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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 […]

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

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

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

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,

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