The year is 1931, and a man named William Herbert Wallace has just returned home to find his house bolted from the inside. This was odd, as his wife was supposed to be home. After eventually managing to get in, he discovers a brutal scene: his wife has been murdered. Once the police arrive and start to take Mr Wallace's account of what happened that evening, suspicion quickly turns to him. He explains that he was out attending a meeting with a mysterious man that he never found. Did this man...

Today we look at the story of Peter Farquhar. Peter was a well educated and accomplished teacher and author. He made it his life's work to educate and help others in the wonders of literature and poetry. For all of his achievements he had one major thing lacking in his life, love. Peter was deeply lonely and longed for companionship, this was his weakness a weakness that would be exploited by a man named Benjamin Field. Get early and ad free access to Crime at Bedtime and One Minute Remaining...

Over five harrowing years, Sutcliffe's reign of terror gripped the north of England, claiming the lives of 13 women and injuring many others. The police would come under increasing pressure to solve this case as woman across the North of England started carrying knives to protect themselves from a man that couldn't be stopped. It would be a random vehicle stop conducted by two officers on a suspicious car that would finally see the end of the nightmare. Get early and ad free access to Crime...

Sarah Everard was a 33 year old woman who had a bright future ahead of her. Loved by all who met her, she was funny, smart and caring. However on the night of the 3rd March 2021 while walking home from a friends house Sarah goes missing. With no sign of her for three days Police finally get a break through but are utterly shocked by what they discover as the person responsible was one of their own. Get early and ad free access to Crime at Bedtime and One Minute Remaining for as little as...

Hello Crime at Bedtime listeners, I know a lot of you have just recently found this show and so you may not be aware that I have two other crime shows called WANTED and One Minute Remaining - Stories from the inmates so I wanted to introduce you today to OMR. If you like it we have 200 episodes for you to binge right now! available wherever you listen to Crime at Bedtime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On June 13, 1996, 18-year-old Angie Dodge was found murdered in her Idaho Falls apartment, having been raped and brutally killed. Christopher Tapp was arrested and convicted for the crime in 1998, based on a confession that many believe was coerced. Despite Tapp's conviction, DNA evidence from the crime scene did not match him, raising doubts about his guilt. However it would be the determination and strength of Angie's mother which would uncover the real truth. Hosted on Acast. See...

On July 24, 2002, Clara Harris confronted her husband David in a hotel parking lot over an extramarital affair, then struck and ran over him with her Mercedes sedan, killing him in an act of mariticide. That evening, Clara went to the Hilton Hotel in Nassau Bay, to confront her husband and reportedly attacked his mistress in the lobby. Hotel employees escorted Clara to her car. When David and his mistress came out of the hotel, Clara struck down her husband in the parking lot as her teenaged...

Jill Cahill was lying in a hospital bed having spent 6 months recovering from a savage attack, an attack that shattered her skull and put her in a coma. Her attacker was her Husband Jeff. Jeff and Jill Cahill from the outside seemed to have a happy and fulfilled marriage. A home with the white picket fence, two beautiful kids and animals to match but all was far from perfect. The couple had been dealing with some serious issues within their marriage and would eventually separate. On April 21,...

Half a century ago, a murder took place in London in the 1970's. It was brutal, violent and bloody. The case was that of the 7th Earl of Lucan, a 39-year-old professional gambler who was believed to have killed his children’s nanny and attacked his wife. He then went to ground, did he commit suicide? was his escape aided by his wealthy friends and could he still be a live after all these years? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1964 Catherine Genovese was attacked 100 yards from her home by a knife wielding man, he stabbed her to death and then ejaculated on her body. Reports would say that 38 people witnessed the attack, one man even shouted at Winston Moseley to 'leave that girl alone'. Yet no-one called the police or went to help her. The shock from the crime would cause changes to be made to the NYPD's 911 service as well as have psychologists studying what is now known as the 'Bystander Effect'. Hosted on...

It's April 2015 at four o'clock in the afternoon at the Nether Avon airfield Wiltshire south west England. A group of Skydiving enthusiasts are taking off on their accent to 4000ft for a jump. among them was 41 year old Victoria Cilliers a veteran skydiver with thousands of jumps to her name. Today however would be her first jump in over a year, she had not long given birth to her second child. Skydiving for Victoria was not just a hobby, in fact she had said that it was her life prior to...