22: The Fox Sisters & The Rappings in Hydesville | True Crime Sleep Stories
Step back to 1848 Hydesville, New York, where eerie knocks in the night turned a quiet farmhouse into the center of a supernatural mystery. This episode dives into the chilling tale of the Fox sisters, the ghostly raps that launched the Spiritualist movement, and the shocking confession that revealed it all as a hoax. Was it belief, deception, or something more? Join us as we unravel this haunt...
15m Jun 08, 2025
15m
21: Is There a Serial Killer at Lady Bird Lake? | True Crime Sleep Stories
Tonight, we unravel a chilling and mysterious tale beneath the night sky of Austin, TX. Lady Bird Lake, known for its serene beauty, hides an unsettling secret. Over the years, several young men have been found in its waters, sparking whispers of a serial killer lurking in the shadows. While authorities insist there’s nothing sinister at play, locals can’t shake their suspicions. Drift off to ...
14m Jun 07, 2025
14m
20: Albert Fish: The Real Life Boogeyman | True Crime Sleep Stories
Brace yourself for the most shocking tale we've dared to tell on True Crime Sleep Stories. This episode delves into the horrifying crimes of Albert Fish, a man often regarded as one of the most monstrous serial killers in history. But fair warning, listeners—this one is not for the faint of heart. Exploring Fish's twisted life and unspeakable crimes, this episode is by far the darkest and most...
37m Jun 04, 2025
37m
19: Pearl Bryan & Her Missing Head | True Crime Sleep Stories
Step into the chilling and tragic tale of Pearl Bryan, a 22-year-old pregnant woman from Greencastle, Indiana, whose gruesome 1896 murder sent shockwaves across Northern Kentucky. Drugged, decapitated, and left in a field, her untimely death uncovers a haunting story of betrayal, scandal, and a theatrical trial that gripped the nation. Get cozy, as we unravel the mysterious disappearance of h...
18m May 29, 2025
18m
18: The Pious Poisoner: Maria Swanenburg, aka Goeie Mie | True Crime Sleep Stories
Prepare to drift off into a chilling tale of trust, betrayal, and murder in this episode of True Crime Sleep Stories. Tonight, we explore the unsettling life of Maria Swanenberg, a woman lovingly nicknamed "Goeie Mie." To her neighbors, she was a kind and devoted caretaker—but behind the warm, pious exterior lay a sinister secret. Maria's nursing skills came with a deadly twist, and her poison...
16m May 21, 2025
16m
17: The Somerton Man: Secrets on the Sand | True Crime Sleep Stories
On a quiet morning in South Australia, the lifeless body of a sharply dressed man was found propped against a seawall on Somerton Beach. Over 70 years later, the mystery of the Somerton Man continues to captivate and confound, with cryptic messages, secret pockets, Cold War espionage theories, and groundbreaking DNA revelations fueling one of true crime’s most enigmatic cases. Join us as we un...
11m May 07, 2025
11m
16: The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde | True Crime Sleep Stories
The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde Get cozy and drift off (if you can) as we unravel the thrilling and tragic tale of America's most infamous outlaw couple, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. This episode takes a deep look into their lives, criminal escapades, and the enduring legacy of their romance and rebellion. You’ll hear about their troubled beginnings, dramatic heists, and the infamous ambush tha...
35m Apr 26, 2025
35m
15: The Mystery of D.B. Cooper | True Crime Sleep Stories
Not all enthralling true crime tales involve gruesome acts or sinister plots. Some captivate the imagination by weaving threads of mystery and intrigue, with characters who vanish into the annals of history without a trace. Such is the case with D.B. Cooper, an enduring mystery that has puzzled experts and amateurs alike for decades. --- --- --- --- Special Announcement CrimeCon 2025 is right ...
