Episodes

  • The Man Who Walked Out with the Mona Lisa

    The Man Who Walked Out with the Mona Lisa
    Oct 19 2026
    A worker removes a portrait from the Louvre. More than two years later, a letter signed Leonard V. leads to a Florence hotel room and the recovery of the Mona Lisa. Follow the theft, the attempted sales, and the mistaken belief behind a very real crime.

    A calm historical story from True Crime Stories for No Sleep, told with non-graphic detail. The theft reconstruction is attributed to post-arrest statements; motives and interpretation are kept distinct from established events.

    Follow the show for another quiet mystery. Related listening: The Gardner Museum Heist: Thirteen Works, Empty Frames.

    Narration is AI-generated with Kristelle.

    Sources:
    https://www.louvre.fr/en/explo...
    https://mini-site.louvre.fr/tr...
    https://archiviodistatofirenze...
    https://archiviodistatofirenze...
    https://archiviodistatofirenze...
    https://archiviodistatofirenze...
    https://archiviodistatofirenze...
    https://archiviodistatofirenze...
    https://guides.loc.gov/chronic...
    https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire...

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    14 mins
  • Flight 19: The Journey That Did Not Come Home

    Flight 19: The Journey That Did Not Come Home
    Oct 13 2026
    Five Navy aircraft left Florida for a training exercise in December 1945. Their radio messages point toward navigational trouble. This episode follows the historical record beyond the Bermuda Triangle legend.

    True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Calm, carefully researched stories for unwinding. Each episode stands alone; confirmed facts and possible explanations are kept distinct. Historical disappearances do not necessarily involve a crime.

    If you are new here, start with Hatton Garden. For a related story, look for The Flannan Isles: Three Keepers, One Silent Lighthouse or The Empty Ship at Diamond Shoals.

    Follow the show to find your next quiet story.

    Sources:
    https://www.history.navy.mil/a...
    https://www.history.navy.mil/b...
    https://www.history.navy.mil/r...
    https://www.history.navy.mil/r...
    https://www.history.navy.mil/n...
    https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/...

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    8 mins
  • The Night Someone Took Over Chicago Television

    The Night Someone Took Over Chicago Television
    Oct 12 2026
    On November 22, 1987, two Chicago television stations were interrupted by an unauthorized signal. Engineers restored the picture, but a verified identity never emerged.

    True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Calm, carefully researched stories for unwinding. Each episode stands alone; confirmed facts and possible explanations are kept distinct. Historical disappearances do not necessarily involve a crime.

    If you are new here, start with Hatton Garden. For a related story, look for D.B. Cooper: The Man Who Left the Plane or Alcatraz: The Escape That Never Reached an Ending.

    Follow the show to find your next quiet story.

    Sources:
    https://news.wttw.com/2017/11/...
    https://cuttingsarchive.org/in...
    https://www.wbur.org/endlessth...

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    5 mins
  • Mary Celeste: A Ship Without Its People

    Mary Celeste: A Ship Without Its People
    Oct 11 2026
    (00:00:00) Welcome and the empty ship
    (00:00:57) The voyage and ten people
    (00:01:33) The last log entry
    (00:01:46) The discovery
    (00:02:40) The survey report
    (00:03:32) Pumps and observations
    (00:04:30) Possible explanations
    (00:05:17) Fiction and the historical record

    The Mary Celeste was recovered in the Atlantic in 1872. The ten people aboard were not. A surveyor’s inventory brings us close to the abandoned ship, but cannot explain the decision to leave her.

    True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Calm, carefully researched stories for unwinding. Each episode stands alone; confirmed facts and possible explanations are kept distinct. Historical disappearances do not necessarily involve a crime.

    If you are new here, start with Hatton Garden. For a related story, look for The Empty Ship at Diamond Shoals or The Flannan Isles: Three Keepers, One Silent Lighthouse.

    Follow the show to find your next quiet story.

    Sources:
    https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/...
    https://maryceleste.net/survey...
    https://maryceleste.net/facts....
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com...

