n January 2013, 21-year-old Canadian student Elisa Lam checked into Los Angeles’ infamous Cecil Hotel. Known for its dark history of crime, tragedy, and mystery, the hotel was the last place Elisa was seen alive.When she failed to check out or contact her family, police launched a search. Two weeks later, security footage of Elisa inside a hotel elevator shocked the world. Her behaviour, pressing multiple buttons, hiding in corners, stepping in and out, gesturing as though to someone unseen went viral online. Millions debated what the strange footage meant: was she running from someone, suffering a mental health episode, or caught in something far more sinister?On February 19, Elisa’s body was discovered in one of the hotel’s rooftop water tanks, after guests had complained about the water supply. With no signs of trauma, an official ruling of accidental drowning, and countless unanswered questions, her death remains one of the most disturbing and widely discussed mysteries of the 21st century.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In 1872, the merchant brigantine Mary Celeste left New York Harbor on a routine voyage to Italy. On board were Captain Benjamin Briggs, his wife Sarah, their young daughter Sophia, and a crew of seven experienced sailors. Just weeks later, the ship was found drifting in the Atlantic Ocean — fully seaworthy, cargo intact, provisions untouched… but not a single soul remained on board.What happened during those missing days between her last log entry and her discovery by the Dei Gratia? Why would an experienced captain abandon a safe ship with food, water, and sails set for the journey ahead? Was it mutiny, piracy, a sudden storm, or something stranger that stole away ten lives without leaving a trace?In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we unravel the haunting voyage of the Mary Celeste, exploring the ship’s background, her fateful discovery, the Gibraltar investigation, and the enduring mystery that still captures imaginations nearly 150 years later.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On Christmas Eve 1945, a fire tore through the Sodder family home in West Virginia. George and Jennie escaped with some of their children, but five never made it out. When no remains were found in the ashes, suspicion turned to sabotage, kidnapping, and conspiracy. This is the enduring mystery of the Sodder children.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It was an ordinary May morning in 1978 when Polish farmer Jan Wolski set out in his horse-drawn cart. By the end of that ride, he would tell a story that has haunted Emilcin ever since. He described tall, silent beings, a hovering craft without doors, and a strange medical examination that defied explanation. Wolski’s matter-of-fact account has been studied, questioned, and celebrated as one of Europe’s most extraordinary UFO cases and more than forty years later, it still refuses to fade into obscurity.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In June 1983, fifteen-year-old Vatican citizen Emanuela Orlandi vanished on her way home from a music lesson in Rome. What began as a missing-person case soon spiralled into one of Italy’s greatest mysteries — entangled with whispers of Cold War intrigue, mafia blackmail, and Vatican secrets. Forty years later, her fate remains unsolved.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In 1964, at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, a routine missile test turned into one of the most compelling UFO encounters of the Cold War era. Radar operators, engineers, and officers reported seeing something they could not explain. In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we take you inside the base, into the control rooms and along the launch pads, to relive the night when the U.S. military may have witnessed the impossible.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On September 11, 2001, thousands of lives were lost when the Twin Towers collapsed — but one case still stands apart. Dr. Sneha Anne Philip, a 31-year-old physician living just blocks from the World Trade Center, vanished in the hours before the attacks. Security cameras caught her shopping the night before, but she was never seen again. Was she killed trying to help victims in the chaos of that morning, or did her disappearance begin before the towers fell?In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we explore Sneha’s life, her struggles, the legal battle over her recognition as an official 9/11 victim, and the haunting questions that still surround her case.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In March 2013, Russian billionaire and outspoken Putin critic Boris Berezovsky was found dead in the bathroom of his Berkshire estate. Officially, his death was left an “open verdict,” with investigators unable to rule suicide or foul play. But Berezovsky’s life was anything but ordinary—once a Kremlin insider who helped Putin rise to power, he later became a target after falling out with Moscow. His sudden death fit a chilling pattern of Russian exiles in Britain meeting mysterious ends, from radioactive poisonings to nerve agent attacks. Was Berezovsky’s demise truly self-inflicted—or was it the latest chapter in a shadow war on foreign soil?You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In 1930s Delhi, a young girl stunned her parents and teachers with memories she should not have had. Shanti Devi insisted she had lived before — in a town over 100 miles away, with a husband, a home, and a death during childbirth. Her case became India’s most famous investigation into reincarnation, drawing the attention of Mahatma Gandhi himself. Was Shanti Devi truly remembering another life, or was there another explanation?You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
When 31-year-old Gloria Ramirez was rushed to Riverside General Hospital, no one expected the chaos that would follow. Medical staff began fainting, vomiting, and collapsing as they tried to treat her. Was her body giving off toxic fumes, or was there another explanation? Known today as “The Toxic Woman,” her story remains one of the strangest medical mysteries in history.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In 1991, American singer-songwriter Pam Reynolds underwent a rare, high-risk procedure known as a hypothermic cardiac arrest “standstill” surgery to remove a giant brain aneurysm. Her body temperature was lowered to just 15°C, her heartbeat and breathing stopped, and her brain activity registered flat. Yet Pam later described vivid, verifiable details from the operating room, from the surgical tools to conversations between staff, at a time when she should have been completely unconscious. Her case has become one of the most famous and scientifically debated near-death experiences in history. In this episode, we explore Pam’s extraordinary journey, the medical procedures that made it possible, and the questions it raises about life, death, and consciousness.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On 6 April 1966, in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton South, more than 200 students and teachers claimed to see a silver, saucer-shaped object hover over a school before darting away at incredible speed. Minutes later, mysterious men arrived and the incident was hushed up. Decades on, the witnesses are still searching for the truth. This is the Westall UFO mystery.