Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

While most Little Women readings have been funny and charming, things take a serious turn in tonight’s bedtime story. All ends well, despite some close calls, love wins out despite the challenges and you’ll be sleeping before you get there. Story (09:06) Find Little Women by Louisa May Alcott https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/514 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and...

Tonight, we start with a deep history of the science of astronomy, back to the beginning of recorded history. And it’s both gripping and soporific. Sleep tight! Story (07:26) (04:38) Find Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David P. Todd https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39142 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for...

The long, long story of the development of the British Railway system is probably not interesting enough to keep you awake, as the soporific story of lines and stations drones on. Story (08:03) Find Rides on Railways by Samuel Sidney https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13271 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are s...

Our narrator meets up with Mr Heathcliff and family, but invites himself around and makes things very awkward. We learn a bit of family history, which seems mostly bitter. But not all that much happens as the storm rolls in and you fall asleep. Story (07:02) Find Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my wor...

A story about bedtime, at your bedtime. Not all is relaxing for our protagonist as he is accidentally exposed to another culture. Note to readers I did trim some of the casual racism out of this, hopefully nothing offensive slipped through. Story (08:37) (05:03) Find Moby Dick by Herman Melville https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work...

A person in Greece meets a young stranger who has a fascinating tale to tell. It’s a bit dry, as these stories tend to be, so you will be asleep before we get too far. Story (08:32) Find The King of the Mountains by Edmond About https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42096 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are severa...

Time to develop some skills as you prepare for sleep! Learn the principles and philosophy of reading fortunes in tea leaves. Learn the proper methods as well as get an exhaustive list of the symbols to expect and their meaning. Exhaustive? Did I mean exhausting? Story (08:21) Find Tea-Cup Reading and Fortune Telling by Tea Leaves by a Highland Seer https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18241 Supporting...

Sleep comes in tonight’s podcast as Mary starts to find herself more at home in the old mansion on the Yorkshire moors. Her new found curiosity starts to get the better of her as she explores the mystery of house and grounds while making friends with a friendly robin Story (08:48) Find The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/113 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If...

We pickup our bedtime story with Watson prevailing on Holmes to investigate the mystery that the Scotland Yard detectives have called them out to. His skills are put on full display, and he believes he has solved the mystery within the hour. But prepare to miss this revelation when you fall asleep. Story (08:21) Find A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/244 Sup...

For tonight’s sleepy story we pick up with our detective interviewing the victim’s land lady. The conversation is fruitful and leads in the direction of romance, jealousy, grief, and love. Story (09:16) Find The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4223 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for f...

We pick up with our protagonist meeting far future descendants of humanity, they are small, beautiful, and apparently not very intelligent after millennia of lack of struggle. But things take a dark turn right after the point at which you should be asleep. Story (08:03) Find The Time Machine by H.G. Wells https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support...

We left this story a long time ago. The tale of a wilful young woman, who has agreed to marry a wealthy suitor and they are starting to build their life together. There is tension in the relationship, but the whole thing is almost guaranteed to put you asleep because it is not exciting. Until a prodigal son returns! Story (07:46) Find The Orchid by Robert Grant https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/537...

The tale turns a bit to the dark, so this is the last Sleep Time visit to The Cossacks. We go along with a unit of Cossack soldiers, then meet up with a Russian unit. It looks like conflict may be coming, but I won’t share that at bedtime. Story (07:56) Find The Cossacks: A Tale of 1852 by graf Leo Tolstoy https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4761 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to supp...

Remember how I described last week’s episode as interesting yet dry? Well, there’s no danger of being kept awake here. This is just dry and powerfully sleep inducing. Recording this was a struggle because I could barely stay awake. Story (07:23) Find Cosmos: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14565 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales...

Interesting yet dry is the ideal description for something that should help the listener sleep, and very suitable for the ancient history of tonight’s bedtime ‘story.’ The true history of Odoacer the ‘king’ of Rome and the history of the Vandals who operated in North Africa during this period. Story (07:01) Find The Dark Ages, 476-918 by Charles Oman https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61536 Supporti...

Learn a bit about the early life of Johan Friederich Overbeck. Well, try because it’s really dry and recipe to your mind drifting to sleep with boredom. His family history is actually quite interesting, but I doubt you will find out from listening to this snoozy episode. Story (07:10) Find Overbeck by J. Beavington Atkinson https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25073 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you...

The end of the world may be coming, but the interpersonal problems will have you fast asleep before anything much happens. We follow along with our protagonist and we learn his personal history and that of his family’s disgrace. Story (07:29) Find The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18247   Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work a...

Our unlikeable protagonist escapes the island to be rescued. But is his saviour even more of a scoundrel? It may be the case. But you may never know once you fall asleep. Story (07:47) Find The Ship of Coral by H. De Vere Stacpoole https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54437 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are sev...

  A young woman goes with her sister and her sickly Aunt to ‘convalesce’ where she meets a friendly neighbour and finds herself entangled in a strike where things start to go bad. While this may sound fascinating I promise that the way I tell it you will still be lights out very soon. Story (07:14) Find The Hill of Adventure by Cornelia Meigs https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57833 Supporting Sleep...

The lives of the March girls begin to intersect with Laurie, the lonely boy next door. Their light and life give him new interests and passions. And his dear old Grandfather takes a delighted interest in Beth and her passion for music. Story (08:01) Find Little Women by Louisa May Alcott https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/514 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help...

An interesting, but dry, insight into the importance of many scientific discoveries from a 19 th Century perspective. Includes details about the techniques of different types of printing, so truly snooze inducing. Story (07:38) Find A Historical Account of Useful Inventions and Scientific Discoveries by George Grant https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53613 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would l...

Apologies for something with very traditional gender roles baked in, but this is an interesting mix of stunningly boring and good advice for everyone trying to keep house. Even if the advice on how to maintain a coal stove isn’t exactly pertinent. But hey, at least you’ll get a good night’s rest. Story (07:13) Find Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools www.gutenberg.org...

Ever wondered what it takes to run a group of Post Offices in 19 th Century Canada? No?! Well, good news. You won’t find out because this is guaranteed to help you sleep! Tonight I share with you an endless list of rules and regulations so soporific it was almost impossible to record and edit. Story (07:00) Find General Instructions for the Guidance of Post Office Inspectors in the Dominion of Can...

Travel through the mysterious realm under the Earth as our protagonist works with, loses, and finds an old friend, encounters some bears and climbs a mountain to find his way. Story (07:25) Find Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/605 Support Black Owned Businesses: https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/support-black-owned-businesses/ Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you...

  I got a bit sick this week and couldn’t do much recording. So here is an assortment of sleepy short stories normally reserved for $5 a month patrons. Take a listen and see what you’re missing out on. Or don’t because you’ll be snoring before long. Story (07:52) The Apparition of Mrs Veal by Daniel Defoe From The Great English Short Story Writers https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10135 When the Go...