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- 2 days ago14 min
Graceland Was Listed for Auction on a Fake Loan
The Graceland auction threat The papers behind the claim The court challenge and the aliases The records and the conviction The Graceland foreclosure scam put Elvis Presley’s former home into a real auction notice backed by a fictitious loan. Follow the family’s court challenge, the notary’s denial, and the advertisement and filing records investigators traced back to Missouri.An original, non-graphic account from True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Narration is AI-generated. New episodes Monday and Thursday at noon, Algeria time.Listen next: The Great Moon Hoax Borrowed His Name. Another deception used someone else’s authority to make its story look credible.https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-great-moon-hoax-borrowed-his-name--76259074Sources:https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/media/1364286/dl?inline=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/woman-pleads-guilty-scheme-defraud-elvis-presleys-familyhttps://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtn/pr/missouri-woman-sentenced-scheme-fraudulently-foreclose-gracelandhttps://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/ap-top-news/2024/05/22/judge-in-tennessee-blocks-effort-to-put-elvis-presleys-former-home-graceland-up-for-salehttps://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2025/09/23/missouri-woman-sentenced-for-trying-to-sell-gracelandBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-stories-for-no-sleep--6172897/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.
- 5 days ago16 min
The Great Moon Hoax Borrowed His Name
The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 put winged lunar inhabitants beneath the name of a real astronomer. The New York Sun supplied a fictional eyewitness, an extraordinary telescope and a scientific publication that could not support its claims. Follow the reports, the rival papers calling them a hoax, and the story that kept travelling after exposure.An original, non-graphic historical account of a documented deception from True Crime Stories for No Sleep. AI-generated narration with Kristelle.Listen next: Piltdown Man and the Teeth That Gave It Away. Another invented discovery borrowed scientific authority, before its evidence was challenged.https://www.spreaker.com/episo...Sources:https://www.gutenberg.org/cach...https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife...https://clements.umich.edu/pub...https://www.lindahall.org/abou...Chapters:00:00 An astronomer far from the story02:31 An instrument for an invented world06:43 The winged inhabitants10:29 Rival papers challenge the discoveries13:23 Pamphlets, pictures and a bookBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-stories-for-no-sleep--6172897/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.
- 1 weeks ago15 min
The Stone of Scone Left in Two Pieces
The 1950 Stone of Scone theft began beneath the Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey. Four Scottish nationalists took the stone north after it split during removal. Follow the hiding, repair and recovery, then the records and tests used to investigate claims that a substitute had been returned.An original, non-graphic historical account from True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Narration is AI-generated with Kristelle. New episodes Monday and Thursday at noon, Algeria time.Listen next: The Man Who Walked Out with the Mona Lisa. Another famous object was taken with a stated aim of bringing it to a different country; the actions and evidence complicate the simple homecoming story.https://www.spreaker.com/episo...Sources:https://blog.historicenvironme...https://www.westminster-abbey....https://paperspast.natlib.govt...https://hansard.parliament.uk/...https://www.policemuseum.org.u...https://api.parliament.uk/hist...https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/the...https://www.historicenvironmen...https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/20...https://www.gov.scot/news/ston...Chapters:00:00 The stone splits04:23 The search and the repair06:57 The stone reappears08:45 Was the same stone returned?12:44 The fragments travel onBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-stories-for-no-sleep--6172897/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.
- 1 weeks ago16 min
Piltdown Man and the Teeth That Gave It Away
The Piltdown Man forgery joined a human skull to an ape jaw. Follow the original claim, the tests that exposed the fabrication, and the later investigation that pointed to a likely forger. Dawson’s involvement is presented as a research conclusion; his motive remains uncertain.Next listen: The Man Who Walked Out with the Mona Lisa: another investigation in which the history of a celebrated object leads back to the person who presented it.https://www.spreaker.com/episo...New stories Monday and Thursday at noon, Algeria time.Sources:NHM discovery and investigationhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-scie...BGS collaborative historical exhibitionhttps://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/in...1953 primary chemical reporthttps://www.nature.com/article...2016 primary study abstracthttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.go...2016 investigators institutional accounthttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-ev...NHM methods and uncertaintyhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover...Independent museum corroborationhttps://australian.museum/lear...Chapters:00:00 A person who never existed05:43 The tests that changed the case11:29 Tracing the forgerBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-stories-for-no-sleep--6172897/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.
