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True Crime Sleep Stories

True Crime Sleep Stories

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 Hello and welcome to True Crime Sleep Stories, where you can settle in with a good true crime tale while drifting off into a safe sleepy slumber. Sip on a cup of hot tea, grab a warm fleece blanket, or cozy up by the fire... just make sure you’re comfortable and ready for relaxation.
And now it’s time to get comfy… because I’m going to tell you a bedtime story.


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Episodes
  • 46: The Son of Sam’s Prison Prophecy: David Berkowitz Predicts a Satanic Halloween Execution | True Crime Sleep Stories

    46: The Son of Sam’s Prison Prophecy: David Berkowitz Predicts a Satanic Halloween Execution | True Crime Sleep Stories
    Oct 28 2025
    Four years after David Berkowitz was locked away for life, the Son of Sam—chained in an upstate prison—whispered a chilling prophecy to a fellow inmate: “A ritual killing is coming soon near Greenwich Village. They’ll be shot in the head.”

    Weeks later, on Halloween 1981, it happened exactly as he foretold.

    Photographer Ronald Sisman and 20-year-old Smith College student Elizabeth Platzman were beaten, executed, and left in a ransacked Chelsea apartment. The killers took only two things: Sisman’s .25-caliber pistol, and both victims' IDs… amid rumors they were hunting a snuff film said to show Berkowitz’s final Son of Sam murder.

    Investigative journalist Maury Terry spent 40 years proving Berkowitz didn’t act alone. From prison, the killer named his handlers: “The Children”—a violent offshoot of the Process Church, tied to Scientology’s fringes, ritual sacrifice, and a coast-to-coast web of drugs, porn, and elite cover-ups.

    This is the story Terry died chasing—and the prophecy that cannot be explained away.

    This episode is a direct follow-up to our Halloween 1981 Sisman-Platzman murders episode. Listen to that first for full context.

    We’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode. Share your reflections or suggest true crime stories for future episodes. Sweet dreams, and stay inspired!

    SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON!

    Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for creepy stories to help you drift off to sleep: https://www.youtube.com/@SleepyTimeCreepyTime
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    Thank You for Listening
    If you liked this episode, don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and recommend True Crime Sleep Stories to your fellow true crime enthusiasts. Follow along for more dark and mysterious tales to ease you into your evening. And as always, stay curious and stay safe.
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    Buy The Books:
    True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 1: https://amzn.to/3Z8jx5L
    True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 2: https://amzn.to/4kAthhj
    True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 3:https://amzn.to/3H9xfPQ
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    Support the show by joining Patreon https://www.patreon.com/KelliBrink
    Social Media:
    FACEBOOK:
    facebook.com/truecrimesleepstories
    INSTAGRAM:
    instagram.com/truecrimesleepstories
    Instagram.com/kellibrink
    YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@SleepyTimeCreepyTime
    APPLE PODCASTS:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-sleep-stories/id1649396201
    SPOTIFY:
    https://open.spotify.com/show/3qDUjSgEY2T6KMHrFoLTaQ?si=f532504c83f34669
    TIKTOK: @truecrimeirl
    • Support us: Leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or share this episode with a friend. Your support brings more stories to light.
    • Suggest a case: Have a mystery you’d like us to explore? DM us on social media or email us via our website.
    #Truecrimepodcast #sleepstories #unsolvedmysteries #truecrimerelaxation


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    19 mins
  • 45: The Chelsea Murders | True Crime Sleep Stories

    45: The Chelsea Murders | True Crime Sleep Stories
    Oct 22 2025
    Picture Halloween night, 1981, in New York City's vibrant Chelsea neighborhood. Amid the chaos of costumes and celebrations, a quiet apartment becomes the scene of a brutal double execution.

    Freelance photographer Ronald Sisman, 40, and college student Elizabeth Platzman, 20, are shot at close range in a ransacked apartment—seemingly targeted for something hidden in plain sight. Was it a drug debt hit? A random burglary? Or a chilling connection to the Son of Sam cult?

    Settle in for this haunting, uninterrupted true crime tale designed to lull you to sleep... but with a mystery that might keep you awake. Dim the lights, lock your doors, and let the shadows tell the story.

