Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime

Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime

Gripping, not graphic. Suspenseful yet soothing. Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is a mindful mystery show made for nighttime listening. No gore. No 911 calls. No ads. Created by award-winning journalist Nancy Miller from HBO Max "Love & Death" "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" "The Staircase" ) * Subscribe on Spotify, Patreon, and Apple for uninterrupted listening and monthly bonus episodes! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/deadsleeppod/subscribe Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deadsleep Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dead-sleep-true-crime-for-bedtime/id1587064706

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June 5, 2025 32 mins

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A 43-year old woman's idyllic life is shattered when her husband claims she's dangerously delusional and ships her off to a mental hospital until she's "cured." But how do you prove your own s...

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A soft and soothing take on the Kim Kardashian jewel heist in Paris - with beaucoup mind fatiguing details about the fate of Kim's missing $4 million dollar diamond ring.


Episode Correction: The first engagement ring given to Kim Kardashian by Kanye West was 15 carats - not 5 carats, as stated in the episode. Apologies for the error.


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May 20, 2025 45 mins

Inspired by the strangely soothing hospital drama "The Pitt," Nancy tells the shocking real-life saga of a Nashville nurse accused of homicide in this dark and detailed medical mystery made for nighttime listening.


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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for sleeping. It's created and narrated by award-winning editor and writer Nancy Miller (host...

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May 12, 2025 21 mins

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For its 20th anniversary, Nancy revisits the sweeping murder mystery in ""The Staircase" through the dark, smoky eyes of Freda Black - aka "The Dragon Lady" - one of true crime's greatest villains.


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May 2, 2025 60 mins

A version of Dead Sleep that's voice-only. No music. No sound f/x. Perfect for listeners with sensitive hearing or just prefer their stories without audio distractions. It's Dead Sleep - au natural!


This is a sample of a new option included in your Dead Sleep subscription and available soon via Spotify, Apple podcasts, and Patreon: patreon.com/deadsleep.

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April 27, 2025 44 mins

Nancy revisits the stunning story of a woman killed outside a motel in broad daylight in Jacksonville Florida and the teenager who confessed to her murder. Drawn from the Oscar-winning true crime classic by Jean-Xavier de L'estrade.


Where to watch "Murder on a Sunday Morning"

via YouTube here and via Amazon Prime here.

Patrick McGuinness's Legacy page is here.


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April 18, 2025 40 mins

A stressed-out real estate broker escapes his hectic life in L.A. only to find himself lost and alone in a deserted no man's land.


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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for sleeping. It's created and narrated by award-winning editor and writer Nancy Miller (host of HBO Max's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" "The Staircase" and &q...

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April 11, 2025 35 mins

A petty rivalry between two top fashion models turns deadly.


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Dead Sleep is a true crime podcast made for nighttime listening. No ads. No gore. No 911 calls. Created and produced by award-winning journalist and podcast host Nancy Miller.


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April 5, 2025 29 mins

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On Monday, April 7th, Lori Vallow Daybell heads to trial on conspiracy charges in the 2019 murder of husband Charles Vallow. In this April Bonus episode, Nancy sheds some light on Lori's dark fascination with "Big Doomsday," insight into her deadly affair with ...

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March 27, 2025 40 mins

A brilliant 27-year old Baltimore woman slips into a bizarre, catatonic trance. Her only hope is a man she can't remember.


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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for sleeping. It's created and narrated by award-winning editor and writer Nancy Miller (host of HBO Max's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" "The Staircase" and "Lov...

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March 20, 2025 28 mins

A mysterious bottle of perfume offers an unexpected clue into the life of Elizabeth Short before the Black Dahlia murder case.

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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for sleeping. It's created and narrated by award-winning editor and writer Nancy Miller (host of HBO Max's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" "The Staircase" and "Love &a...

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March 14, 2025 22 mins

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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for sleeping. It's created and narrated by award-winning editor and writer Nancy Miller (host of HBO Max's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" "The Staircase" and "Love & Death" podc...

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March 5, 2025 40 mins

Ruby Franke once dreamed of being a world famous musician. How did she end up the worst mother ever? Find out in this gentler, non-violent version of this true crime saga, respectfully drawn from the brilliant new memoir by Shari Franke.


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Hey! Nancy here. I'm working hard on a new episode that needs a bit more time. So for this week, I'm sharing one of my favorite bonus episodes and making it available to everyone until the next episode comes out. I love this episode because it's an extra-sleepy homage to the cult true crime series Forensic Files.

In this episode, inspired by a case from 2004, a 35-year old nurse is found dead at the bottom of an icy lak...

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February 21, 2025 48 mins

Nancy (sleep) walks you through the little known scammer who's accused of a cancer grift far beyond Belle Gibson or "Scamanda."


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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for sleeping. It's created and narrated by award-winning editor and writer Nancy Miller (host of HBO Max's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" "The Staircase"...

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February 13, 2025 34 mins

A passionate love affair turns toxic when a jilted mistress is accused of killing her rival with a deadly box of chocolates.

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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for sleeping. It's created and narrated by award-winning editor and writer Nancy Miller (host of HBO Max's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" "The Staircase" and "Love & ...

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February 6, 2025 19 mins

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A violent killer in Northern England tries to fool CCTV when he disposes of a woman's body far away from the crime scene. Little does he know there are a million little followers tracking his every move — ready to spill his dirty secret.



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January 26, 2025 26 mins

Detectives in a small English town are stumped when a local man is viciously and mysteriously attacked after leaving a local pub. With no suspect, no weapon, and no witnesses, they turn to a unique forensic expert who digs deep - very deep - to solve this baffling mystery from the ground up.

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January 21, 2025 50 mins

In this David Lynch tribute, Nancy revisits the murder case that inspired Twin Peaks's Laura Palmer saga: the "beautiful and beguiling" Hazel Drew, a 20-year old small town girl whose mysterious life and violent death was a shocking, enduring mystery for over a century.

That is, until two diehard Twin Peaks fans took a crack at the case — and wrote a book about their investigation. Who killed Hazel Drew, the real-lif...

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January 13, 2025 17 mins

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A young Utah widow who wrote a book about grief becomes the prime suspect in her husband's suspicious death. Are the murder accusations against her fact...or fiction?


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