Sleepy Time Tales Podcast Creating A Restful Mindset Through Relaxing Bedtime Stories

Mistress Mary quite contrary starts to explore her new home, finding some joy as well as tragedy. Tonight fall asleep as Mary learns her way around her new home in England and how different her life will be. She finds the joy of a robin, but also the sadness of tragedy and why the lord of the house locked up his late wife’s favourite garden. Story (14:18) Find The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/113 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonuses including Patron only episodes, special edits and real postcards, eventually when the world opens again.

We return to Tolstoy’s early work and learn about the culture of the Cossacks, which is pretty snooze inducing to be fair.. Detailed show notes: https://sleepytimetales.net/?p=1450 As the young nobleman of the previous episode on this topic continues travels we learn some interesting titbits of the origins of the Cossacks in Russian culture, and what they inherited from the Tartar neighbours. Along with the place and power of women in their society. Story (15:46) 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 support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonuses i

Sleep will come as the protagonists travel to Morocco and another travels through the world inside the Earth. Pellucidar is part of a series of books by Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It’s a proto-scifi series about travelling in the hollow Earth, and it’s really not as interesting as it sounds the way I tell it. Story 15:32 Find A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/244 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonuses including Patron only episodes, special edits and real postcards, eventually when the world opens again.

The famous Doctor Watson meets a prospective housemate who happens to be Sherlock Holmes, and that’s a perfect story to help you sleep. Not many know the story of the adventures of John Watson before meeting Sherlock Holmes, but he had a full and adventurous life before meeting a strange man who needs someone to help him pay the rent. But the story is over before the main adventure starts and |I’m sure sleep will have come before then. Story 16:37 Find A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/244 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonuses including Patron only episod

A new mysterious comet is in the sky, but our protagonist is more interested in his broken heart Full show notes: https://sleepytimetales.net/?p=1414 A strange preface leads to a story of young heartbreak in the times before the comet came. A new light is in the sky, but the protagonist is obsessed with his heartbreak. The story isn’t even close to becoming interesting before it ends, but it’s just as well because you are trying to sleep after all. Story 13:37 Find In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3797 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonuses including Pat

A murder, a mystery, you’ll still feel sleepy because a cross examination at an inquest isn’t at fun as it sounds. Detailed Episode notes: https://sleepytimetales.net/?p=1402 A hansom cab driver picks up a fare and ends up delivering the deceased to the police. But who was the man? Who took his life? These are mysteries that will probably go unanswered because you won’t be awake by the end! Story 14:47 Find The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume on Project Gutenberg 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 free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonuses including Patron only episodes, special edits an

We return to a previous story as the adventure heats up. But will it keep you awake? The Sydney Psychometrist, Professor Mortikali, has a new silent partner with mysterious motivations. But with the way I tell the story you may never find out what they are, and how his plans go awry. Story 15:30 Find ‘The Swampers’ on Project Gutenberg Australia http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0602701h.html Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonuses including Patron only episodes, special edits and real postcards, eventually when the world opens again.

Tonight’s bedtime story is a tale of tragedy and betrayal. But also love and strong will. A young country woman falls for a rascal of a man and is alone to return pregnant to her family. Her brother is embarrassed by his rural family. But when tragedy after tragedy strikes he needs to take his mother and his niece to his bitter, ‘superior’ wife and set up a very tense home life. But none of that matter because you won’t get to the end of the story tonight. You’ll be fast asleep. Story 13:42 Read 'Lena Rivers by Mary Jane Holmes on Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12835 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on P

This week we have a selection of short sleepy stories to help you get your night’s rest Detailed episode notes: https://sleepytimetales.net/?p=1371 An exciting series of short stories send you to sleep on this week's podcast. For your bedtime enjoyment we present a trio of tales of a mythological flavour. From a young boy in the Andes saving the lives of some ‘intrepid’ and careless explorers. To how the Elephant got his trunk, thanks to his insatiable curiosity, and ending with a fable of the creation of Day and Night. A Boy of the Andes By Charles F Lummis  From The Enchanted Burro    https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58954 The Elephant’s Child By Rudyard Kipling from Just So Stories                    https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2781 A Legend of the Dawn By Lord Dunsany from Time and the Gods                https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8183 Story 15:02 Image by skeeze from Pixabay Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep

A story about a mysterious man and the magnificent gem he’s trying to sell is what you will be falling asleep to tonight.. *CW* This story is a sad one and ends in suicide. A well-known London jeweller has a mysterious guest trying to sell a magnificent gem, but any reputable dealer needs provenance and the Russian man will just not tell his history or that of the gem. It ends sadly, but I’m sure you won’t be awake enough because this one will definitely help you sleep. Story 17:16 Image by Jana Veselá from Pixabay Read Jewel Mysteries, from a Dealer's Note Book by Max Pemberton https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39891 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can s

A sleepy story time story ends well despite some drama at sea. It may seem tense but it won’t keep you awake. Tonight we tell a tale of the adventures of a 19th century fisherman whose expedition goes wrong. Lost at sea without water or feed, things seem tense, but rest your pretty head because the story ends well and you’ll have nothing to interrupt your dreams. Story 15:01 Find Out of the Fog: A Story of the Sea by Charles K. Ober https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7957 Image by Pexels from Pixabay Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonuses including Patron only episodes, special edits and real

