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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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26:52

The Murder of Dustin Kjersem: Montana Camper Killed...

Crime at Bedtime ·

2026/02/18

On 10th October 2024, 35-year-old Dustin Kjersem set up camp in the Montana wilderness to spend the weekend with his girlfriend. He pitched his tent, gathered firewood, and prepared for a peaceful night under the stars.A stranger arrived at the campsite. Dustin, known for his generosity and kindness, welcomed him. Offered him a beer. Invited him to sit by the fire.Within hours, Dustin was dead—beaten with a block of wood, stabbed in the neck with a screwdriver, and struck repeatedly with his own

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27:19

The Oakville Blobs Mystery: When Gelatinous Goo...

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2026/02/17

On 7th August 1994, at 3 a.m., something strange fell from the sky over Oakville, Washington. It wasn't rain. It wasn't hail. It was gelatinous blobs—translucent, jelly-like masses the size of rice grains that covered twenty square miles.Within hours, people across town were violently ill. Animals died. Officer David Lacey could barely breathe. Dotty Hearn collapsed and was hospitalised for three days.Scientists tested the blobs and found human white blood cells and bacteria from the digestive

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31:25

The Ari Squire Case: Man Who Killed to Fake His Own...

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2026/02/15

On 23rd February 2008, firefighters responded to a garage fire in Lake Barrington, Illinois. Beneath a white pickup truck, they found a badly burnt body. The wallet identified the victim as Ari Samuel Squire, 39.It looked like a tragic accident. A jack failure. A fire. A life lost.But dental records didn't match. The body was too young—about twenty, not forty. The tattoos were wrong.The body wasn't Ari Squire. It was Justin Newman, a young man Ari had lured to his home with the promise of

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24:43

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

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2026/02/14

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.Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free access from as little as $1.69 a week. All the details hereSubscribe to

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21:35

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

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2026/02/14

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...

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2026/02/14

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...

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2026/02/14

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 –...

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2026/02/14

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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24:17

America’s Cold War Secret and the Mystery of the...

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2026/02/14

Beneath the opulent halls of The Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia lies one of America's best-kept Cold War secrets a massive underground fallout shelter built in the 1950s, known as Project Greek Island. For over 30 years, this covert government facility remained hidden in plain sight, ready to house every member of the U.S. Congress in the event of nuclear war. But when the existence of the bunker was exposed in the 1990s, questions began to surface—questions about areas of the complex not found

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28:35

The Dodleston Messages: Time Travel or Hoax? The BBC...

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2026/02/14

In the quiet village of Dodleston, Cheshire, a bizarre and baffling mystery began unfolding in 1984. Ken Webster, a schoolteacher, was working on a BBC Micro computer when strange messages began to appear—written in an archaic form of English, and allegedly sent by someone living in the year 1541. The messages continued over the following months, becoming more elaborate and unnerving. Later, new messages arrived this time from someone claiming to live in the year 2109, warning of unseen forces

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23:04

The Disappearance of Granger Taylor: The Mechanic Who...

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2026/02/14

On a stormy night in November 1980, 32-year-old Granger Taylor left a hand-written note for his family saying he was going on a journey “aboard an alien spaceship” and then vanished without a trace. A self-taught mechanical genius from Vancouver Island, Granger had spent years rebuilding old engines, trains, and even a World War II aircraft in his backyard. But in the months leading up to his disappearance, his obsession with space and extraterrestrial life took a strange and tragic turn.Decades

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26:10

The Vanishing Sailor: Donald Crowhurst and the Golden...

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2026/02/14

In 1968, an amateur sailor named Donald Crowhurst set out from England in a homemade trimaran to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race—the first ever solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. But what began as a bold quest for fame and fortune soon turned into one of the most baffling mysteries in maritime history.With an untested boat, limited experience, and mounting financial pressure, Crowhurst quickly found himself in trouble. Rather than turn back and face ruin, he began faking his

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27:20

Reincarnation in Scotland: The True Story of Cameron...

