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Stagione 2, puntata 9

Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea

Jim Latrache grew up poor in Denmark, joined the French Foreign Legion as a young man, and spent years as a high-end cocaine dealer to Copenhagen's wealthy elite before a prison sentence gave him five and a half years to reconsider his life choices. What came next nobody could have predicted. When Danish filmmaker Mads Brügger needed someone to pose as a shady arms dealer willing to negotiate illegal weapons and drug deals with North Korean regime officials, he needed someone who could be utterly convincing in the role. Someone with the background, the nerve, and the complete absence of fear that the job required, he called Jim. Under the alias Mr James, Jim travelled to Uganda, Spain, Norway and deep into North Korea itself, meeting with regime officials, sitting across tables from people willing to discuss Scud missiles and methamphetamine factories, all while wearing hidden cameras and knowing that if his cover was blown, people have been killed for considerably less. The result was The Mole, one of the most extraordinary undercover documentaries ever made. But behind the footage is the story of the man who lived it what it actually felt like to walk into the world's most dangerous dictatorship wearing a wire, and what it takes to come out alive. Jims books can be found here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stagione 1, puntata 4

Surviving a 15,000 Foot Freefall: Brad's Impossible Story

What are the odds of surviving a fall from 15,000 feet in the air? It's the equivalent of plummeting from half the height of Mount Everest. The answer should be zero and yet, somehow, Brad lived to tell the story. At 22 years old, Brad was the kind of person who lit up every room, outgoing, gregarious, full of life. So when his family gave him a belated birthday present of a tandem skydive, it seemed like the perfect thrill for someone who embraced adventure. But what happened next was every skydiver's nightmare. The main parachute would fail to open properly, then the reserve chute tangled with the first. Brad and his instructor spun violently through the air like rag dolls caught in a vortex, hurtling toward the ground at 80 kilometers per hour with no way to stop. They hit the earth with devastating force. Against all odds, they both survived. But survival came at a brutal cost. Brad's spine was broken. His neck torn. And the invisible wounds, the severe depression, the PTSD, the psychological trauma of falling through the sky knowing you're about to die, those scars ran even deeper. This is the story of what happened when Brad's parachutes failed. But more than that, it's the story of what happened after. Find Brads book here If you or someone you know is struggling, help is avaliable: Australia Lifeline: 13 11 14 | lifeline.org.au Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 | beyondblue.org.au Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 | suicidecallbackservice.org.au New Zealand Lifeline NZ: 0800 543 354 | lifeline.org.nz Suicide Crisis Helpline: 0508 828 865 Need to Talk: Free text or call 1737 | 1737.org.nz United Kingdom Samaritans: 116 123 | samaritans.org PAPYRUS (under 35s): 0800 068 4141 | papyrus-uk.org Mind: 0300 123 3393 | mind.org.uk United States 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 | 988lifeline.org Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 | crisistextline.org For a broader international list covering additional countries, hotpeachpages.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stagione 2, puntata 10

Becoming Mr James: Undercover Inside North Korea P2

Jim Latrache grew up poor in Denmark, joined the French Foreign Legion as a young man, and spent years as a high-end cocaine dealer to Copenhagen's wealthy elite before a prison sentence gave him five and a half years to reconsider his life choices. What came next nobody could have predicted. When Danish filmmaker Mads Brügger needed someone to pose as a shady arms dealer willing to negotiate illegal weapons and drug deals with North Korean regime officials, he needed someone who could be utterly convincing in the role. Someone with the background, the nerve, and the complete absence of fear that the job required. He called Jim. Under the alias Mr James, Jim travelled to Uganda, Spain, Norway and deep into North Korea itself, meeting with regime officials, sitting across tables from people willing to discuss Scud missiles and methamphetamine factories, all while wearing hidden cameras and knowing that if his cover was blown, people have been killed for considerably less. The result was The Mole, one of the most extraordinary undercover documentaries ever made. But behind the footage is the story of the man who lived it — what it actually felt like to walk into the world's most dangerous dictatorship wearing a wire, and what it takes to come back out the other side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stagione 2, puntata 8

On Fire: The Jamie Hull Story p2

On the 19th of August 2007, British Army reservist and SAS trooper Jamie Hull was days away from completing his private pilot's licence when his aircraft engine caught fire during a solo training flight over Florida. He had 45 seconds to decide how to survive. With the cockpit engulfed in flames and the plane descending rapidly, Jamie did something that should have been impossible. He climbed out of the burning cockpit, stood on the wing of a plummeting aircraft, and jumped. The plane exploded sixty feet behind him. What followed was six months in intensive care, six months in a coma, third degree burns to 60% of his body, over 60 operations, and a 5% chance of survival. And then the longer, quieter battle, rebuilding a life, a body and an identity from the wreckage. This is not just a story about surviving a plane crash. It is a story about what happens in the years that follow when the world moves on and the hardest fight is still ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stagione 2, puntata 7

