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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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28:17

Cary Stayner: From Brother of a Hero to Cold-Blooded...

Crime at Bedtime ·

2025/08/27

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 revelation shocked the world: Cary Stayner, brother of kidnapping survivor Steven Stayner, had confessed. This Crime at Bedtime episode explores the chilling story of Cary Stayner, from his troubled childhood to his confessions and death sentence, and how a family once

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24:00

Steven Stayner’s Abduction and Escape — The Boy Who...

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2025/08/24

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, and forced to endure a stolen childhood. But in 1980, when his abductor took another boy, Steven made a courageous choice that changed everything. This Crime at Bedtime episode tells the extraordinary true story of Steven Stayner’s kidnapping, survival, and

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33:13

The Airport Assassination of Kim Jong-nam: North...

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2025/08/20

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 women who pressed a deadly nerve agent onto his face. Within minutes, he was dead. But who ordered the hit and why? In this episode of Crime at Bedtime, we unravel the bizarre and deadly plot that played out in public, the global investigation it sparked, and the

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27:17

The Jacob Wetterling Case: How a 27-Year Mystery...

Crime at Bedtime ·

2025/08/17

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 nearly three decades, Jacob’s family searched for answers, until a chilling confession finally revealed the truth. In this episode of Crime at Bedtime, we take you inside the night Jacob was taken, the tireless investigation that followed, and the shocking

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29:31

The Snowtown Murders: Australia’s Most Chilling...

Crime at Bedtime ·

2025/08/13

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 murder cases. But the story of the Snowtown murders, also known as the “bodies in the barrels” case, didn’t start there. It began years earlier, with a man named John Bunting, a self-appointed vigilante who, alongside a network of accomplices, orchestrated a chilling

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26:52

The Master of Disguise: How Gilbert Chikli Scammed...

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2025/08/10

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, religious leaders, and billionaires to wire him millions. Using realistic silicone masks, Skype calls, and elaborate fake offices, Chikli orchestrated a fraud that netted over €100 million between 2006 and 2019.This is the true story of how power, persuasion, and

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24:35

Gone in Minutes: The Unsolved Abduction of Angela...

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2025/08/06

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 happened next would spark one of the most haunting and baffling missing persons cases in American history.While on the phone, Angie suddenly became alarmed by a strange man circling the parking lot in a truck. Her fiancé, Rob Shafer, was still on the line when he heard

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31:14

The McStay Family Murders: Vanished Without a Trace

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2025/08/03

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 fled the country? Had they met with foul play? For years, no one knew the truth.Then, in 2013, a grim discovery in the Mojave Desert changed everything: the skeletal remains of all four family members, buried in shallow graves. The investigation took a shocking

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28:25

"I don't like Mondays" Inside the Mind of Brenda Ann...

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2025/07/30

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 Christmas, opened fire from the window of her home—just across the street from the school gates.In a shooting that stunned the nation, Spencer killed the principal and a custodian as they tried to protect children, and wounded eight students and a police officer. When

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26:16

The Stanford Predator: John Getreu and the Cold Cases...

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2025/07/27

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 modern forensic genealogy exposed a killer hiding in plain sight.John Arthur Getreu seemed like an ordinary man. A community volunteer. A Scout leader. A father and husband. But beneath the surface, he was a serial predator with a dark history stretching back to 1963,

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24:17

Twist of DNA and the Twin: The Ronald Smith Conviction

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2025/07/24

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 community. A cigarette butt retrieved from her stolen Dodge Stratus matched DNA in the national database, pointing investigators to Donald Eugene Smith, a convicted felon.When Donald steadfastly denied involvement—claiming police should be targeting his identical twin,

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25:45

Murder, Misery, and the Realtor Next Door: The Todd...

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2025/07/20

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 Kohlhepp, a respected real estate agent and seemingly successful businessman, had been hiding a dark and deadly double life. As investigators dug deeper, they found multiple graves on his property and a trail of cold-blooded murders stretching back more than a

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22:24

The Longest Wrongful Conviction in U.S. History: The...

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2025/07/16

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 largely on a single eyewitness identification. But there was a problem: the investigation was riddled with flaws, crucial evidence was withheld, and the men had alibis that were never properly examined.This is the extraordinary true story of Glynn Ray Simmons, who

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31:10

A Killer in the Cold: The 1985 Slaying of Yvonne...

Crime at Bedtime ·

2025/07/13

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 decades, police had a description of the killer but no name. That all changed in 2024 with the arrest of Mary Jo Bailey, a woman allegedly entangled in a bitter love triangle with Yvonne and local man Jack Owen. In this Crime at Bedtime episode, we unravel the

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30:38

The Turpin Family: Inside California’s House of Horrors

Crime at Bedtime ·

2025/07/09

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 American history. For years, David and Louise Turpin kept their children — ranging in age from 2 to 29 — chained, starved, beaten, and isolated from the outside world inside their modest suburban home. The children were denied medical care, education, and even the

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31:44

The Hatton Garden Heist: Britain’s Greatest Vault...

Crime at Bedtime ·

2025/07/06

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,” drilled through half a metre of reinforced concrete to loot 73 safe deposit boxes inside one of the UK’s most secure vaults. Their meticulous plan, daring entry through a lift shaft, and two-night operation stunned the world. But how did these veteran thieves slip

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28:24

Inventing Anna: The Real Story

Crime at Bedtime ·

2025/07/02

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 York’s high society and left a trail of deception in her wake.Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free access from as little as $1.69 a week. All the details here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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31:10

A mothers silence - The Porco Case

Crime at Bedtime ·

2025/06/29

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 life, all eyes turn to someone they never suspected — until the lies began to unravel. Join us as we step into one of the most disturbing and controversial family murder cases in modern America.Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free

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25:53

The Mother, The Son, and the Con - Sante and Kenneth...

Crime at Bedtime ·

2025/06/25

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 a woman who trained her son to lie, steal — and murder.Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free access from as little as $1.69 a week. All the details here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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33:24

"Tourist From Hell" - John Martin Scripps

Crime at Bedtime ·

2025/06/24

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 travellers, lured them into trust, and then turned their holidays into horror stories.In this chilling episode of Crime at Bedtime, we unravel the twisted life and international killing spree of Scripps, the first Briton to be executed in Singapore in decades. From

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