For years, a young wife and mother in San Antonio, Texas believed she was destined for a violent, early death. When her chilling prediction comes true, her younger sister must fulfill this murder victim's unusual last request: that a famous true crime writer will investigate her case and reveal what really happened.

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Every Breath You Take by Ann Rule

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Iconic crime writer Ann Rule made a fortune writing books about psychopaths, murderers, and serial killers. But in 2015, she was at the center of a dark and chilling mystery: Someone appeared to be after her money — and threatening her life. But who? And why? Where to begin? Ann had millions of fans...and more than a few enemies...

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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for sleeping. It's created and narrated by award-winning editor and writer Nancy Miller (host of HBO Max's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" "The Staircase" and "Love & Death" podcasts).

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The Stranger Beside Me:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15654.The_Stranger_Beside_Me

Green River, Running Red:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225384.Green_River_Running_Red

Court Documents:

https://www.scribd.com/document/262630443/Ann-Rule-Theft-Case

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It's been one year - over 52 episodes - of Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime. This show only exists because of paid subscribers like you. Your monthly support affords us the time and opportunity to work on the show each week and remain ad-free. As a special thank you, this is a special, two-hour + long megasode of the first saga we covered: Fatal Vision.

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No politics. Just pancakes. Nancy reveals a sleep trick that's even weirder than true crime - for those times when you just want sweet dreams, fluffy flapjacks, and no drama.

Includes detailed descriptions of delicious snacks and the crackling calm of a campfire.

[Note: This podcast is NOT affiliated with Trader Joe's or any ad sponsorship - this is truly Nancy's deepest, desperate sleep hack for stressful, anxious nights.]

In this follow-up to "Vampire Girl," a mother of five from Topeka, Kansas loses custody of her children after a dangerous mental breakdown. To get them back, she must "prove" her own sanity by getting treatment at an Arizona rehab facility. She desperately needs a friend. Instead, she meets a serial liar who deceives everyone to get what she wants. And what does she want now? Her next victim. [For Part 1, please listen to "Vampire Girl."]

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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for sleeping. It's created and narrated by award-winning editor and writer Nancy Miller (host of HBO Max's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" "The Staircase" and "Love & Death" podcasts).

Subscribe to Dead Sleep via Apple podcasts, Spotify and now on Patreon: Patreon.com/DeadSleep

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Scene Stealer by Evgenia Peretz, Vanity Fair

Anatomy of Lies via Peacock

It's Part 1 of a Halloween two-part special featuring a real-life "trauma vampire." In this story, we meet an ambitious Hollywood writer who parlays a cancer diagnosis into career-making TV writing job on Grey's Anatomy. But when she runs out of material from her own life, she's accused of stealing people's darkest secrets and most painful traumas and using them to gain fame and fortune. Just how far will Vampire Girl go to get ahead? Find out in Part 1 of this two-episode Halloween special with Ep 2 dropping this Thursday, October 31.

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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for sleeping. It's created and narrated by award-winning editor and writer Nancy Miller (host of HBO Max's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" "The Staircase" and "Love & Death" podcasts).

Subscribe to Dead Sleep via Apple podcasts, Spotify and now on Patreon: Patreon.com/DeadSleep

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Scene Stealer by Evgenia Peretz, Vanity Fair

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/greys-anatomy-elisabeth-finch-truth-lies

Anatomy of Lies

https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/anatomy-of-lies/6024435431465947112

Who Is the Bad Art Friend?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/podcasts/the-daily/bad-art-friend-dorland-v-larson.html

Lost Girls by Robert Kolker http://lostgirlsbook.com/

A California scientist discovers a way to solve the toughest missing person and murder cases in the world, only to find his own life in jeopardy when he begins to behave so strangely, he appears to be suffering from a mysterious and rare illness.

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Kary Mullis autobiography

Kary Mullis and the OJ Simpson case.

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Subscribe to Dead Sleep via Apple podcasts, Spotify and now on Patreon: Patreon.com/DeadSleep