    We’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode. Share your reflections or suggest true crime stories for future episodes. Sweet dreams, and stay inspired!

    SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON!

    Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for creepy stories to help you drift off to sleep: https://www.youtube.com/@SleepyTimeCreepyTime
    --- --- --- ---
    Thank You for Listening
    If you liked this episode, don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and recommend True Crime Sleep Stories to your fellow true crime enthusiasts. Follow along for more dark and mysterious tales to ease you into your evening. And as always, stay curious and stay safe.
    --- --- --- ---
    Buy The Books:
    True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 1: https://amzn.to/3Z8jx5L
    True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 2: https://amzn.to/4kAthhj
    True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 3:https://amzn.to/3H9xfPQ
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    Support the show by joining Patreon https://www.patreon.com/KelliBrink
    Social Media:
    FACEBOOK:
    facebook.com/truecrimesleepstories
    INSTAGRAM:
    instagram.com/truecrimesleepstories
    Instagram.com/kellibrink
    YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@SleepyTimeCreepyTime
    APPLE PODCASTS:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-sleep-stories/id1649396201
    SPOTIFY:
    https://open.spotify.com/show/3qDUjSgEY2T6KMHrFoLTaQ?si=f532504c83f34669
    TIKTOK: @truecrimeirl
    • Support us: Leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or share this episode with a friend. Your support brings more stories to light.
    • Suggest a case: Have a mystery you’d like us to explore? DM us on social media or email us via our website.
    #Truecrimepodcast #sleepstories #unsolvedmysteries #truecrimerelaxation

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    23 mins
  • 44: The Lovers Lane Murders | True Crime Sleep Stories

    44: The Lovers Lane Murders | True Crime Sleep Stories
    Oct 20 2025
    Drift into the shadows of a foggy autumn night in 1922 with True Crime Sleep Stories as host Kelli Brink unravels the chilling tale of the Lovers Lane Murders. In a quiet corner of New Jersey, a forbidden romance between a rector and a choir singer ended in a brutal crime that shocked a nation.

    Found beneath a crabapple tree, their bodies were surrounded by scattered love letters, a calling card tucked grimly in the rector’s mouth.
    Who pulled the trigger?
    Who slashed the singer’s throat?
    And why did this scandalous affair turn deadly?

    Join us as we explore the suspects, the trial dubbed the “trial of the century,” and the enduring enigma of De Russey’s Lane.

    We’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode. Share your reflections or suggest true crime stories for future episodes. Sweet dreams, and stay inspired!

    SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON!

    Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for creepy stories to help you drift off to sleep: https://www.youtube.com/@SleepyTimeCreepyTime
    --- --- --- ---
    Thank You for Listening
    If you liked this episode, don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and recommend True Crime Sleep Stories to your fellow true crime enthusiasts. Follow along for more dark and mysterious tales to ease you into your evening. And as always, stay curious and stay safe.
    --- --- --- ---
    Buy The Books:
    True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 1: https://amzn.to/3Z8jx5L
    True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 2: https://amzn.to/4kAthhj
    True Crime Sleep Stories, Volume 3:https://amzn.to/3H9xfPQ
    --- --- --- ---
    Support the show by joining Patreon https://www.patreon.com/KelliBrink
    Social Media:
    FACEBOOK:
    facebook.com/truecrimesleepstories
    INSTAGRAM:
    instagram.com/truecrimesleepstories
    Instagram.com/kellibrink
    YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@SleepyTimeCreepyTime
    APPLE PODCASTS:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-sleep-stories/id1649396201
    SPOTIFY:
    https://open.spotify.com/show/3qDUjSgEY2T6KMHrFoLTaQ?si=f532504c83f34669
    TIKTOK: @truecrimeirl
    • Support us: Leave a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or share this episode with a friend. Your support brings more stories to light.
    • Suggest a case: Have a mystery you’d like us to explore? DM us on social media or email us via our website.
    #Truecrimepodcast #sleepstories #unsolvedmysteries #truecrimerelaxation


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    14 mins
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