On Fire: The Jamie Hull Story p1

On the 19th of August 2007, British Army reservist and SAS trooper Jamie Hull was days away from completing his private pilot's licence when his aircraft engine caught fire during a solo training flight over Florida, he had 45 seconds to decide how to save his life. With the cockpit engulfed in flames and the plane descending rapidly, Jamie did something that should have been impossible. He climbed out of the burning cockpit, stood on the wing of a plummeting aircraft, and jumped. The plane exploded sixty feet behind him. What followed was six months in intensive care, six months in a coma, third degree burns to 60% of his body, over 60 operations, and a 5% chance of survival. And then the longer, quieter battle rebuilding a life, a body and an identity from the wreckage. This is not just a story about surviving a plane crash. It is a story about what happens in the years that follow when the world moves on and the hardest fight is still ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stagione 2, puntata 74

Ninety Flashes in the Dark: The Disappearance of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon

The disappearance of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon in April 2014 is one of the most haunting and hotly debated mysteries of the modern age, and more than a decade later, no one agrees on what really happened. The two young Dutch women, best friends near the end of the trip of a lifetime, set out on a popular jungle trail near Boquete, Panama, on a bright afternoon. They photographed themselves smiling at the foot of the trail at 11 in the morning. They never came back. Six hours later, one of their phones dialled the emergency number. It did not connect, and for the next ten days the phones kept trying, again and again, and never once reached a soul. Then, one week in, in the dead of night, their camera took ninety photographs in near-total darkness: rocks, jungle, running water, and images no one has ever been able to fully explain. Ten weeks later, a backpack was found by a remote river, dry and neatly packed, far from where the two women should ever have been. In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we tell the full story of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon: the ten days of calls into the void, the ninety flashes in the dark, the strange condition of the backpack and the remains, and the two competing explanations that still divide everyone who studies the case. Settle in, get comfortable, and let us tell you the story of the ninety flashes in the dark. 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.
Stagione 1, puntata 204

The Acid Bath Murders: The Crimes of John George Haigh

The Acid Bath Murders are one of the most infamous cases in British criminal history, and the man behind them, John George Haigh, believed he had discovered the secret of the perfect crime. A charming, softly spoken fraudster who presented himself as a gentleman and an engineer, Haigh murdered at least six people in 1940s England for their money, and then dissolved their bodies in drums of concentrated sulphuric acid. He did it because he was convinced of one thing: that without a body, there could be no conviction for murder. He had misunderstood the law, catastrophically. And he had also overestimated his acid. When his final victim, a wealthy widow named Olive Durand-Deacon, vanished after a visit to his Sussex workshop, a brilliant Home Office pathologist named Keith Simpson was called in, bent down in the yard outside, and picked up what looked like an ordinary pebble. It was a human gallstone. In this episode of Crime at Bedtime, we tell the full story of the Acid Bath Murders: the six victims, the charming killer who thought he was untouchable, the fatal misunderstanding at the heart of his method, the gallstone and the set of dentures that the acid could not destroy, the transparent vampire performance he gave to try to escape the gallows, and the swift justice that followed. Settle in, get comfortable, and let us tell you the story of the pebble in the yard. 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.
Stagione 2, puntata 3

The Dyatlov Pass Incident – Russia’s Most Chilling Mystery

In 1959, nine experienced hikers vanished in Russia’s Ural Mountains under circumstances that defy explanation. Found dead in the snow with crushed ribs, missing eyes, and radiation on their clothing, their story sparked decades of conspiracy theories. Was it an avalanche, a military experiment, or something far stranger? In this immersive episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we unravel the full story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident — from their final photographs to the shocking state of their bodies and the enduring mystery that still haunts investigators today. 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.
Stagione 2, puntata 73

The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser: The Boy Who Came From Nowhere

