One night, Karen Palmer got in her car with her husband and two daughters and drove away from their home in California. They didn’t tell anyone where they were going. buff.ly/aRV0Ib5

In 1989, Karen Palmer decided to go into hiding. She made new identities for herself, her husband, and daughters - including fake birth certificates and new social security numbers. New today: pod.link/809264944

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Today on Criminal Plus: When hotel rooms and Ambien don’t mix. Also, Lauren tells Phoebe what happened when men in a British Columbia prison staged the play Dracula in 1982. Join to listen and support the show: www.patreon.com/Criminal

In 1937, The American Weekly described a detective investigating a murder in a city in France. He examined footprints and the bullet left at the scene. And he announced his findings: “I've solved the case. I am the person who killed this man.” Then, he said he’d been asleep. buff.ly/u0qtIP6

“The fact he'd hidden his bloody clothes and the hunting knife in the back of his car was said to be indicators that he'd been thinking about the crime and how to cover it up. That's not something you would do whilst you're asleep.” buff.ly/u0qtIP6

One day in 2011, Lindsey Schweigert’s roommate came home to an open garage, a missing dog, and an overflowing bathtub. Lindsey remembers waking up in police custody. New this week: buff.ly/u0qtIP6

In today’s episode, people who go to sleep and wake up to strange circumstances: a garden axe on a bedside table, a new coat of paint on a door, a stomach full of uncooked rice. And in rare cases – police accusing them of a crime. Listen: buff.ly/u0qtIP6