Crime at Bedtime

This year I teamed up with arguably the world’s biggest true crime podcast, Casefile, to bring you the story of an incarcerated man I met some time ago who was suing Sean “Diddy” Combs for 100 million dollars.Across this seven-episode series we go on a wild ride through allegations of assault, corruption, and murder for hire which, Derek claimed, all led to his wrongful conviction. Strap yourselves in, because just when you think you’ve heard it all, this story takes you somewhere else entirely.If you enjoy this episode, you can hear the full season now by searching Suing Diddy wherever you get your podcasts.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For the past three years, Jack Laurence has gone behind the bars of America’s toughest prisons, hearing the stories of robbery, arson, murder, and everything in between. He thought he’d heard it all… until he met one prisoner with a story unlike any other.A man who wasn’t just fighting for his freedom, but was on the verge of becoming one of the richest prisoners in the world, by suing Sean “P. Diddy” Combs for $100 million.But that was only the beginning. What Jack uncovered was a rabbit hole of alleged assault, corruption, cover-ups, and murder. A story so unbelievable it made headlines around the globe and left him questioning everything he thought he knew.If you think you’ve heard it all before when it comes to crime stories… you haven’t heard anything like this.

This is the real story behind The Santa Claus Bank Robbery — one of the strangest and deadliest crimes in U.S. history.On December 23, 1927, Marshall Ratliff walked into the First National Bank of Cisco dressed as Santa and opened fire. Within minutes, the bank was surrounded by armed civilians. What followed was chaos: a running gun battle through the streets, a hostage dragged into a getaway car, and a statewide chase ending in a shocking act of vigilante justice.If you think you’ve heard every Christmas crime story… you haven’t heard this one.

In the quiet town of Aberdeen, New South Wales, John Price was a well-liked father and hardworking abattoir operator. Katherine Knight was the woman he’d tried to leave more than once, terrified of how violent she could become. What unfolded in February 2000 remains one of the most disturbing crimes in Australian history.In this Crime at Bedtime episode, Jack walks you through the chilling case of Katherine Knight, the first woman in Australia to receive a life sentence without parole. After years of escalating violence, manipulation and threats, Knight attacked her partner John Price, killing him in a frenzied and brutal assault. What police found inside the home the next morning defied belief — a crime scene so shocking it made headlines around the world.We explore Knight’s background, her violent history in previous relationships, the events leading up to the murder, the forensic evidence, and the court case that revealed the full extent of her actions. It remains a case that continues to horrify even the most seasoned homicide detectives.

At just 11 years old, Jaycee Lee Dugard vanished while walking to her school bus stop in South Lake Tahoe. Her abduction, carried out in seconds, sparked one of the largest missing-child investigations in California history. For years, detectives chased thousands of leads — but Jaycee had simply vanished.In this Crime at Bedtime episode, Jack unpacks the harrowing case of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was held captive for 18 years by Phillip and Nancy Garrido. Hidden behind fences and sheds in a quiet suburban backyard, Jaycee endured unimaginable conditions, gave birth to two children, and lived under the constant control of her captors while the world searched for her.We break down the timeline, the investigative failures, the missed opportunities, and the moment a routine parole check finally brought Jaycee back to safety. This is a story of survival, resilience, and the extraordinary strength of a girl who was never forgotten.

A cryptic list of 67 strange phrases.Dozens of young men found murdered along highways across California.And for years, no one realised the killings were connected.In this Crime at Bedtime episode, Jack takes you deep into the chilling case of Randy Kraft — the Scorecard Killer, one of America’s most methodical and least understood serial murderers. Kraft kept a handwritten list, a “scorecard,” filled with coded entries believed to represent his victims. Each line marked a life taken, a man drugged, restrained, tortured, and discarded under the cover of darkness.We explore Kraft’s background, the escalation of his crimes, the psychological patterns behind his meticulous record-keeping, and the investigation that finally brought him down. This is an unsettling journey into a case that baffled detectives for more than a decade — and remains one of the most disturbing serial killer stories in modern history.

In the late 2000s, a teenager from a small island in Washington State became one of the most unlikely fugitives in modern American history. He stole planes without formal training, outran police across several states, and left taunting clues behind — including bare footprints at crime scenes. Known to the world as The Barefoot Bandit, Colton Harris-Moore turned burglary into a national manhunt, and his escape into a story that captured global attention.In tonight’s episode, we trace Colton’s troubled childhood, his escalating crimes, his astonishing technical abilities, and the cross-country chase that finally brought him down. This is the true story behind the headlines — and the boy who became a legend long before he became a criminal.

He was a man of many names, Bob Evans, Curtis Kimball, Larry Vanner and behind every identity, a trail of missing women and murdered children. From a quiet trailer in New Hampshire to a basement in California, Terry Rasmussen moved through America for decades, changing faces, stories, and lives. When investigators finally uncovered the barrels in Bear Brook State Park, they began to see the monstrous truth: this was no drifter, this was a chameleon who blended into families before erasing them completely.This is the shocking story of The Chameleon Killer — how he lived in plain sight, fooled everyone around him, and became one of the most elusive serial killers in U.S. history.

When a missing Texas teenager miraculously reappeared in Spain three years after vanishing, his family thought their prayers had been answered. But the boy who came home wasn’t Nicholas Barclay. He was Frédéric Bourdin — a 23-year-old French conman who had stolen a child’s identity, a family’s hope, and the world’s belief in miracles. This chilling story unravels one of the strangest deceptions in true-crime history, exposing how grief and love can blind even the sharpest eyes.