Crime at Bedtime

In November 2022, a quiet college town was shattered by a brutal crime that left four University of Idaho students dead in their off-campus home. With little evidence and a wave of fear spreading across the community, investigators raced against time to uncover who was behind the chilling attack. In this episode, we’ll delve into the details of that fateful night, the lives lost, and the intense m...

On a rainy February night in 2000, nine-year-old Asha Degree vanished from her Shelby, North Carolina, home. Clutching her backpack, she walked into the cold darkness, never to return. Twenty-three years later, her case remains a haunting mystery with more questions than answers. Why did she leave? Where was she going? And what clues did the few items left behind reveal? Join me as we unravel the...

In July 2008, a seemingly ordinary Greyhound bus ride through the Canadian prairies turned into a nightmare that would shock the world. Tim McLean, a young man returning home after a long day’s work, became the tragic victim of a brutal and senseless attack by fellow passenger Vince Li. What followed was a chilling standoff that left authorities and onlookers questioning how such a horrific event...

In the early hours of August 8th, 1963, a group of 18 men pulled off one of the most audacious heists in British history—the Great Train Robbery. Stealing over £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train bound for London, the gang vanished into the night, leaving the country in shock. From meticulous planning and signal tampering to a dramatic getaway and the years of pursuit that followed, this episode...

In the early hours of March 18, 1990, two men walked into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, disguised as police officers. What followed was one of the greatest unsolved art heists in history. Thirteen priceless works of art vanished without a trace, and despite decades of investigation, the stolen pieces remain missing. In this episode of Crime at Bedtime , we uncover the mysterious d...

Alison Baden-Clay was a loving mother of three whose life took a dark turn in 2012. What started as a missing person's case quickly unravelled into a murder investigation that shocked Australia. This episode dives into the chilling details of her disappearance and the eventual conviction of her husband, Gerard Baden-Clay, in a case filled with deceit, betrayal, and the ultimate price of trust brok...

In 1986, Sherri Rasmussen, a successful nurse, was brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home, a crime that went unsolved for over two decades. What initially seemed like a random act of violence was later revealed to be a deeply personal crime involving LAPD Detective Stephanie Lazarus, the jealous ex-girlfriend of Sherri’s husband. Dive into the twists and turns of a case that exposes the dark si...

On a typical spring break night in 2006, 27-year-old medical student Brian Shaffer stepped into a bar with friends, but he was never seen leaving. What began as an evening of bar hopping in Columbus, Ohio, quickly turned into one of the most perplexing missing persons cases of our time. CCTV footage captured Brian entering the Ugly Tuna Saloona, but despite extensive searches and investigations, n...

In 1970, the body of a woman was found strangled and buried in a shallow grave. With no clues to follow, the case quickly went cold, leaving investigators with more questions than answers. What no one knew then was that this was just the beginning of a terrifying reign of terror. This unsolved murder would later be linked to Samuel Little, a man who would become America's most prolific serial kill...

A 29 year old woman who was loved by so many goes missing after a night out in Brunswick Melbourne in September 2012. It would take just six days to catch Jill's killer, Six hours for him to confess and just six minutes for a judge to remand him in custody.  However it was years of failures from a justice system that would lead to Jill's death. Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now...

In 2013, a young man by the name of Kendrick Johnson is discovered deceased in his high school gymnasium. The way in which he's found is extremely odd, he was trapped upside down in a rolled up gym mat. The police and medical examiners office would be very quick to call this just a 'Tragic accident'. The family of Kendrick Johnson weren't buying it, there were just too many issues in this lack lus...

Summer, 1934. Brighton, England. The holiday season is in full swing as the beaches and streets fill with cheerful locals and tourists enjoying the warm weather. But beneath the surface of this vibrant seaside town, something dark is about to emerge. It all begins when a mysterious suitcase is abandoned at the railway station. Inside, a gruesome discovery is made—one that will send shockwaves thro...

The year is 1931, and a man named William Herbert Wallace has just returned home to find his house bolted from the inside. This was odd, as his wife was supposed to be home. After eventually managing to get in, he discovers a brutal scene: his wife has been murdered. Once the police arrive and start to take Mr Wallace's account of what happened that evening, suspicion quickly turns to him. He expl...

