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True Crime Sleep Stories
Hello and welcome to True Crime Sleep Stories, where you can settle in with a good true crime tale while drifting off into a safe sleepy slumber. Sip on a cup of hot tea, grab a warm fleece blanket, or cozy up by the fire... just make sure you’re comfortable and ready for relaxation.
And now it’s time to get comfy… because I’m going to tell you a bedtime story.
Episodes
True Crime Sleep Stories107: The Mothman of Point Pleasant | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
2 couples drive past the old TNT plant outside Point Pleasant, West Virginia, when headlights catch the Mothman... tall, gray, with glowing red eyes. It…
True Crime Sleep Stories106: The Bell Witch of Adams, Tennessee | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
A lot of people might not think the Bell Witch story is “true crime.” It sounds like folklore or a classic ghost tale. But it is true crime for one simple…
True Crime Sleep Stories105: Near Misses: The Ones Who Walked Away | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
In this True Crime Sleep Stories episode, hear five quiet near-miss stories of ordinary people who came close to dangerous men, including Rodney Alcala, Ted…
True Crime Sleep Stories104: The Ghost Ship on Diamond Shoals: The Carroll A. Deering | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
In January 1921, the five-masted schooner Carroll A. Deering was found abandoned on Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras in the Graveyard of the Atlantic, sails…
True Crime Sleep Stories103: The Missing Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers of Eilean Mòr | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery: three lighthouse keepers vanish without a trace on Eilean Mòr, Scotland, in December 1900. A calm, cozy true crime sleep…
True Crime Sleep Stories102: Charles Bravo & The Priory Mystery | 31 Nights of Frights On True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to another 31 Nights of Frights On True Crime Sleep Stories. In the spring of 1876, Balham still felt almost like a village on London's southern edge…
True Crime Sleep Stories101: Our Old House + Lenox College Paranormal Investigation Part 2 | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to another night of our 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories. Tonight I'm telling you about the litle house we lived in for five years, and…
True Crime Sleep Stories100: The Secrets of Madeleine Smith | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to another night of 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories. Tonight we travel to Glasgow in the late 1850s, to Blythswood Square and the…
True Crime Sleep Stories99: The Pascagoula UFO Incident | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to another night of "31 Nights of Frights" on True Crime Sleep Stories. Tonight we venture down to the banks of the Pascagoula River in Mississippi on…
True Crime Sleep Stories98: It Wasn’t Just A Halloween Decoration | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome back to 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories... You’ve heard the urban legend. Someone’s driving past the pumpkins and fog machines in late…
True Crime Sleep Stories97: The Borley Rectory Hauntings | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome back to 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories. Tonight's episode is about the Borley Rectory, and it is a ghost story with a dash of…
True Crime Sleep Stories96: The Devil's Footprints | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to another night of 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories. On the night of February 8, 1855, snow fell over the villages along the River Exe…
True Crime Sleep Stories95: The Disappearance of Judge Crater | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories... On August 6, 1930, New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater disappeared after dinner…
True Crime Sleep Stories94: The Death of Jeannette DePalma, Revisited | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Tonight’s episode is one of the oldest on the show, from back when True Crime Sleep Stories was still new and I was often recording on my cell phone. Most of…
True Crime Sleep Stories93: Lenox College & Haunted Hopkinton Part 1 | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome back to 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories. This weekend I’ll be walking the halls of Lenox College in Hopkinton, Iowa, after dark. Not…
True Crime Sleep Stories92: The Boy in the Box | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories. In the late winter of 1957, Fox Chase was a quiet corner of northeast Philadelphia, all rowhouses…
True Crime Sleep Stories91: Listener Stories | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories. Tonight, three listener letters. A childhood house. A gas station after midnight. A rental where a…
True Crime Sleep Stories90: Lizzie Borden & the House on Second Street | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to another night of 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories... "Lizzie Borden took an axe, And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what…
True Crime Sleep Stories89: HH Holmes & The World's Fair Hotel | True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome back to “31 Nights of Frights” on True Crime Sleep Stories. Tonight we go to Chicago in the 1890s, when the World's Columbian Exposition was filling…