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    7 mins
  • Alcatraz: The Escape That Never Reached an Ending

    Alcatraz: The Escape That Never Reached an Ending
    Oct 10 2026
    Three false heads hid three empty beds. Follow Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers through the 1962 Alcatraz escape, and the evidence that cannot tell us whether they survived the bay.

    True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Calm, carefully researched stories for unwinding. Each episode stands alone; confirmed facts and possible explanations are kept distinct. Historical disappearances do not necessarily involve a crime.

    If you are new here, start with Hatton Garden. For a related story, look for D.B. Cooper: The Man Who Left the Plane or The Gardner Museum Heist: Thirteen Works, Empty Frames.

    Follow the show to find your next quiet story.

    Sources:
    https://www.fbi.gov/history/ca...
    https://archives.fbi.gov/archi...
    https://www2.fed.bop.gov/about...

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    9 mins
  • The Gardner Museum Heist: Thirteen Works, Empty Frames

    The Gardner Museum Heist: Thirteen Works, Empty Frames
    Oct 9 2026
    Two men in police uniforms entered a Boston museum in March 1990. Eighty-one minutes later, thirteen works of art were gone. Their empty frames remain part of the story.

    True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Calm, carefully researched stories for unwinding. Each episode stands alone; confirmed facts and possible explanations are kept distinct. Historical disappearances do not necessarily involve a crime.

    If you are new here, start with Hatton Garden. For a related story, look for Hatton Garden: The Burglars Who Came Back or The Ruby Slippers and the Single Red Sequin.

    Follow the show to find your next quiet story.

    Sources:
    https://www.gardnermuseum.org/...
    https://www.fbi.gov/history/ca...

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    11 mins
  • The Flannan Isles: Three Keepers, One Silent Lighthouse

    The Flannan Isles: Three Keepers, One Silent Lighthouse
    Oct 8 2026
    The lamp was prepared and the kitchen was tidy, but three keepers were gone. Follow the original Flannan Isles records, the damaged landing equipment and the likely explanation that leaves part of the sequence unknown.

    True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Calm, carefully researched stories for unwinding. Each episode stands alone; confirmed facts and possible explanations are kept distinct. Historical disappearances do not necessarily involve a crime.

    If you are new here, start with Hatton Garden. For a related story, look for Mary Celeste: A Ship Without Its People or Flight 19: The Journey That Did Not Come Home.

    Follow the show to find your next quiet story.

    Sources:
    https://www.nlb.org.uk/history...
    https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/...
    https://blog.nrscotland.gov.uk...
    https://www.nlb.org.uk/lightho...
    https://www.mikedash.com/_file...

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    9 mins
  • Somerton Man: The Book, the Beach, and a Name

    Somerton Man: The Book, the Beach, and a Name
    Oct 7 2026
    A tiny scrap of poetry led investigators from an Adelaide beach to a book, a telephone number, and a convincing lead that collapsed. Decades later, DNA research offered a possible name. What did it answer, and what did it leave behind?

    A calm, companionable mystery from True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Settle in and follow the evidence at an unhurried pace. No graphic medical detail or sudden sounds.

    Researcher Derek Abbott and genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick identified Carl Charles Webb in 2022. This episode distinguishes their conclusion from an official coronial finding and dates the police statement to July 2026. A murder, poison, spy connection and decoded message are not established facts.

    Follow the show for another quiet mystery. Related listening: D.B. Cooper: The Man Who Left the Plane; The Empty Ship at Diamond Shoals.

    Narration is AI-generated with Kristelle.

    Sources:
    https://www.archives.sa.gov.au...
    https://www.prnewswire.com/new...
    https://www.eleceng.adelaide.e...
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/20...
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com...
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com...
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/20...
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/20...
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/20...
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/20...

    Chapters:
    00:00 The scrap in the pocket
    03:18 A journey without a name
    06:28 A book and the wrong man
    09:41 A different kind of evidence
    13:04 A name and the questions left

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    17 mins