Today we look at the story of Peter Farquhar. Peter was a well educated and accomplished teacher and author. He made it his life's work to educate and help others in the wonders of literature and poetry. For all of his achievements he had one major thing lacking in his life, love. Peter was deeply lonely and longed for companionship, this was his weakness a weakness that would be exploited by...

Over five harrowing years, Sutcliffe's reign of terror gripped the north of England, claiming the lives of 13 women and injuring many others. The police would come under increasing pressure to solve this case as woman across the North of England started carrying knives to protect themselves from a man that couldn't be stopped. It would be a random vehicle stop conducted by two officers on a suspic...

Sarah Everard was a 33 year old woman who had a bright future ahead of her. Loved by all who met her, she was funny, smart and caring. However on the night of the 3rd March 2021 while walking home from a friends house Sarah goes missing. With no sign of her for three days Police finally get a break through but are utterly shocked by what they discover as the person responsible was one of their own...

Hello Crime at Bedtime listeners, I know a lot of you have just recently found this show and so you may not be aware that I have two other crime shows called WANTED and One Minute Remaining - Stories from the inmates so I wanted to introduce you today to OMR. If you like it we have 200 episodes for you to binge right now! available wherever you listen to Crime at Bedtime. Become a Patreon or Apple...

On June 13, 1996, 18-year-old Angie Dodge was found murdered in her Idaho Falls apartment, having been raped and brutally killed. Christopher Tapp was arrested and convicted for the crime in 1998, based on a confession that many believe was coerced. Despite Tapp's conviction, DNA evidence from the crime scene did not match him, raising doubts about his guilt. However it would be the determination...

On July 24, 2002, Clara Harris confronted her husband David in a hotel parking lot over an extramarital affair, then struck and ran over him with her Mercedes sedan, killing him in an act of mariticide. That evening, Clara went to the Hilton Hotel in Nassau Bay, to confront her husband and reportedly attacked his mistress in the lobby. Hotel employees escorted Clara to her car. When David and his...

Jill Cahill was lying in a hospital bed having spent 6 months recovering from a savage attack, an attack that shattered her skull and put her in a coma. Her attacker was her Husband Jeff. Jeff and Jill Cahill from the outside seemed to have a happy and fulfilled marriage. A home with the white picket fence, two beautiful kids and animals to match but all was far from perfect. The couple had been d...

Half a century ago, a murder took place in London in the 1970's. It was brutal, violent and bloody. The case was that of the 7th Earl of Lucan, a 39-year-old professional gambler who was believed to have killed his children’s nanny and attacked his wife. He then went to ground, did he commit suicide? was his escape aided by his wealthy friends and could he still be a live after all these years? Ge...

In 1964 Catherine Genovese was attacked 100 yards from her home by a knife wielding man, he stabbed her to death and then ejaculated on her body. Reports would say that 38 people witnessed the attack, one man even shouted at Winston Moseley to 'leave that girl alone'. Yet no-one called the police or went to help her. The shock from the crime would cause changes to be made to the NYPD's 911 service...

It's April 2015 at four o'clock in the afternoon at the Nether Avon airfield Wiltshire south west England. A group of Skydiving enthusiasts are taking off on their accent to 4000ft for a jump. among them was 41 year old Victoria Cilliers a veteran skydiver with thousands of jumps to her name. Today however would be her first jump in over a year, she had not long given birth to her second child. Sk...

48 year old Mary Lou Morris was a loan officer at a Bank in Houston, Texas. She was happily married to her husband Jay and reportedly loved by many others. On the morning of October 12, 2000, Mary left for work. Throughout the day her husband Jay tried to call her, but she never picked up or called him back. At around 5 PM, he decided to call her supervisor who tells him she hadn’t come in to work...

The Hinterkaifeck murders occurred on the evening of 31 March 1922, when six inhabitants of a small Bavarian farmstead, located approximately 70 kilometres north of Munich, Germany, were murdered by an unknown assailant. The six victims were Andreas Gruber his wife Cäzilia Gruber, their daughter Viktoria Gabriel, Viktoria's children, Cäzilia, Josef and the maid, Maria Baumgartner. They were all fo...