True Crime Sleep Stories88: The Disappearance of Joan Risch | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Lincoln, Massachusetts. October 24, 1961. Joan Risch, 31, spends an ordinary Tuesday morning with her two small children while her husband is on an overnight…
True Crime Sleep Stories87: Shari's Scary Stories | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories. :-) Tonight Kelli reads 2 stories from a listener & friend of the show, Shari. A little girl in a…
True Crime Sleep Stories86: The Freeway Phantom | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories. In 1971 and 1972, six young Black girls and young women were killed in and around Washington, D.C…
True Crime Sleep Stories85: John's Letter: The Haunted House on 7th Street | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Good evening, dear listeners. A listener wrote to me and asked for his story to be featured on our October "31 Nights of Frights" series on True Crime Sleep…
True Crime Sleep Stories83: The Captain & the Vanishing Boy | 31 Nights of Frights on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to Night 1 of "31 Nights of Frights" on True Crime Sleep Stories, in honor of Spooky Season. My friend The Captain from True Crime Garage told me a…
True Crime Sleep Stories84: 31 Nights of Frights: Coming in October, on True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to True Crime Sleep Stories... October is coming... And this year, we're not waiting for Halloween. Starting October 1st, True Crime Sleep Stories will…
True Crime Sleep Stories82: Belle Gunness & the Farm on McClung Road | True Crime Sleep Stories
Tonight we travel to northern Indiana in the spring of 1908. La Porte. A farm on McClung Road. A Norwegian widow named Belle Gunness lives there with three…
True Crime Sleep Stories81: When The Nights Get Longer... | True Crime Sleep Stories
Tonight on True Crime Sleep Stories, 3 quiet disappearances for the soft start of spooky season. Tara Leigh Calico, 19, left home near Belen, New Mexico, on…
True Crime Sleep Stories80: A Handle Worn Smooth: Haunting Axe Murders | True Crime Sleep Stories
Tonight on True Crime Sleep Stories, we follow a tool (the axe) instead of a single town or a single crime. In the late 1800s & early 1900s, an axe hung in…
True Crime Sleep Stories79: The Red Barn Murder | True Crime Sleep Stories
Tonight on True Crime Sleep Stories, a young woman leaves her father’s cottage on a May afternoon and does not come home. The last place she was seen was a…
True Crime Sleep Stories78: The Lady of the Dunes: The Woman Behind the Mystery | True Crime Sleep Stories
For nearly 50 years, the identity of a woman found murdered in the dunes of Provincetown, Massachusetts, remained a mystery. Known only as the “Lady of the…
True Crime Sleep Stories77: The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders | True Crime Sleep Stories
Tonight on True Crime Sleep Stories, we travel back to 1920s Southern California to explore the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders, the strange and conflicting…
True Crime Sleep Stories76: Starvation Heights | True Crime Sleep Stories
Tonight, on True Crime Sleep Stories... In the rainy woods of Olalla on Washington’s Kitsap Peninsula, Linda Burfield Hazzard ran the Institute of Natural…
True Crime Sleep Stories75: The Unsolved Mystery of Room 1046: Who Killed Artemus Ogletree? True Crime Sleep Stories
On this episode of True Crime Sleep Stories... A young man checks into a Kansas City hotel under a false name. He has almost no belongings, keeps his room…
True Crime Sleep Stories74: The London Beer Flood of 1814 | True Crime Sleep Stories
In tonight's episode of True Crime Sleep Stories... On October 17, 1814, a massive vat at London's Horse Shoe Brewery burst, sending more than 300,000 gallons…
True Crime Sleep Stories73: Shadows of Yellowstone: Into the Vastness | True Crime Sleep Stories
Shadows of Yellowstone: Into the Vastness In this episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, we step into the vast and quiet landscape of Yellowstone National Park…
True Crime Sleep Stories72: The Mysterious Murder of Julia Wallace | True Crime Sleep Stories
In this episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, we'll gently explore the remarkable case of Julia Wallace, a quiet musician whose tragic death has puzzled…
True Crime Sleep Stories71: Mysteries in the Woods | True Crime Sleep Stories
On tonight's episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, we journey deep into the forest, where ancient legends of watchful spirits meet real-life tales of isolation…
True Crime Sleep Stories70: Shadows of the Shoemaker: The Crimes of Joseph Kallinger | True Crime Sleep Stories
On tonight's episode of True Crime Sleep Stories... Joseph Kallinger, a Philadelphia shoemaker and father of seven, was shaped by severe childhood abuse and…
True Crime Sleep Stories69: “It’s 10 p.m. Do You Know Where Your Children Are?” | True Crime Sleep Stories
Tonight on True Crime Sleep Stories, we revisit one of the most haunting public service announcements in American television history: the nightly reminder that…
True Crime Sleep Stories68: Shadows in the Vatican: What Happened to Emanuela Orlandi? True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to True Crime Sleep Stories. In the summer of 1983, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi, a Vatican citizen and daughter of a papal household employee, left…