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On December 5, 1945, five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo bombers known as Flight 19 took off from Fort Lauderdale on a routine training mission over the Atlantic. But somewhere over the sea, things began to go terribly wrong. The pilots reported bizarre compass malfunctions, shifting skies, and confusion over their location. Then… silence.Flight 19 vanished and no trace of the aircraft or the crew members was ever found.Even more chilling? A rescue plane sent to find them also disappeared, adding 13 more to the list of missing.This baffling event didn’t just confound military investigators, it ignited one of the most enduring legends in modern folklore: the Bermuda Triangle.In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we follow the eerie final transmissions of Flight 19, the massive search effort that came up empty, and the strange theories that still swirl nearly 80 years later. Was it a tragic navigational error, a magnetic anomaly… or something else entirely?Five planes went up. None came back.And the ocean never gave up its dead.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In 1966, the bodies of two men were discovered on a remote hill outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They were lying side by side, dressed in matching suits and waterproof coats. What made the scene truly eerie were the lead masks covering their eyes, like homemade radiation goggles and the cryptic handwritten note found nearby:"Be at the agreed place at 16:30. Take capsules after the effect, protect metals, await signal, mask..."The victims, Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana, were local electronics technicians with an interest in spiritualism and scientific experimentation. But there were no signs of violence, no clear cause of death, and no trace of drugs in their system.To this day, the Lead Masks Case remains one of Brazil’s most baffling unsolved mysteries a story that has inspired decades of speculation involving UFOs, occult practices, government experiments, and everything in between.In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we follow the trail of clues from the bodies on the hill to the theories that have tried and failed to explain this chilling enigma.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In 2011, 32-year-old Jack Froese died suddenly from a heart arrhythmia in Pennsylvania. But just months after his funeral, emails began arriving from Jack’s account, sent to close friends and family. These weren’t generic messages. They were deeply personal, referencing private conversations and recent events that occurred after Jack’s death.In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we explore one of the internet’s most unsettling modern mysteries, the case of the posthumous emails that defied explanation. Were they a prank? A planned digital legacy? Or something more mysterious? Join us as we unravel the strange story of messages from beyond the grave, and ask what it means to live and die in the digital age.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On a cold Christmas Eve in 1975, experienced pilot and former RAF serviceman Peter Gibbs took off in a light aircraft from the Glenforsa Airfield on Scotland’s remote Isle of Mull. The runway was unlit, the skies dark, and no one expected him to fly but he insisted. Minutes later, he disappeared into the night.What followed is one of Britain’s most baffling aviation mysteries. Four months later, Peter’s body was discovered on a hillside that had already been searched, clean, untouched, and far from any crash site. A year after that, his aircraft was found submerged miles away in the sea… with no sign of how it got there.In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we explore the strange disappearance and unexplained death of Peter Gibbs, a mystery that has puzzled investigators, spawned theories of foul play, disorientation, and even the paranormal, and continues to haunt the Isle of Mull nearly 50 years on.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Beneath the opulent halls of The Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia lies one of America's best-kept Cold War secrets a massive underground fallout shelter built in the 1950s, known as Project Greek Island. For over 30 years, this covert government facility remained hidden in plain sight, ready to house every member of the U.S. Congress in the event of nuclear war. But when the existence of the bunker was exposed in the 1990s, questions began to surface—questions about areas of the complex not found on any blueprint.Whispers emerged of a missing room, sealed off behind reinforced walls, its purpose unknown. Was it simply an unfinished part of the project or something more sinister? From Cold War paranoia and government deception to the eerie silence surrounding what still lies locked underground, this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime explores the true story of The Greenbrier bunker… and the chilling rumours that refuse to be buried.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In the quiet village of Dodleston, Cheshire, a bizarre and baffling mystery began unfolding in 1984. Ken Webster, a schoolteacher, was working on a BBC Micro computer when strange messages began to appear—written in an archaic form of English, and allegedly sent by someone living in the year 1541. The messages continued over the following months, becoming more elaborate and unnerving. Later, new messages arrived this time from someone claiming to live in the year 2109, warning of unseen forces manipulating time itself.Known today as the Dodleston Messages, this case remains one of the strangest examples of alleged time slip communication in modern paranormal lore. Was it an elaborate hoax, a psychological trick… or genuine contact across centuries? In this episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we examine the digital trail, the witness accounts, and the unanswered questions behind one of Britain’s most haunting tech-era mysteries.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mysteries at Bedtime is a twice weekly narrative podcast from the creator of the hit shows Crime at Bedtime and One Minute Remaining. This new series explores the world’s strangest unexplained phenomena. Paranormal encounters, mysterious disappearances, UFO sightings, cryptids, and government conspiracies all told in a calming, immersive style perfect for winding down at night.Each episode is deeply researched and presented with rich storytelling that blends mystery with atmosphere. Designed for fans of eerie true stories who prefer their thrills without the noise, Mysteries at Bedtime brings high-quality production and compelling, fact-driven narratives to the unexplained.You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On a stormy night in November 1980, 32-year-old Granger Taylor left a hand-written note for his family saying he was going on a journey “aboard an alien spaceship” and then vanished without a trace. A self-taught mechanical genius from Vancouver Island, Granger had spent years rebuilding old engines, trains, and even a World War II aircraft in his backyard. But in the months leading up to his disappearance, his obsession with space and extraterrestrial life took a strange and tragic turn.Decades later, pieces of his truck were found high in the forest near Mount Prevost, apparently destroyed by an explosion. But his body was never formally identified, and questions still swirl around whether Granger died that night or went somewhere else entirely.In this haunting episode of Mysteries at Bedtime, we explore the life and mind of Granger Taylor, the cultural impact of his disappearance, and the enduring theories: Was it suicide? A delusion? Or did he really make contact with something beyond Earth?You can get early and ad free access to this show and more here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.