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2026/02/14

In the early 2000s, a young Scottish boy named Cameron Macaulay stunned his family and baffled researchers when, at just five years old, he began speaking in vivid detail about a life he claimed to have lived before. Cameron described a white house overlooking the sea on the remote Isle of Barra, a black-and-white dog, siblings, and a father named Shane Robertson. He insisted he had once lived there, even describing planes landing on a beach — an extremely rare feature of Barra’s airport.Plagued by

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22:44

The Ariel School UFO Encounter: When 62 Children Saw...

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2026/02/14

In September 1994, at a small private school in rural Zimbabwe, 62 children ran into their classrooms—terrified. What they described to teachers and later to UFO investigators would go on to become one of the most compelling mass UFO sightings in modern history. In this episode of Crime at Bedtime, we revisit the Ariel School encounter: the strange beings, the eerie messages, and the decades-long question that still lingers—did something truly land that day near the school playground, or was it all

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17:28

The Last Words of Brandon Swanson: ‘Oh, S—!’… Then...

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2026/02/14

One of the last things Brandon Swanson ever said was a sudden exclamation during a 47-minute call with his father… then the line went dead. What followed was a search that would stretch over years, with no remains, no phone, and no solid leads. In this emotionally charged Crime at Bedtime episode, we delve into the night Brandon vanished, the disturbing gaps in geography, and the haunting possibilities behind his disappearance. Is it a tragic accident—or something far more sinister that unfolded in

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22:16

The Travis Walton UFO Abduction: Truth, Hoax, or...

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2026/02/14

In 1975, 22-year-old Travis Walton vanished in the Arizona woods after a terrifying close encounter with what witnesses described as a flying saucer. When he reappeared five days later, shaken and disoriented, his story of being taken aboard an alien craft shocked the nation. In this immersive Crime at Bedtime episode, we examine the strange details of Walton’s account, the corroborating witness testimonies, and the wave of polygraph tests, media scrutiny, and lifelong scepticism that followed. A

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18:10

The Pollock Twins: Proof of Reincarnation?

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2026/02/14

When six-year-old Joanna and eleven-year-old Jacqueline Pollock were killed in a car accident in 1957, their parents were shattered. A year later, they gave birth to twin girls — Gillian and Jennifer — who would grow to eerily mirror the sisters they'd never met. From shared birthmarks and identical personality traits to memories of toys, places, and even the tragic accident itself, the twins' story left doctors and researchers baffled. Tonight, we explore a case that continues to be cited as one of

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21:24

The Black Monk of Pontefract: Britain’s Most Violent...

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2026/02/14

It began in a modest council house on East Drive, in the sleepy Yorkshire town of Pontefract. What followed would go down as one of the most aggressive and disturbing hauntings in British history. The Pritchard family reported levitating objects, phantom footsteps, and a sinister figure in a black cloak who appeared in hallways, bedrooms, and even photographs. With over 30 witnesses and years of documented events, this was no passing ghost story. Tonight, we dive into the chilling case of the Black

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18:27

James Leininger: The WWII Pilot Who Came Back as a...

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2026/02/14

Born in Louisiana in 1998, young James Leininger shocked his parents with terrifying dreams of dying in a fiery plane crash. But when those dreams led to real names, real aircraft, and real history, their search for answers uncovered a mystery no one could explain.Was he remembering a past life?Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free access from as little as $1.69 a week. All the details hereSubscribe to Crime at Bedtimes Youtube channel HERE Hosted on Acast. See

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25:32

The Belgium UFO Wave: Europe's Most Credible Mass...

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2026/02/14

In the late 1980s and early '90s, thousands of Belgian citizens—including police officers, air traffic controllers, and military personnel—reported seeing large, silent, triangular UFOs in the skies. With radar-confirmed sightings and an official military scramble, the Belgium UFO Wave remains one of the most credible mass sightings in UFO history. In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we revisit the night skies over Belgium and examine the evidence behind the phenomenon that left even the

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