’s matter-of-fact account has been studied, questioned, and celebrated as one of Europe’s most extraordinary UFO cases and more than forty years later, it still refuses to fade into

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28:05

The Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi

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2025/09/09

In June 1983, fifteen-year-old Vatican citizen Emanuela Orlandi vanished on her way home from a music lesson in Rome. What began as a missing-person case soon spiralled into one of Italy’s greatest mysteries — entangled with whispers of Cold War intrigue, mafia blackmail, and Vatican secrets. Forty years later, her fate remains unsolved.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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22:18

Inside the Vandenberg UFO Encounter – A Cold War Mystery

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2025/09/07

In 1964, at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, a routine missile test turned into one of the most compelling UFO encounters of the Cold War era. Radar operators, engineers, and officers reported seeing something they could not explain. In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we take you inside the base, into the control rooms and along the launch pads, to relive the night when the U.S. military may have witnessed the impossible.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here

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21:29

The Disappearance of Dr. Sneha Anne Philip: The...

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2025/09/02

On September 11, 2001, thousands of lives were lost when the Twin Towers collapsed — but one case still stands apart. Dr. Sneha Anne Philip, a 31-year-old physician living just blocks from the World Trade Center, vanished in the hours before the attacks. Security cameras caught her shopping the night before, but she was never seen again. Was she killed trying to help victims in the chaos of that morning, or did her disappearance begin before the towers fell?In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime,

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21:38

Did Russia Silence Boris Berezovsky? Inside the...

Mysteries at Bedtime ·

2025/08/31

In March 2013, Russian billionaire and outspoken Putin critic Boris Berezovsky was found dead in the bathroom of his Berkshire estate. Officially, his death was left an “open verdict,” with investigators unable to rule suicide or foul play. But Berezovsky’s life was anything but ordinary—once a Kremlin insider who helped Putin rise to power, he later became a target after falling out with Moscow. His sudden death fit a chilling pattern of Russian exiles in Britain meeting mysterious ends, from

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21:10

India’s Reincarnation Mystery – The Extraordinary...

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2025/08/26

In 1930s Delhi, a young girl stunned her parents and teachers with memories she should not have had. Shanti Devi insisted she had lived before — in a town over 100 miles away, with a husband, a home, and a death during childbirth. Her case became India’s most famous investigation into reincarnation, drawing the attention of Mahatma Gandhi himself. Was Shanti Devi truly remembering another life, or was there another explanation?You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on

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24:24

The Toxic Lady: The Bizarre Case of Gloria Ramirez

Mysteries at Bedtime ·

2025/08/24

When 31-year-old Gloria Ramirez was rushed to Riverside General Hospital, no one expected the chaos that would follow. Medical staff began fainting, vomiting, and collapsing as they tried to treat her. Was her body giving off toxic fumes, or was there another explanation? Known today as “The Toxic Woman,” her story remains one of the strangest medical mysteries in history.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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23:38

Pam Reynolds’ Near-Death Experience During Standstill...

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2025/08/19

In 1991, American singer-songwriter Pam Reynolds underwent a rare, high-risk procedure known as a hypothermic cardiac arrest “standstill” surgery to remove a giant brain aneurysm. Her body temperature was lowered to just 15°C, her heartbeat and breathing stopped, and her brain activity registered flat. Yet Pam later described vivid, verifiable details from the operating room, from the surgical tools to conversations between staff, at a time when she should have been completely unconscious. Her case

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24:43

Westall UFO Mystery: Hundreds Witness a Saucer Over...

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2025/08/17

On 6 April 1966, in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton South, more than 200 students and teachers claimed to see a silver, saucer-shaped object hover over a school before darting away at incredible speed. Minutes later, mysterious men arrived and the incident was hushed up. Decades on, the witnesses are still searching for the truth. This is the Westall UFO mystery.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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21:35

Flight 19: The Vanishing That Created the Bermuda...

Mysteries at Bedtime ·

2025/08/12

On December 5, 1945, five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bombers known as Flight 19 took off from Fort Lauderdale on a routine training mission over the Atlantic. But somewhere over the sea, things began to go terribly wrong. The pilots reported bizarre compass malfunctions, shifting skies, and confusion over their location. Then… silence.Flight 19 vanished and no trace of the aircraft or the crew members was ever found.Even more chilling? A rescue plane sent to find them also disappeared, adding 13 more

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25:17

The Lead Masks Case: Brazil’s Most Bizarre Unsolved...

Mysteries at Bedtime ·

2025/08/10

In 1966, the bodies of two men were discovered on a remote hill outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were lying side by side, dressed in matching suits and waterproof coats. What made the scene truly eerie were the lead masks covering their eyes, like homemade radiation goggles and the cryptic handwritten note found nearby:"Be at the agreed place at 16:30. Take capsules after the effect, protect metals, await signal, mask..."The victims, Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana, were local

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18:14

The Ghost in the Machine: The Mysterious Emails Sent...

Mysteries at Bedtime ·

2025/08/05

In 2011, 32-year-old Jack Froese died suddenly from a heart arrhythmia in Pennsylvania. But just months after his funeral, emails began arriving from Jack’s account, sent to close friends and family. These weren’t generic messages. They were deeply personal, referencing private conversations and recent events that occurred after Jack’s death.In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we explore one of the internet’s most unsettling modern mysteries, the case of the posthumous emails that defied

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30:01

The Christmas Eve Flight That Ended in Mystery –...

Mysteries at Bedtime ·

2025/08/03

On a cold Christmas Eve in 1975, experienced pilot and former RAF serviceman Peter Gibbs took off in a light aircraft from the Glenforsa Airfield on Scotland’s remote Isle of Mull. The runway was unlit, the skies dark, and no one expected him to fly but he insisted. Minutes later, he disappeared into the night.What followed is one of Britain’s most baffling aviation mysteries. Four months later, Peter’s body was discovered on a hillside that had already been searched, clean, untouched, and far from

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