The mystery of Kaspar Hauser has haunted Europe for nearly 200 years, and it began on a spring afternoon in 1828 when a bewildered teenage boy appeared in the streets of Nuremberg, barely able to speak. He carried two letters and a single strange request: he wanted to be a cavalryman, like his father. He could not use a candle without burning himself. He recoiled from meat and drank only water. And when he could finally tell his own story, it was almost unbelievable: he claimed to have spent his entire life imprisoned alone in a darkened cell, never seeing another human face. Kaspar Hauser became a sensation across Europe, and a theory soon took hold that he was a stolen prince, the true heir to a German throne, hidden away by a ruthless plot. Five years later he was stabbed to death in circumstances that have never been explained. In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we tell the full story of Kaspar Hauser: the boy who came from nowhere, the letters that may have been forged in his own hand, the lost-prince theory, the mirror-writing note found beside his dying body, the question of whether he was murdered or died by his own hand, and the remarkable DNA analysis of 2024 that finally answered one question about him while leaving the deepest mystery exactly as it was. Settle in, get comfortable, and let us tell you the story of the riddle of his time. 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.
Stagione 1, puntata 158

Husband Preserves Murder Scene for 26 Years Until Technology Catches Killer | Namiko Takaba

In 1999, Namiko Takaba was stabbed to death in her Nagoya apartment by a woman disguised as a beverage salesperson. Her husband Satoru spent 22 million yen (£115,000) over 26 years preserving the crime scene, hoping DNA technology would identify the killer. In 2025, his former high school classmate Kumiko Yasufuku was arrested — she'd killed Namiko out of jealousy after seeing Satoru happy at a reunion. Full story of Japan's longest-preserved crime scene with 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.

Crime at Bedtime is a true crime podcast for listeners who love fascinating murder cases, unsolved mysteries, disappearances, strange crimes and extraordinary stories — told in a calm, relaxed style designed for listening as you drift off to sleep. Each episode explores a different true crime story, from notorious murders and mysterious disappearances to unsolved cases, historical crimes and some of the strangest cases from around the world. There are no loud sound effects or over-the-top dramatics. Just compelling true crime storytelling delivered in a slower, relaxed style for those who like to unwind with a fascinating story at the end of the day. So get comfortable, take a minute, unwind and let me tell you a story. Crime at Bedtime is written and hosted by Australian podcaster Jack Laurence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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What I Survived is a true survival podcast featuring extraordinary first-hand stories from people who survived kidnapping, hostage situations, disasters, accidents and other extreme life-or-death ordeals. Each story takes you back to who these people were before everything changed, then inside the moment their lives were pushed to the edge — shipwrecked at sea for weeks, held captive by terrorists, falling 15,000 feet from a plane after a parachute failure, and other extraordinary fights for survival. Through intimate first-hand accounts, we follow the ordeal as it happened, the decisions made under unimaginable pressure, and the resilience and will it took to survive. Then we explore what came after — the physical and psychological recovery, the impact of trauma, and the process of rebuilding a life forever altered. What I Survived is hosted by Australian podcaster Jack Laurence, creator of the award-winning podcasts One Minute Remaining, Wanted and more. Follow What I Survived for remarkable true stories of survival, resilience and the human instinct to stay alive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Mysteries at Bedtime is a mystery podcast exploring the world's strangest unsolved mysteries, unexplained disappearances, UFO sightings, paranormal encounters, government secrets and bizarre historical events — told in a calm, captivating style for late-night listening. From the creator of the chart-topping Crime at Bedtime, each episode takes you deep into a fascinating true story of the strange and unexplained — from missing persons and mysterious disappearances to UFO encounters, paranormal events, strange historical mysteries and cases that continue to defy explanation . Each week, journalist and storyteller Jack Laurence guides you through the story in a relaxed, immersive style designed for listeners who love mysteries but also want something they can unwind to at the end of the day. So relax, take a minute, unwind and let me tell you a fascinating story. Mysteries at Bedtime is created and hosted by Australian podcaster Jack Laurence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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One Minute Remaining is a true crime and prison podcast featuring first-hand stories from inmates serving lengthy sentences inside prisons across the United States. From murder and attempted murder to robbery, arson and claims of wrongful conviction, these are criminal cases told from behind prison walls. Hosted by Jack Laurence, One Minute Remaining gives prisoners the opportunity to tell their stories in their own words. We examine the crimes, the evidence and the cases that led to their incarceration, while hearing directly from the people serving the sentences. Some maintain their innocence. Others admit exactly what they did. Some are serving life sentences or decades behind bars. The purpose isn't to prove them innocent or guilty — it's to hear their account, examine the case against them, and let you decide what you think. From murder cases and disputed convictions to extraordinary stories from inside the American prison system, One Minute Remaining takes listeners beyond the headlines and into cases they may never otherwise have heard. Hosted by Australian podcaster Jack Laurence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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