the.com/milkman hour
That 3 a.m. dead zone when only the lonely, the loaded, and the lawless are awake.
old originNamed for dawn milk deliveries before refrigeration existed
body clockHuman alertness hits its absolute floor near 3 a.m.
crime peakBurglaries and overdoses cluster in these silent hours
slang lifeNow means babies born or trysts ending pre-dawn