20m Nov 13, 2024
20m
14: The Great Alcatraz Escape of 1962 | True Crime Sleep Stories
Nestled in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz, famously known as “The Rock,” has been a fortress for captives since the Civil War. It was transformed into the world's most impenetrable prison in 1934. Many inmates dreamed of escaping its confines, but only three men may have actually succeeded. Did John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris perish in the icy waters of the Bay, or di...
11m Jun 25, 2024
11m
13: Elizabeth Short: The Black Dahlia | True Crime Sleep Stories
Elizabeth Short, also known as the Black Dahlia, was brutally murdered in Hollywood in 1947. Her unsolved case remains one of the most infamous true crime tales of all time. Listen to this True Crime Sleep Story...if you dare. --- --- --- --- Special Announcement CrimeCon 2025 is right around the corner! Mark your calendars for September 5-7, 2025, and join me in Denver, Colorado, for the ultim...
13m May 08, 2024
13m
12: What Happened To Doveland, Wisconsin? | True Crime Sleep Stories
What Happened to Doveland, Wisconsin? We don’t know how many people lived in Doveland, Wisconsin, or if it actually really ever existed at all... Because Doveland, WI is one of Amerieca’s biggest little mysteries. Was Doveland a part of a government project gone wrong? Is it another instance of the Mandela effect at work? Was the town sucked into a black hole? Or are people just mis-remembering...
6m Feb 03, 2023
6m
11: Dolly Öesterreich: Secrets in the Attic | True Crime Sleep Stories
Dolly Öesterreich was a happily married woman on the outside... but the secrets she kept in her attic tell a very different tale. Her web of lustful lies would leave one man dead, and another locked in her attic for a decade. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bEP6dDMnlNM --- --- --- --- Thank you to Jamie Hunsaker-Gibbs for writing and submitting this True Crime Sleep Story. --- --- --- ---...
20m Jan 26, 2023
20m
10: The Devilish Death of Jeannette DePalma | True Crime Sleep Stories
Jeannette DePalma was an American teenager who is believed to have been murdered on August 7, 1972 in New Jersey, United States. The case, currently unsolved, has become a matter of significant controversy due in part to coverage in Weird NJ magazine and in the 2015 book Death on the Devil's Teeth. --- --- --- --- Special Announcement CrimeCon 2025 is right around the corner! Mark your calenda...
14m Dec 11, 2022
14m
9: The Kurt Struebing Story: Murder and Mental Illness | True Crime Sleep Stories
The Story of Kurt Struebing from Power Thrash Metal Band NME... ... This is a Tragic Tale of Murder & Mental Health. Guest Host, Peachy Death. This episode was written and performed by Peachy Death. Follow Peachy at:  https://www.instagram.com/livingpeachydeath/ In April 1986, Struebing was accused of killing his adoptive mother with a hatchet and scissors while on drugs. He claimed that he t...
13m Dec 03, 2022
13m
8: The Farmville Murders: With Guest Host, Shane Waters from Foul Play Podcast | True Crime Sleep Stories
The Farmville Murders With Guest Host, Shane Waters from Foul Play Podcast This episode was written and performed by Shane Waters. SHANE WATERS OF FOUL PLAY, SOCIAL MEDIA: • INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/crimefoulplay • FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/groups/crimefoulplay --- The Farmville murders occurred in Farmville, Virginia, in September 2009 – the quadruple bludgeoning homicide of...
16m Nov 27, 2022
16m
7: The Papin Sisters With Guest Hosts "A Nefarious Nightmare" | True Crime Sleep Stories
Christine and Léa Papin were two French sisters who, as live-in maids, were convicted of murdering their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans, France in 1933. --- Special thanks to Courtney and Amanda from A Nefarious Nightmare for lulling you to sleep this week! Check out their podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-nefarious-nightmare/id1579771353 --- Support the show by joining ...
