It's Dead Sleep's 100th episode. Please join Nancy as she revisits the true crime story that changed the course of her career: a notorious saga of a wealthy and successful restauranteur who shocked Los Angeles - and the world - with two murders - and three senseless deaths. But there's another side to the story that's often overlooked: the original story was penned by a writer named Mark Arax who reported this story while grappling with a murder mystery of his own.

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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for nighttime listening. 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).

*Dead Sleep is a 2025 Clue Award finalist for Best Episodic True Crime Podcast*

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Want to know more about this story?

The Zankou Chicken Murders by Mark Arax in L.A. Mag:

https://lamag.com/crimeinla/the-zankou-chicken-murders/

West of the West by Mark Arax

https://mark-arax.com/west-of-the-west/

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Hey Everybody! Nancy here. Please enjoy this free teaser of the November bonus episode as we reach the stunning conclusion to "Mystery at Manly Cove."

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Want to know more? This is part two a two-part series drawn from Steve Johnson's recent memoir "A Thousand Miles to Care" and an October 13, 2025 New Yorker feature by writer Eren Orbey "Letters from Australia."

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Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime is an independent, ad-free, listener supported true crime show made for nighttime listening. 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).

*Dead Sleep is a 2025 Clue Award finalist for Best Episodic True Crime Podcast*

[PART 1 of 2] When a 27-year old man named Scott Johnson was found amongst the rocks along a beach called Manly Cove, authorities believed Scott jumped from some nearby cliffs and ruled his death a suicide. But his older brother Steve refused to believe it. Scott was a brilliant and admired math genius with everything to live for. Steve soon grows suspicious of those closest to Scott and becomes determined to prove Scott might've been a victim of foul play. But how to prove a murder that police say never happened?

This is part 1 of a two-part series drawn from Steve Johnson's recent memoir "A Thousand Miles from Care: A Thirty-Year True-Crime Quest for Justice" and an October 13, 2025 New Yorker feature by writer Eren Arbey "Letters from Australia."

Court TV personality Nancy Grace's impassioned treatise on the Ellen Greenberg case: What Happened to Ellen? A Miscarriage of Justice

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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).

Subscription issues? Questions? Email Nancy ⁠deadsleeppodcast@gmail.com⁠

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Sarah Ferguson, the disgraced Duchess of York, claimed to be an advocate for girls everywhere. So how did Fergie go from vivacious, redheaded royal to a calculating co-conspirator for predators like Jeffrey Epstein and her own ex-husband (and ex-prince) Andrew? As Fergie's fate unfolds in the news, dive into this exhaustive saga of Sarah, Andrew, and their ill-fated fairytale.

Want to know the full story? Check out Andrew Lownie's extraordinary biography Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York

Sarah's many memoirs - with another reportedly in the works.

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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).

Subscription issues? Questions? Email Nancy ⁠deadsleeppodcast@gmail.com⁠

Please enjoy this free teaser for Dead Sleep's October bonus subscriber episode. If you would like to listen to the full ep, feel free to subscribe. Search for "Dead Sleep" on Patreon, Spotify or Apple podcasts.

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Dead Sleep is an ad-free, listener supported true crime podcast made for nighttime listening. Created and narrated by award-winning podcast host and journalist Nancy Miller.

Issues? Questions? Email Nancy: deadsleepodcast@gmail.com

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When an L.A. homicide detective lies to a suspect to get a confession, his deception inadvertently leads to the death of a teenage girl and an innocent man accused of her murder.

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Once upon a time there were two Amys. One was the prickly, pretentious professor everybody thought they knew. The other? A secretly seething killer nobody saw coming...until it was too late.

Want to know more about this story?

Read the original source material:

"The Fury" by Amy Wallace, Wired magazine, 2011

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Nobody's Girl the posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre (ghostwritten by Amy Wallace)

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In 2003, a young father was accused of murder, deemed an incurable psychopath, and sentenced to death. More than two decades later, a fresh look at the case raises new questions about the original investigation, including the controversial "Psychopath Test" that might've doomed an innocent man to death row.

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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).

To subscribe to Dead Sleep, search for "Dead Sleep: True Crime for Bedtime" via Spotify, Patreon, and Apple podcasts.

Questions / suggestions? Email Nancy: deadsleeppodcast@gmail.com

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After a series of tragic events, the sanity of a successful New York City artist is tested when a new skyscraper threatens her greatest inspiration - a once-perfect view.