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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime

Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime

By: Nancy Miller
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 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/id1587064706Nancy Miller True Crime
Episodes
  • Phantom Thread

    Phantom Thread
    Feb 19 2026

    Join Nancy for the second installment of Forensic Files February with an episode about a mysterious apartment fire that claims the life of a young medical student. Was it an accident? Arson? Or something even stranger and more sinister? With their crime scene in ashes and a possible murder suspect in the wind, detectives pull at their only thread: a microscopic piece of burnt fiber found on a pair of dirty jeans.

    Want to watch the original? Check out Forensic Files Season 12, Ep 2: "Insulated Evidence" (available on YouTube)




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    Join True Crime Insomniacs via Apple podcasts and enjoy 1 month free!


    Enjoy 7 days free on ⁠Patreon⁠: ⁠www.patreon.com/deadsleep


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    Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for nighttime listening. 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" podcasts).

    *Dead Sleep is a 2025 Clue Award finalist for "Outstanding Episodic True Crime Podcast*


    Subscription issues? Questions? Email Nancy deadsleeppodcast@gmail.com



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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • One Day You'll Be Mine

    One Day You'll Be Mine
    Feb 6 2026

    Join Nancy for a Forensic Files Flashback as we revisit the saga of an aspiring model who gets her big break - only to mysteriously disappear from the picture.

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    Original Episode "⁠Concrete Alibi" ⁠via YouTube.
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    58 mins
  • FREE TEASER: A Real Ladykiller

    FREE TEASER: A Real Ladykiller
    Jan 28 2026

    Please enjoy this free 30+ minute teaser of the latest bonus episode of Dead Sleep. If you would like to enjoy the full episode, along with other bonus content, please consider becoming a subscriber on Patreon, Spotify or Apple podcasts.

    You can enjoy a free 7-day trial on⁠ Patreon⁠ and start listening tonight! Go to www.patreon.com/deadsleep

    If you need help subscribing, please email Nancy directly and she'll help you: deadsleeppodcast@gmail.com

    More on the episode below.


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    The bright and sunny life of a Beverly Hills heiress turns dark and deadly when she falls under the spell of a mesmerizing mystery man — who also happens to be a dangerously manipulative murderer.

    Want to know the full story?

    A Death in California: A True Account of Love and Murder Among the Very Rich by Joan Barthell (1981)

    The Case of the Lady and the Killer via the New York Times Magazine (9/27/1981)

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    35 mins
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Even though I recently discovered this podcast, I am thoroughly enjoying it and it’s definitely one of my favourites. If you like true crime but without the gory details then this is for you. The narrator’s soothing voice transforms these crime cases to bed time stories. This offers a different perspective to cases that have been examined before by others. Nancy Miller is doing a great job. Thank you for this podcast, please keep going.

True crime but make it soothing

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Soothing voice, good suspense but no gore. Considerately written, interesting content... although I have to re listen as I fall asleep half way through most!

Perfect.

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Great voice, interesting subjects and no adverts…. I found this podcast by accident and I’m really glad I did. It stops my overthinking brain at night enough to send me to sleep.
Thank you for doing these podcasts and please keep them coming

Perfect for the people that have overthinking brains at night

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