Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations

This week, an extended version of the fairy tale by Oscar Wilde, The Nightingale and The Rose. It's a story about love and loss with a weird twist. This extended version has crickets in the background that go on after the story is over. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a...

Tickle your subconscious as you nod off to sleep with part two of this great story by Yei Theodora Osaki. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com .If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep .You can read this story (and other public domain c...

Back to the land of fairy tales this week with another great story by Yei Theodora Osaki. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for f...

Written in the style of Finnish Realism, this 19th century tale of a household transformed by modern technology is a sweet tale of simpler times. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can...

It's the finale of "Creepy but Sleepy" October with The Red Room by HG Wells. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https...

"Creepy but Sleepy" October continues with The Hollow of the Three Hills by Nathaniel Hawthorne. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can read this story (and other public domain classics...

A little creepy, but actually very sleepy. It's part two of the classic Danish tale, The Amputated Arms by Jorgen Wilhelm Bergsoe. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can read this story...

A little creepy. A little sleepy. A classic Danish tale this week as we head into autumn. The Amputated Arms (Part One) by Jorgen Wilhelm Bergsoe. Part Two next week. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/lis...

A classic tale of friendship. But not. Only Oscar Wilde could write a fairy tale like this. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for...

By request, another Norse tale this week. Gods and giants square off after the mischievous Loki creates a big problem. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can read this story (and other...

It's part two of A Forest Betrothal by Erckmann-Chatrian this week. Find out how it ends with the sleepy conclusion of this May December one-way romance. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . ...

We're off to the Alps for an old French story of love and loss this week. With a special dedication. This one is a real bucolic gem and I think you're gonna love it. It's A Forest Betrothal (Part 1) by Erckmann-Chatrian. You can hear Part 2 in Episode 11. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podc...

Here's a fairy tale by Oscar Wilde, The Nightingale and The Rose. It's a story about love and loss with a weird twist. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can read this story (and other...

Goblin Market is a beautiful, weird, long poem by Christina Rossetti. It has a strange history and was supposedly written for children... Really? Google it if you want to know more. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com .If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://p...

This is the extended version of Goblin Market, a beautiful and bizarre poem by Christina Rossetti. It's an hour long and has no introduction. There are sounds I recorded at the creek behind my cabin in the background. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you l...

This is the extended version of the traditional Japanese fairy tale written by Yei Theodora Osaki. It's 45 minutes long and has no introduction and some sounds of nighttime at the creek in the background. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com .If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or becom...

This Japanese fairy tale by Yei Theodora Ozaki tells a story about kindness, with a few demons thrown in for good measure. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can read this story (and ot...

An extended length (31 minutes) episode with nature sounds and no introduction. I recorded some sounds from a different part of the creek for this longer version of Episode 4, and when the story ends, the creek sounds continue to the end. I hope you like it. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the p...

Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes has been a favorite story of mine since I was a child. It's over a hundred years old but still very relevant to our world today. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com .If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you li...

If you like the sound of the creek in the background while I read or you'd like a longer audio file to put you to sleep, I've made an extended version of Episode 3. It has just the story, no introduction, with creek sounds underneath. When the story ends, the creek sounds continue to the end. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.c...

Here's one more viking myth to help you fall asleep, Kvasir's Blood by Abbie Farwell Brown. Next week, we'll have a more modern Scandinavian bedtime story. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep...

If you like the sound of the creek in the background while I read or you'd like a longer audio file to put you to sleep, I've made an extended version of Episode 2. It has just the story, no introduction, with creek sounds underneath. When the story ends, the creek sounds continue for another 15 minutes. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.lis...

Here's another viking myth to help you fall asleep, How Odin Lost His Eye by Abbie Farwell Brown. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can read this story (and other public domain classic...

A viking myth bedtime story to help you fall asleep. The Beginning of Things by Abbie Farwell Brown. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com . If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep . You can read this story (and other public domain clas...

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