True Crime Sleep Stories67: The Monster With 21 Faces | True Crime Sleep Stories
In 1984, Japan was gripped by one of its strangest true crime sagas: a shadowy group calling themselves the "Monster with 21 Faces" kidnapped a candy company…
True Crime Sleep Stories66: The Black Moon Visitor: An Eeerie Bonus Episode | True Crime Sleep Stories
In this True Crime Sleep Stories bonus episode, host Kelli shares a real, personal mystery she first told on The Disclosure Lounge podcast. On a pitch-black…
True Crime Sleep Stories65: Bigfoot Took Her? The Disappearance of Theresa Ann Bier | True Crime Sleep Stories
In this episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, we explore the unsolved 1987 disappearance of 16-year-old Theresa Ann Bier from Fresno, California. What began as…
True Crime Sleep Stories64: The Quiet Hunter of Anchorage: Robert Christian Hansen | True Crime Sleep Stories
Tonight on True Crime Sleep Stories, we explore the life and crimes of Robert Christian Hansen, the Anchorage baker known as the “Butcher Baker.” The shy Iowa…
True Crime Sleep Stories63: Shadows in the Suburbs: Hidden Horrors Behind Closed Doors | True Crime Sleep Stories
On this episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, we explore the chilling truth that monsters rarely look the part. They wear friendly smiles, live next door, or…
True Crime Sleep Stories62: The Unsolved Murder of Seth Rich | True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to True Crime Sleep Stories. On July 10, 2016, 27-year-old DNC staffer Seth Rich was shot twice in the back in Washington, D.C.'s Bloomingdale…
True Crime Sleep Stories61: The Shadows of Fox Hollow Farm: The Hidden Horrors of Herb Baumeister | True Crime Sleep Stories
In this episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, we explore the haunting case of Herb Baumeister, a suburban Indianapolis businessman and family man who hid a…
True Crime Sleep Stories60: The Villisca Axe Murders, Revisited | True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome back to True Crime Sleep Stories. This episode is a recording from a recent Iowa show I took part in for a great community cause... On June 9, 1912, in…
True Crime Sleep Stories59: Is Garth Brooks a Serial Killer? True Crime Sleep Stories
In this episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, we drift into one of the internet's most delightfully absurd "conspiracy theories": the long-running joke, sparked…
True Crime Sleep Stories58: 'Twas The Night Before CRIMESmas | True Crime Sleep Stories
Gather close on this frosty December night for a special holiday bonus episode of True Crime Sleep Stories. We’re stepping away from real cases tonight to…
True Crime Sleep Stories57: The Christmas Murder of Michelle Martinko: A Cold Case Solved by a Single Drop of Blood | True Crime Sleep Stories
In this chilling holiday-season episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, we delve into the brutal 1979 murder of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in a Cedar Rapids…
True Crime Sleep Stories56: The Missing Sodder Children | True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to True Crime Sleep Stories On Christmas Eve 1945, a devastating fire destroyed the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. George and…
True Crime Sleep Stories55: The Great Thanksgiving Wine Heist | True Crime Sleep Stories
On a quiet Thanksgiving night in 2013, while Seattle slept off its turkey dinners, two ordinary plumbers executed the the most audacious wine theft in Pacific…
True Crime Sleep Stories54: The Keys She Kept: A Fictional "True" Crime Bedtime Story | True Crime Sleep Stories
A gentle note before we begin This week’s episode is 100% original crime fiction—a cozy, atmospheric holiday thriller I wrote especially for you. If you’re…
True Crime Sleep Stories53: Who Was Jack The Ripper? | True Crime Sleep Stories
In the fog-choked alleys of 1888 Whitechapel, a phantom killer stalked the most vulnerable women of Victorian London. Five brutal murders – Mary Ann Nichols…
True Crime Sleep Stories52: Thanksgiving on Elm Street: The Murders of Haile Kifer & Nicholas Brady | True Crime Sleep Stories
Thanksgiving 2012 was meant to be a quiet day for 64-year-old Byron David Smith in Little Falls, Minnesota. After suffering at least six burglaries in the…
True Crime Sleep Stories51: Katherine Knight: The Abattoir of Aberdeen | True Crime Sleep Stories
G’day to our Aussie listeners (and everyone else) - this one’s for you! In the quiet Hunter Valley town of Aberdeen, in Australia, beloved miner and father…
True Crime Sleep Stories50: The Charles Ross Kidnapping | True Crime Sleep Stories
On a quiet September evening in 1937, retired greeting-card tycoon Charles Sherman Ross pulled over on a suburban Chicago road to let a trailing car pass—only…
True Crime Sleep Stories49: The Foxcatcher Farm Murder | True Crime Sleep Stories
In the snow-dusted driveway of a Pennsylvania estate, one of America’s wealthiest men raised a .44 Magnum and ended the life of an Olympic champion. This is…
True Crime Sleep Stories48: The Island, The Cell, and The Silence: The Jeffrey Epstein Enigma | True Crime Sleep Stories
In this haunting episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, we trace the chilling rise and mysterious fall of Jeffrey Epstein, a man who built an empire of influence…