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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.

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26:34

Boss of Bosses: The Bloody Lunch That Changed the Mafia

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/05/06

July 12, 1979. Brooklyn, New York. Carmine Galante sat on the back patio of Joe and Mary's restaurant, finishing lunch with his cigar clenched between his teeth. At 69 years old, he controlled the heroin trade in New York City. He had built a drug empire worth millions through the French Connection. He had murdered at least 80 people over his career. And he had made a critical error: he declared himself "boss of bosses" and refused to share the profits. At 2:45pm, three men in ski masks walked

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28:10

The Baby in White Robes: The 42-Year Search for Holly...

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2026/05/05

January 12, 1981. A dog wandered into the woods north of Houston and returned home carrying a decomposed human arm. Search parties found two bodies. A young man, bound and beaten to death. A young woman, strangled and posed in prayer. For 40 years, they remained unidentified. Buried in anonymous graves. Forgotten. Until genetic genealogy finally gave them their names: Harold Dean Clouse Junior, 21, and Tina Gail Linn Clouse, 17. A young couple from Florida who had moved to Texas with their

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32:03

The Man Who Walked Out: Death Row's Impossible Escape

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2026/05/03

On November 3, 2005, Charles Victor Thompson did something no death row inmate had accomplished in the 21st century: he walked out the front door of Harris County Jail using a fake badge and civilian clothes. For 78 hours, one of Texas's most dangerous killers rode freight trains, posed as a Hurricane Katrina evacuee, and evaded a massive manhunt. But Thompson's story didn't start with his audacious escape. It began seven years earlier in a Tomball apartment, when he kicked down a door at 6am and

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31:35

The Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar:

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2026/05/02

In 1912, four-year-old Bobby Dunbar vanished beside Louisiana’s Swayze Lake. After eight desperate months, a child was found hundreds of miles away with a travelling handyman — and the Dunbars swore he was their son.The story became a national sensation: a miracle return, a family reunited, faith rewarded.But ninety years later, a simple DNA test exposed one of America’s most haunting cases of mistaken identity.This episode follows the Dunbar mystery from the muddy bayous of Opelousas to a

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26:35

The Cinder Lady:

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/05/02

In the summer of 1951, 67-year-old Mary Reeser was found almost entirely incinerated in her armchair in St. Petersburg, Florida — in a fire so strange, the FBI was called in. The walls were untouched. The clock had frozen at 4:20 a.m. And all that remained of Mary was a slippered foot, part of her spine, and a shrunken skull.Her death would become one of the most famous unsolved mysteries in modern forensic history, sparking decades of debate over spontaneous human combustion, the wick effect, and

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26:55

The Mysterious Death of Richard Lancelyn Green:

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/05/02

Richard Lancelyn Green was the world’s leading expert on Sherlock Holmes. A lifelong collector, historian, and passionate Holmesian, he spent years uncovering long-lost treasures tied to Arthur Conan Doyle. But in March 2004, Green was found dead in his London flat under circumstances eerily reminiscent of the detective stories he adored.Did he take his own life, an accident, or something far more sinister? This episode of Mysteries at Bedtime unravels the strange twists of his final days — from

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26:55

The Mystery of Overtoun Bridge:

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/05/02

Listener discretion advised: This story contains subject matter some may find upsetting.In the quiet Scottish countryside, just outside Dumbarton, lies an elegant stone bridge that has become infamous around the world. Since the 1950s, Overtoun Bridge has drawn eerie attention for a chilling phenomenon: hundreds of dogs have leapt from its walls—many to their deaths—without warning or explanation. Locals call it the “Dog Suicide Bridge.” Scientists, spiritualists, and sceptics have all tried to

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27:23

Circleville: The Town Terrorised by Anonymous Letters

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/05/02

In 1976, the small town of Circleville, Ohio, began receiving letters, hundreds of them.Each one was anonymous. Each one accused neighbours, teachers, and officials of dark secrets. And each one carried the same eerie signature: none at all.The anonymous writer seemed to know everything, where people worked, who they spoke to, even private affairs no one else could have known. Then came the threats, a mysterious death, and a trap wired with a gun.When a local man was arrested, everyone thought the

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26:31

The Disappearance of Paula Jean Welden

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/05/02

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.Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free

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30:15

The Vanishing of Walter Collins

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/05/02

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.Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free

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23:27

The Havana Syndrome:

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/05/02

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:

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/05/02

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:

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/05/02

In 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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37:42

The Double Life: How an FBI Agent Became America's...

