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True Crime

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True Crime

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Season 2, Episode 1

462 Days: Kidnapped in Somalia P1

In August 2008, Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan travelled to Somalia on assignment. It would be the last decision he made as a free man for nearly a year and a half. Within days of arriving, Nigel and Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout were ambushed on the outskirts of Mogadishu and taken captive by members of a militant group. What followed was 462 days of unimaginable physical and psychological torment, starvation, isolation, beatings, and a desperate will to survive in conditions that would break most people within weeks. But this is not just a story about captivity. It is a story about what happens to a human being when everything is stripped away. The fear, the negotiation, the impossible decisions made by families on the other side of the world trying to bring their loved ones home. The moments of dark humour and unexpected humanity in the most inhuman of circumstances. And the daring escape attempt that changed everything. Then there is the question that haunts every survivor, who do you become on the other side? How do you rebuild a life, a sense of self, a relationship with the world, after 462 days in hell? In this series Jack Laurence sits down with Nigel Brennan for an extraordinarily candid conversation spanning the months before the kidnapping, the ordeal itself, and the long and difficult road to recovery. It is one of the most remarkable survival stories ever told. Nigels book is avaliable here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 1, Episode 1

The Robertson Family - 38 days at Sea P1

In June 1972, the Robertson family set sail on what should have been the adventure of a lifetime aboard their schooner, Lucette. But when killer whales attacked and sank their vessel in the Pacific Ocean, Dougal Robertson, his wife Lyn, their three sons, and a family friend found themselves adrift in a tiny life raft hundreds of miles from land, with minimal supplies and no hope of rescue. What followed was 38 harrowing days lost at sea, battling dehydration, starvation, and the psychological breaking point that comes with complete isolation in one of the most hostile environments on Earth. With no GPS, no modern technology, and no communication with the outside world, the Robertsons were forced to survive on rainwater, raw fish, and turtle blood while drifting through an area of ocean larger than most countries. This is the true story of one family's fight for survival against impossible odds. How they caught food with their bare hands. How they rationed every drop of water. The unthinkable conversations they had about what they'd be willing to do if rescue never came. And the remarkable resilience that kept them alive when most would have perished. From the moment the whales struck to their miraculous rescue over a month later, this is the complete account of the Robertson family shipwreck, one of the most extraordinary survival stories in maritime history told by the man that lived through the experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 2, Episode 16

Getting Jnr Home - P1

Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of first-degree murder three days after his 16th birthday and was sentenced to nearly 33 years in prison. The gun used in the murder was never recovered and there was no physical evidence linking Jnr to the killing. His conviction was based on the testimony of a police informant, Bill Bruhn, and Arreola’s girlfriend, Ofelia Cortez (formerly Gonzalez), who was there when her partner was shot. Many TV shows have uncovered horrific truths about the so called 'evidence' in this case, yet Jnr still remains incarcerated. This is his story, as told by him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 2, Episode 17

Getting Jnr Home - P2

Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of first-degree murder three days after his 16th birthday and was sentenced to nearly 33 years in prison. The gun used in the murder was never recovered and there was no physical evidence linking Jnr to the killing. His conviction was based on the testimony of a police informant, Bill Bruhn, and Arreola’s girlfriend, Ofelia Cortez (formerly Gonzalez), who was there when her partner was shot. Many TV shows have uncovered horrific truths about the so called 'evidence' in this case, yet Jnr still remains incarcerated. This is his story, as told by him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 2, Episode 25

Getting Jnr Home - P10

Recently I caught up with Jnr Salas after a massive decision was recently made in the court of appeals and it seems some in this case will be forced to answer some seriously tough questions. Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of first-degree murder three days after his 16th birthday and was sentenced to nearly 33 years in prison. The gun used in the murder was never recovered and there was no physical evidence linking Jnr to the killing. His conviction was based on the testimony of a police informant, Bill Bruhn, and Arreola’s girlfriend, Ofelia Cortez (formerly Gonzalez), who was there when her partner was shot. Many TV shows have uncovered horrific truths about the so called 'evidence' in this case, yet Jnr still remains incarcerated. This is his story, as told by him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 5, Episode 1

