Crime at Bedtime

On Valentine's Day 2020, Hollywood sex therapist Dr Amie Harwick spent the evening at a burlesque show with friends, texting her ex-fiancé Drew Carey about reconnecting. Her ex-boyfriend Gareth Pursehouse broke into her Hollywood Hills home at 9 PM and waited four hours for her to return. When 38-year-old Amie arrived home after 1 AM, Gareth attacked her in her third-floor bedroom. Roommate Michael Herman heard bloodcurdling screams and choking from downstairs. Gareth strangled Amie, beat her as she fought back with defensive wounds on her hands, then threw her off her balcony. She died from blunt-force trauma and strangulation. Amie had restraining orders against Gareth in 2011 and 2012 for choking, suffocating, punching her, and pushing her from a moving car.

One month before her murder, they encountered each other at a red carpet event where he screamed "You ruined my life!" Amie wrote "If something happens to me, he did it." Gareth Pursehouse convicted of first-degree murder, sentenced to life without parole.

UK: National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247, Refuge refuge.org.uk, Samaritans 116 123. US: National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233, RAINN 1-800-656-4673, 988 Lifeline. Australia: 1800 RESPECT, Lifeline 13 11 14. International: hotpeachpages.net
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Dalontay Edmond-Geiger tortured a 60-year-old woman for hours in his Cleveland home - beating her, stabbing her arm, zip-tying her hands, smashing a TV over her head causing skull fractures, and breaking her spine. He then stuffed her folded body into a 3x3-foot plastic tote on his porch. Police checked twice - he played music to cover her moans. When they finally found her, she was paralyzed from the waist down, unable to speak. She spent a week in a coma. Now requires 24-hour care for life. Edmond-Geiger got 16-20 years.

The victim's family set up a GoFundMe (https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-victim-who-was-tortured-and-left-paralyzed) organized by Cynthia Danna to help cover medical expenses, specialized equipment, and round-the-clock care.
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19-year-old Jason Jolkowski left his Omaha home at 10:45 AM on June 13th, 2001, walking to Benson High School to meet a coworker for a ride to work. He never arrived. Last seen by a neighbor walking down his street - then he vanished. No witnesses after 10:45 AM. No body, no belongings, no evidence of struggle. Never appeared on school surveillance cameras. His car stayed in the shop. His final paycheck was never collected. No bank, phone, or social security activity in 23+ years. Jason was 6'1", 160 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes. Last seen wearing black dress pants, white Cubs shirt, blue Cubs cap, black shoes, carrying red Fazoli's shirt. His mother Kelly founded Project Jason to help families of missing persons. Jason's Law created Nebraska's statewide missing persons database.

If you have information: contact Omaha Police (402) 444-5818 or (402) 444-5690. Case remains open after two decades.
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15-year-old Austin Thompson stabbed his brother James to death, then dressed in full camo and hunted down strangers in Raleigh's Hedingham neighbourhood. Off-duty cop Gabriel Torres was shot while on the phone with his wife. Susan Karnatz was jogging. Mary Marshall was looking for her dog. Nicole Connors was killed on her doorstep - all captured on Ring camera. Five dead, two wounded. Thompson left a note: "I hate humans, they are destroying the planet. I have no regrets." Sentenced to five consecutive life sentences without parole.
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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.
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