The Seven Year Dream

The Seven Year Dream

From Crime at Bedtime by Jack Laurence

May 26, 2026 · 22 min · Season 2 · Episode 62

About this episode

The episode explores the extraordinary inner life of Clélia Verdier, a woman who experiences a full life in her mind while in a coma.

In June 2025, a 19 year old woman in Lyon, France, was placed into a medically induced coma. For the next three weeks, she lay still in a hospital bed, kept alive by machines while her body healed. But inside her mind, something extraordinary was happening. Clélia Verdier was falling in love. She was getting married. She was giving birth to triplets she named Mila, Maïlée, and Miles. She was burying the little boy who died shortly after birth. She was watching her two daughters grow from babies into seven year old girls with distinct personalities and bedtime stories and walks in the park. When Clélia finally opened her eyes, the first thing she did was ask the nurses where her children were. And when her parents arrived, she told them they were grandparents. What happens to a woman who lives an entire life inside her own mind. Who grieves children no one else can remember. And who has to find a way back to a reality that no longer feels real. Become a Patreon or Apple + subscriber now for ealry and ad free access from as little as $1.69 a week. All the details here Subscribe to Crime at Bedtimes Youtube channel HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jack Laurence

Topics covered

  • medically induced coma
  • love
  • grief
  • reality
  • family
  • childbirth

Keywords

  • coma
  • love story
  • children
  • grief
  • reality
  • hospital
  • family

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Lyon, France

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