A small town murder - Anthony Duke - Part 1

This is part 1 of my chat with Anthony Duke, a man serving a life sentence with out the possibility of parole. On New Years eve of 2011 a landscaper by the name of Ronald Hauser was found dead in the basement of his secluded home, shot once through the heart. A month later detectives were knocking at the door of a friend of Ron's, Anthony Duke. Tony was later arrested, charged and found guilty of the crime, a crime he has always maintained he is innocent of. After chatting with Tony and doing some digging around Livingston County I started to discover there seemed to be question marks over some of the people Ron associated with as well as questions about some of the police work done to convict Tony of the crime. Join the OMR Family and help support the show in a way that suits you, plus get bonus content, all the links are here EARLY AND AD FREE ACCESS: for as little as $1.69 a week! Apple + HERE Patreon and find us on Facebook here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
31 Mar

The Man Who Vanished from a Moving Bus

On a snowy December night in 1949, 68-year-old James Tedford boarded a bus in Vermont, heading home to the Bennington Soldiers' Home. Fourteen passengers and the driver saw him sleeping peacefully in his seat at the last stop before Bennington. But when the bus pulled into the station, Tedford was gone—his luggage still in the rack, an open timetable on his empty seat. No one saw him leave. No one heard the door open. He had simply vanished. Three years earlier to the day, a college student had disappeared on a hiking trail in the same area. A year before that, an experienced hunting guide had vanished in the same mountains. This was the Bennington Triangle—a remote corner of Vermont where people seemed to slip out of reality itself. Skeptics point to conflicting witness accounts and sightings in nearby Brandon. They note Tedford's severe depression and his statement that he "never intended to return." But how does a man disappear from a bus full of witnesses? And why has no trace of him ever been found in seventy-five years? Did James Tedford walk into the wilderness in a moment of despair? Or did something far stranger claim him on that winter night in the mountains? Tonight, we explore the mystery of the man who vanished from a moving bus. You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 2, Episode 26

Did Russia Silence Boris Berezovsky? Inside the Mysterious 2013 Death

In March 2013, Russian billionaire and outspoken Putin critic Boris Berezovsky was found dead in the bathroom of his Berkshire estate. Officially, his death was left an “open verdict,” with investigators unable to rule suicide or foul play. But Berezovsky’s life was anything but ordinary—once a Kremlin insider who helped Putin rise to power, he later became a target after falling out with Moscow. His sudden death fit a chilling pattern of Russian exiles in Britain meeting mysterious ends, from radioactive poisonings to nerve agent attacks. Was Berezovsky’s demise truly self-inflicted—or was it the latest chapter in a shadow war on foreign soil? Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free access from as little as $1.69 a week. All the details here Subscribe to Crime at Bedtimes Youtube channel HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 1, Episode 156

Daugher Gives Eulogy for Parents then Arrested of their Murder | Sarah Grace Patrick

17-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick called 911 after her 5-year-old sister found their parents shot dead in Georgia in February 2025. She gave a tearful eulogy, posted emotional TikTok videos, and contacted true crime influencers asking them to cover the case. Five months later, she was arrested and charged with their murders. Police claim "mountains of digital evidence" prove her guilt. She maintains her innocence. Full story of this ongoing case with legal disclaimers and crisis resources. Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free access from as little as $1.69 a week. All the details here Subscribe to Crime at Bedtimes Youtube channel HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Season 1, Episode 187

The Woodchipper Murder: Helle Crafts

At just past three in the morning on the 19th of November 1986, a snowplough driver named Joseph Hine was driving along the edge of Lake Zoar in rural Connecticut when he saw something that did not belong. A rented truck. A woodchipper attached to the back. And a man standing beside it, operating the machine, in the middle of a snowstorm, in the middle of the night. Hine kept driving. He had a job to do. Five weeks later, when Connecticut State Police searched a house just a few miles from where Hine had been working that night, he would remember exactly what he had seen. And what investigators would find on the shore of Lake Zoar, sifting through the snow with a forensic laboratory in a tent, would become the foundation of one of the most extraordinary murder convictions in American legal history. The first time the state of Connecticut would ever secure a conviction for murder without a body. Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free access from as little as $1.69 a week. All the details here Subscribe to Crime at Bedtimes Youtube channel HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The creators of hit shows One Minute Remaining, Wanted, Crime at Bedtime and What I Survived

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462 Days: Kidnapped in Somalia P1

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The Man Who Vanished from a Moving Bus

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