In February 2015, a woman returned to her home in Melbourne, Australia, where family and friends had gathered to mourn her death. But when her husband opened the door and saw her standing there, he screamed. Noela Rukundo had survived a terrifying kidnapping in Burundi, where she discovered an extraordinary betrayal. Her husband believed she had been murdered, but Noela was very much alive… and about to expose the truth.

Join our master storyteller Sean for an immersive, audiobook-style True Crime For Bedtime episode, this calm storytelling is told gently against a soothing backdrop of rainfall. Settle in, get comfortable, and discover the true story of the woman who turned up to her own funeral.

🌙 A calm, atmospheric true crime sleep story, perfect for bedtime listening, with an ASMR rain and thunder background.

Welcome, night owls. Join Edward for a carefully told true crime story as we revisit the abduction of Muriel McKay and the secret that remained for decades.

Told calmly against soothing ASMR rain, this episode brings true crime stories and bedtime stories together for quiet nighttime listening. Settle in for a thoughtful crime story, with gentle narration designed for sleep—without sensationalism.

For the best listening experience, use headphones and let the rain and story unfold.

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True Crime For Bedtime shares true crime stories and bedtime stories for listeners who enjoy a calm, thoughtful mystery before sleep. Tonight, we join Sean for a true crime episode told thoughtfully to the background of heavy showers. We go to Australia, to the case of Lynette Dawson, a woman who disappeared suddenly and was replaced just two days later by their teenage babysitter.

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Each episode explores real crime stories with gentle narration and soothing soundscapes such as rain or waves—without sensationalism or gratuitous detail. Settle in for true crime bedtime stories, carefully researched and respectfully told, with occasional imagined dialogue clearly used for storytelling. Follow the show for new stories, and visit our sister podcast, Mysteries For Bedtime, for more mysteries to unwind with.

Join Sean for another True Crime For Bedtime story, accompanied by the soothing sounds of the sea. Tonight, a man is presumed dead… until a photograph shows him alive and well, standing beside his wife.

Based on real events, with imagined conversations woven into the telling to bring the story thoughtfully and respectfully to life.

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True Crime For Bedtime brings you true crime stories and bedtime stories for sleep, told with the soothing sounds of the sea. Each episode explores real crime stories in a calm, thoughtful narration designed for nighttime listening. Based on real events, our stories weave in imagined conversations to bring the events to life respectfully. Settle in and enjoy sleep stories for true crime fans.

When Nashville children’s book illustrator Janet March vanished from her immaculate Tennessee home in 1996, her husband claimed she had simply walked away. But Janet left behind her children, possessions and a trail of troubling questions.

It wouldn't end with Janet. There would be many more twists and turns to come. Settle in for the haunting true story of a missing wife, a perfect home and one of Tennessee’s most compelling no-body murder cases—gently told by Edward for True Crime for Bedtime to the backdrop of gentle rain tapping on glass🌙

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Based on a true story. Some details may be imagined (such as dialogue) to respectfully bring the characters to life.

In October 1998, forty-year-old Lyn Bryant took her dog for an afternoon walk along a quiet country lane in Cornwall. She never came home.

Her murder remains one of Britain's most haunting unsolved true crime cases. Mysterious witnesses, a missing pair of glasses that reappeared months later, and a possible connection to other unsolved murders have left investigators searching for answers for decades.

Join Edward for a gentle, immersive true crime bedtime story, told against a soothing backdrop of winter weather sounds. Settle in, get comfortable, and let the mystery unfold. 🌙🦉

For best results, listen with good quality headphones 🎧

Some details may be lightly dramatised to bring the story to life.

Tonight’s true crime bedtime story is thoughtfully told by Sean against a backdrop of soft rainfall. For best results, listen with headphones. 🎧

Based on a true story. Some scenes and dialogue have been respectfully dramatized to bring the people and events to life, while the key facts remain faithful to the case.

One murder, two convictions...but who really committed the crime? This soothing true crime story for bedtime is told by Sean to the backdrop of soft rain and gentle night sounds.

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