Bore You To Sleep - Sleep Stories for Adults

Tonight’s readings come from The Republic, by Plato. Written in approximately 375 BC and translated many years later by Benjamin Jowett, the story looks at society in Ancient Greece. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slow...

Tonight’s reading comes Birds and their nests. Written by Mary Howitt, this book looks at some of the fascinating birds that live around us. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. If you find the podcast be...

Tonight’s reading comes from the Provincial American and other papers, by Meredith Nicholson. Published in 1913, this book is the perfect companion to help you drift off to sleep. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly...

Tonight’s reading comes from The South Country. Written by Edward Thomas and published in 1909, this book explores southern England and how it was in the early 1900s My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. T...

Tonight’s reading comes from Henry James at Work. Written by Theodora Bosanquet and published in 1920, this story looks at the famed author, Henry James. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. It would also...

Tonight’s reading comes from George Bernard Shaw : His Plays. Written by Henry L Mencken and published in 1905, this book explores the famed playwright and political activist, George Bernard Shaw. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background...

Tonight’s reading comes from The Hollow Earth, by F. T. Ives. Published at 1904, it looks at the theories about what was beneath the Earth’s surface. These theories were formed in the early 20thcentury, and a lot has been learned since then from science. Just a note for you listerests, the opening chapter uses the term, Crank, which I found confusing. The definition of a crank, is än eccentric per...

Tonight’s reading comes from Secrets of Polar Travel, by Robert E. Peary. Published in 1917, this story explores the ice, and the ships that allow us to get there. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. If...

Tonight’s reading comes from Some English Gardens. Published in 1904, this story looks at English gardens at the turn of the 20th century. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. Thank you to everyone who sh...

My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. I would like to say Happy Easter where ever you are, and I hope that you’re keeping safe and well. I’ll be taking a short vacation, which means that I won’t be here to read you a bedtime story for a short while. I do realise that a lot of you rely on the podcast for sleep, and I’m grateful for those of you who listen to...

Tonight’s reading comes from A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons, by Fredrick Accum. Published in 1820, it’s surprising to hear about the ways in which food was adulterated in the early 1800’s My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play...

Tonight’s reading comes from Outland. Written by Mary Austin and published in 1910, this book will take you to nature while you slowly drift off. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. Thank you to everyone...

Published in 1912 and written by Grenville A J Cole, this story looks at rocks and where they came from. I must say, it’s the perfect sleep to help bore you to sleep. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep....

Published in 1920 and written by Roger B Whitman, this story looks at all the moving parts, that makes a tractor work. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. Thank you to everyone who shared their words of...

100 years ago. It was written by Frank Alvah Parsons My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. Thank you to everybody who took the time to leave a review during the week. Your ongoing support is greatly apprec...

Tonight’s reading comes from The Village in the Jungle, published in 1913. This story explores Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka) in the early 1900’s. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. If you would like, you can a...

Tonight’s reading comes from The Meccas of the World. Published in 1913, by Anne Warwick. This story starts off in New York, as it was during the early 1900’s. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. Thank y...

Tonight’s reading comes from Bee-Keeping. By "The Times" Bee-Master. Published in 1864, this book looks at the art of beekeeping in the mid 1800’s. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. Thank you to everyo...

Tonight’s reading comes from The Fourth Dimension by C Howard Hinton. Published in 1906, this book takes a scientific look at the fourth dimension and its properties. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep....

Tonight’s reading comes from The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Published in 1903, this book explores the Canadian wilderness in the late 1800’s My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. Thank you to everyon...

Tonight’s reading comes from Father Thames, by Walter Higgins. This book explores the Thames River, a London icon that is known around the world. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. Thank you to everyone...

Tonight’s reading comes from The A B C of Relativity by Bertrand Russell . Published in 1925, this book looks at Eintstein and the theory of relativity My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the back. Thank you to everyone who shared their words of gr...

Tonight’s reading comes from Rubber Hand Stamps and the Manipulation of Rubber, written by T. O'Conor Sloane. This book looks at the history of rubber, when it was first discovered and ultimately put to practical use. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to pl...

Tonight’s reading comes from Mountain Paths by Maurice Maeterlinck. This book looks at the supernatural, and the path between life and the afterlife. My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. Thank you to ever...

My name is Teddy and I aim to help people everywhere get a good night’s rest. Sleep is so important and my mission is to help you get the rest you need. The podcast is designed to play in the background while you slowly fall asleep. Thank you to everyone who shared their words of gratitude with me, during the week. I’m truly honoured that you have chosen this podcast to help you fall asleep. If yo...