- 2 weeks ago15 min
The Train Robbers and the Monopoly Board
A red signal stopped the Glasgow-to-London mail train. A few days later, a farmhouse full of ordinary objects gave investigators a trail to follow.The 1963 Great Train Robbery took roughly £2.6 million. Follow the false signal, the injured driver, the abandoned postal sacks and the Monopoly board that became part of a much larger investigation. Later claims about an insider remain distinct from what the original enquiry established.True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Carefully researched historical mysteries, told in a warm conversational voice with non-graphic detail.Follow the show for new stories on Monday and Thursday at noon, Algeria time. Narration is AI-generated.Chapters:00:00 A signal everyone trusted05:21 The farmhouse trail10:35 Claims, courts and the long aftermathSources:https://www.btp.police.uk/poli...https://www.thamesvalley.polic...https://artsandculture.google....https://www.nationalarchives.g...https://hansard.parliament.uk/...https://www.smithsonianmag.com...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-stories-for-no-sleep--6172897/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.
- 3 weeks ago16 min
The Money They Could Not Share
The Brink's robbers carried a fortune out of Boston in 1950. Years later, one of them was in jail, asking his partners for help with his legal bills. Follow the falling-out, the damaged banknotes and the evidence that finally connected the men behind the masks.A calm historical mystery from True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Non-graphic narration; participant accounts are identified as such, and unresolved money trails are kept distinct from established facts.Related listening: The Man Who Walked Out with the Mona Lisa; Hatton Garden: The Vault They Entered Twice.New episodes Monday and Thursday. Follow the show for another quiet story.Narration is AI-generated with Kristelle.Sources:https://www.fbi.gov/history/ca...https://law.justia.com/cases/m...https://www.fbi.gov/history/ar...https://content.time.com/time/...Chapters:00:00 The money and the masks03:45 The plan before the robbery07:54 The partnership breaks12:06 Damaged bills and the trialRelated episodes:https://www.spreaker.com/episo...https://www.spreaker.com/episo...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-stories-for-no-sleep--6172897/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.
- 3 weeks ago14 min
The Man Who Walked Out with the Mona Lisa
A worker removes a portrait from the Louvre. More than two years later, a letter signed Leonard V. leads to a Florence hotel room and the recovery of the Mona Lisa. Follow the theft, the attempted sales, and the mistaken belief behind a very real crime.A calm historical story from True Crime Stories for No Sleep, told with non-graphic detail. The theft reconstruction is attributed to post-arrest statements; motives and interpretation are kept distinct from established events.Follow the show for another quiet mystery. Related listening: The Gardner Museum Heist: Thirteen Works, Empty Frames.Narration is AI-generated with Kristelle.Sources:https://www.louvre.fr/en/explo...https://mini-site.louvre.fr/tr...https://archiviodistatofirenze...https://archiviodistatofirenze...https://archiviodistatofirenze...https://archiviodistatofirenze...https://archiviodistatofirenze...https://archiviodistatofirenze...https://guides.loc.gov/chronic...https://www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-stories-for-no-sleep--6172897/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.
- Oct 13, 20268 min
Flight 19: The Journey That Did Not Come Home
Five Navy aircraft left Florida for a training exercise in December 1945. Their radio messages point toward navigational trouble. This episode follows the historical record beyond the Bermuda Triangle legend. True Crime Stories for No Sleep. Calm, carefully researched stories for unwinding. Each episode stands alone; confirmed facts and possible explanations are kept distinct. Historical disappearances do not necessarily involve a crime. If you are new here, start with Hatton Garden. For a related story, look for The Flannan Isles: Three Keepers, One Silent Lighthouse or The Empty Ship at Diamond Shoals. Follow the show to find your next quiet story. Sources:https://www.history.navy.mil/a...https://www.history.navy.mil/b...https://www.history.navy.mil/r...https://www.history.navy.mil/r...https://www.history.navy.mil/n...https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-stories-for-no-sleep--6172897/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.
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