11m Nov 20, 2022
11m
6: The Villisca Ax Murders | True Crime Sleep Stories
In 1912, in Villisca Iowa….the Moore family was considered affluent in their small community – and they were VERY well liked - until they were all brutally murdered in their beds by an unknown monster. Was it a serial killer? A creepy window peeper? Or a supernatural entity? Thanks for listening, and sleep well… --- Support the show by joining https://www.patreon.com/TRUECRIMEIRLPODCAST Follo...
22m Nov 06, 2022
22m
BONUS Part 6: Halloween True Crime Podcast Extravaganza
Part 6 True Crime Podcast Halloween Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Berens-Brink from TrueCrimeIRL. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true...
39m Oct 25, 2022
39m
BONUS Part 5: Halloween True Crime Podcast Extravaganza
A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 5 | True Crime Podcast Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Berens-Brink from TrueCrimeIRL. Each host brings a ne...
51m Oct 25, 2022
51m
BONUS Part 4: True Crime Podcast Halloween Extravaganza
Part 4 True Crime Podcast Halloween Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Berens-Brink from TrueCrimeIRL. Each host brings a new, nerve-wracking true...
39m Oct 24, 2022
39m
BONUS Part 3: Halloween True Crime Podcast Extravaganza
Part 3 True Crime Podcast Halloween Extravaganza A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 3 | True Crime Podcast Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Ber...
57m Oct 24, 2022
57m
BONUS Part 2: Halloween True Crime Podcast Extravaganza
Part 2 True Crime Podcast Halloween Extravaganza A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 2 | True Crime Podcast Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Ber...
44m Oct 24, 2022
44m
BONUS Part 1: Halloween True Crime Podcast Extravaganza
A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 1 | True Crime Podcast Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Berens-Brink from TrueCrimeIRL. Each host brings a ne...
47m Oct 24, 2022
47m
5: The Hardy House Murders | True Crime Sleep Stories
On June 5, 1910, almost the entire Hardy family was brutally murdered, and found beaten to death in their home by their only remaining son. Who could have done this? Was it someone they knew...OR...was it the work of one of the US's first serial killers? Thank for listening, and sleep well… --- Support the show by joining https://www.patreon.com/TRUECRIMEIRLPODCAST Follow us! YOUTUBE: https...
17m Oct 22, 2022
17m
4: The Watcher | True Crime Sleep Stories
40 year old Derek Broaddus and his wife Maria had everything to be thankful for and a future to be extremely excited about. Life seemed perfect until they began to receive ominous, threatening letters to their new address from someone who called themselves, “The Watcher”. Thanks for listening, and sleep well… Thank you to Miles Tritle of The Warning Woods podcast for lending us his creepiness...
35m Oct 16, 2022
35m
3: The Mystery of the Severed Feet | True Crime Sleep Stories
In this episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, Kelli tells you the creepy tale of, “The Severed Foot Mysteries”. For years, there has been an odd epidemic of disembodied feet floating onto the shores of British Columbia, Canada, Washington State in the US. These macabre discoveries have sparked a lot of interest among scientists and conspiracy theorists alike. Why would so many feet be lost in...
10m Oct 16, 2022
10m
2: The Hinterkaifeck Murders | True Crime Sleep Stories
Welcome to True Crime Sleep Stories! The Hinterkaifeck murders occurred on the evening of March 31st 1922, when six inhabitants of a small Bavarian farmstead, located approximately 70 kilometres north of Munich, Germany, were murdered by an unknown assailant. Author Bill James, in his book, The Man from the Train, alleges that a man known as Paul Mueller may have been responsible for the murd...
19m Oct 16, 2022
19m
1: True Crime Sleep Stories Trailer
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. Maybe you want to sip on a cup of hot tea, grab a warm fleece blanket, or cozy up by the fire. Whatever you decide to do, 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 bedt...
1m Oct 11, 2022
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True Crime Sleep Stories Trailer
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. Maybe you want to sip on a cup of hot tea, grab a warm fleece blanket, or cozy up by the fire. Whatever you decide to do, 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 bedt...
1m Oct 11, 2022
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