Mackenzie Lueck vanished after arriving home on a late-night flight to Salt Lake City. What began as a missing person case soon became a true story of careful detective work, as one investigator followed the smallest details and uncovered the truth piece by piece.

This episode is told in a more immersive form of true crime storytelling, with a focus on the investigation and the detective work that helped solve the case.

I’ve been working hard to improve this style of storytelling, so I’d genuinely love to know what you think. Does this more investigative, story-led format work for you?

*Based on a true story. Some scene-setting and emotional context may be lightly shaped for storytelling, while the key facts remain faithful to the case.

Three women. One quiet suburban home. By sunrise, they had vanished without a trace. Settle in beneath the soothing sound of gentle rain as we explore one of America's most haunting unsolved mysteries. So dim the lights, get comfortable... and let's begin. 🌙🦉

Welcome, night owls. 🌙
Tonight, we'll spend some time together exploring three stranger than fiction true crime mysteries, accompanied by the soothing sound of rainfall to help you drift off to sleep.

🦉 Asunta Basterra
🦉 Holly Marie Clouse
🦉 Mary Stuart

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In June 1984, seventeen-year-old Melanie Road was walking home through Bath after a night out with friends. She was just three minutes from her front door when her life was taken.

For more than thirty years, her murder remained one of Britain’s most haunting cold cases. Then, by chance, a routine enquiry led investigators to the man who had been hiding in plain sight all along.

Told gently against a backdrop of rain and distant thunder, this true crime bedtime episode follows Melanie’s story, the long fight for justice, and the forensic breakthrough that finally gave her family answers.

On 14 September 2007, fourteen-year-old Andrew Gosden left home for school, withdrew £200, bought a one-way train ticket to London, and vanished.

In this gentle true crime for bedtime episode, we follow Andrew’s final confirmed journey from Doncaster to King’s Cross and explore the unanswered questions surrounding one of Britain’s most haunting missing-person cases.

Told against the soft background sounds of a moving train carriage, this is a quiet, atmospheric retelling of the Andrew Gosden mystery. Perfect for fans of true crime for sleep.

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Quick note: Due to feedback, I'm testing a slightly different narration style in this episode. I'd love your feedback in the poll below as I continue improving the show.

Tonight, we explore one of the most unsettling missing person cases ever recorded.

In April 1974, 14-year-old Margaret Ellen Fox left her New Jersey home after answering a babysitting advertisement. She never returned.

What began as an ordinary afternoon quickly became every parent's worst nightmare. Days later, a chilling phone call suggested Margaret had been kidnapped. Yet despite a massive investigation, countless leads, and decades of searching, the truth behind her disappearance remains a mystery.

So settle in, relax, and let the rain and distant thunder carry you into tonight's story.

This episode includes gentle rain and thunderstorm ambience designed to help you unwind while listening.

True Crime For Bedtime is a relaxing true crime podcast featuring mysterious disappearances, unsolved cases, and fascinating real-life investigations told in a calm, immersive style.

If you enjoy bedtime stories, unsolved mysteries, cold cases, missing persons investigations, and atmospheric true crime, be sure to follow the podcast for new episodes.

One summer morning in 2014, a 28-year-old German tourist walked into Varna Airport in Bulgaria. Moments later, he suddenly dropped his luggage, sprinted out of the terminal, climbed a fence, and vanished into the surrounding countryside.

His name was Lars Mittank.

What happened next became one of the most baffling missing-person cases in modern history.

In this episode of True Crime For Bedtime, we follow Lars's final known movements—from a holiday dispute and a mysterious head injury to his increasingly fearful behaviour in the days before he disappeared. Was he suffering from paranoia? Was he frightened of someone? Or did something far more sinister happen after he ran from the airport?

More than a decade later, the grainy airport footage remains the last confirmed sighting of Lars Mittank.

Settle in, relax, and join me as we explore one of Europe's most enduring mysteries.

Hello night owls.🌙 Settle in with this 90 minute compilation of mysterious true crime stories for bedtime, featuring three real unsolved cases with gentle rain sounds ASMR. 🎧Use headphones for best results. Our cases include:

🦉Asha Degree

🦉Brian Shaffer

🦉Brandon Swanson.

How my stories are made:

I collate all my True Crime For Bedtime stories from real crime cases, although some details may be lightly dramatized for storytelling purposes. I research each case thoroughly, adding the most interesting parts, but with respect for the victim and without gratuitous violence or sensationalism. I then add a soothing image and sounds to allow the story to speak for itself. If this sounds good to you, please subscribe for weekly videos...and let me know what types of sounds you like to hear. So settle down, get comfortable, and let me tell you a true crime story before bed.