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/04/29

For 22 years, Robert Hanssen lived two lives. By day, he was a devoted Catholic, a father of six, and a senior FBI counterintelligence officer trusted with America's most guarded secrets. By night, he was Ramon Garcia, a faceless traitor selling those secrets to Moscow for diamonds and cash. He compromised nuclear war strategies, revealed the identities of American spies working inside the KGB, and even spent years hunting for the mole who was betraying the FBI. He was searching for himself. When

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23:24

The Vanishing Scientists: Ten Disappearances, One...

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/04/28

February 27, 2026. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Retired Air Force Major General William McCasland left his home between 11:10am and 12:04pm. He took his wallet, hiking boots, a .38-calibre revolver, and a red backpack. He left behind his phone, glasses, and wearable devices. Seventeen days later, despite helicopters, drones, search dogs, and 700 homes canvassed, there was no trace of him. But McCasland was not the first. Six months earlier, government contractor Steven Garcia walked out of his

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29:02

The Texas Seven: Eleven Shots on Christmas Eve

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/04/26

On December 13, 2000, seven convicted felons walked out of a maximum-security Texas prison in broad daylight. They overpowered guards, stole weapons, and drove through the front gate in a maintenance truck. For eleven days, they stayed ahead of the largest manhunt in Texas history. Then, on Christmas Eve, they robbed a sporting goods store in Irving. Officer Aubrey Hawkins responded to the call. He left his family at dinner, drove across the highway, and pulled into the car park. He never saw the

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24:01

Random Recreational Violence

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/04/22

Between May 2005 and August 2006, Phoenix, Arizona, was terrorised by two men who drove through the city at night, shooting random strangers for sport. Dale Hausner, a Sky Harbor Airport custodian and boxing journalist, and Samuel Dieteman, an electrician from Minnesota, killed at least eight people and injured 19 more in what they called "RV'ing"—Random Recreational Violence. High on methamphetamine, they targeted pedestrians, cyclists, and animals in drive-by shootings across the Valley. Their

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16:59

The Man Who Vanished from His Chair

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/04/21

On a warm June evening in 1768, a 69-year-old paralysed man named Owen Parfitt sat outside his sister's cottage in Shepton Mallet, England, dressed in his nightshirt and propped up on his folded greatcoat. Just a dozen yards away, farm workers laboured in full view of the porch. Around 7 PM, Owen's elderly sister Mary and a young neighbour, Susannah Snook, went inside to fetch him before an approaching storm. Minutes later, they returned to find Owen gone. The chair remained. The greatcoat remained

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35:24

The Architect's Secret

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/04/19

For 33 years, a serial killer hunted sex workers on Long Island, strangling them and dumping their bodies along a desolate stretch of Ocean Parkway. In December 2010, police searching for missing escort Shannan Gilbert discovered four bodies wrapped in burlap near Gilgo Beach—the "Gilgo Four": Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, and Amber Lynn Costello. Further searches uncovered four more victims, extending the timeline back to 1993. The case went cold, hampered by police

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25:15

The Christmas Shooting - CONNOR HILTON

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/04/15

December 23, 2023. Two days before Christmas. Connor Hilton, 17, invited friends to his Friendswood, Texas home to see his new gun. When Ethan Riley and Ben Bliek arrived, Connor stood up, raised the revolver, and shot both boys in the head. Ethan died on Christmas Eve. Ben survived but was left paralysed. A third teenager locked himself in the bathroom and called 911. Connor told police three different stories: first, self-defence—Ethan attacked him. Then, an accident—the gun just went off

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