We return to the bedtime story of a mysterious young woman and an equally mysterious country gentleman Detailed Episode notes here: https://sleepytimetales.net/?p=1345 Sleep can be a struggle for many in these trying times. So, try out this story told boringly to help you catch some Z’s. Remember back when a young woman had her car break down in the country? No, you were probably asleep when it happened. But we return to the story the next morning as she and her mysterious hosts learn more about each other. But as interesting as the story is you should be asleep before the excitement gets too much… Who am I kidding? The way I tell the story this will never get exciting. Story 15:35 Find The Ship of Coral by H. De Vere Stacpoole on Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54437 Image by Shadi Mohammad Chowdhury from Pixabay Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you c

Sleep comes in this bedtime story about a shipwreck that is a cure for insomnia. Sleep can be a struggle for many in these trying times. So, try out this story told boringly to help you catch some Z’s. We return tonight to the story of a shipwreck that’s managed to go even more wrong for the, now, sole survivor. The gulls seem to torment him as he drifts mentally and meditates. Speaking to the silence and the island as you wait for sleep as he waits for rescue. But as interesting as the story is you should be asleep before the excitement gets too much… Who am I kidding? The way I tell the story this will never get exciting. Story 15:15 Find The Ship of Coral by H. De Vere Stacpoole on Project Gutenberg 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 several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time

A classic mystery bedtime story is your cure for insomnia this week Full show notes: https://sleepytimetales.net/?p=1315 Sleep can be a struggle for many in these trying times. So, try out this story told boringly to help you catch some Z’s. Tonight, we have a full reading of a G.K Chesterton classic ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ for your enjoyment and to help treat your sleepless nights. Also famous as a Hitchcock movie, this is a mystery at a country manor that has a touch of  strange motivations and hidden identities. But as interesting as the bedtime story is you should be asleep before the excitement gets too much… Who am I kidding? The way I tell the story this will never get exciting. Story 16:28 Image by GraphicMama-team from Pixabay The Man Who Knew Too Much by G. K. Chesterton https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1720 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support

Tonight’s treatment for insomnia is a classic tale of family and love Full Show notes: https://sleepytimetales.net/?p=1298 In honour of the recent release of a new movie version of Little Women I present tonight’s reading to help you sleep. This treatment for insomnia includes a play, some presents and some good deeds but while the story is charming it won’t be enough to keep you awake. Story 15:54 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/514 Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes talk Little Women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D21xMcTuTms Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a h

A popular young guardsman is preparing for an important race, but this podcast is not exciting enough to stop you sleeping Show notes: https://sleepytimetales.net/?p=1278 A look behind the curtains at the lives of young noble military men as they prepare for their friend’s big race, and the story of the horse and rider with a gambling problem and a tendency to take loans. Story 15:30 Image by TheOtherKev from Pixabay Find ‘Under Two Flags on Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3465 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonuses including Patron only episodes, special edits and real pos

A life sailing at sea has exciting moments, but overall it’s a great bedtime tale to help you sleep. Joshua Slocum had an exciting life of adventure at sea. But much of the day to day isn’t full of thrills. And in fact is perfect podcast to help the sad insomniac try to sleep. Story 15:14 Image from Pixabay Find ‘Sailing Alone Around the World’ on Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6317 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonuses including Patron only episodes, special edits and real postcards, eventually when the world opens again.

We return for a sleepy story of life of a girl in an Aussie mining camp Show Notes: https://sleepytimetales.net/?p=1244 The sweet story of a young girl in an Aussie mining camp is the story that will help you sleep tonight. Cure your insomnia with the tale of young crushes and intercamp rivalries. Story 17:02 Image by Mike Goad from Pixabay Find ‘Just A Girl’ on Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57166 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonuses including Patron only episodes, special edits and real postcards, eventually when the world opens again.

The story of an unfortunate and unpleasant young girl is what is going to help you sleep tonight   Detailed show notes here: https://sleepytimetales.net/?p=1231 Sleep comes for you tonight, while I’m telling you the story of an unfortunate young girl who loses her family and has to move into an uncertain, and probably uncomfortable, new home. This bedtime story is a classic but be ready to snooze before anything exciting happens. Story 15:08 Image by David Mark from Pixabay The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/113 Supporting Sleepy Time Tales If you would like to support my work and help keep the podcast available and for free, there are several ways you can support the show. If you need masks for going out in public and want to support Sleepy Time Tales as well as Heart to Heart International, then check out the masks now available on the Redbubble store You can support the show as a supporter on Patreon and receive a host of bonus

Star crossed love and lots of bun puns are the mark of this bedtime story   Full Show notes: https://sleepytimetales.net/?p=1217 Prepare for a tale of love and buns with the bedtime story on this week’s podcast episode. A young man is the heir of two different fortunes, but a feud and forbidden love put both at risk. The story sounds packed and exciting, but sleep is almost guaranteed by the way I’ll tell you. Story 16:44 In the Onyx Lobby by Carolyn Wells https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35254 #BlackLivesMatter – Support these great Black podcasts Scam Goddess – The lighter side of True Crime with Laci Moseley https://www.earwolf.com/show/scam-goddess/ Vega: A Sci-Fi Adventure podcast https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/gdxp2-836c1/Vega-A-Sci-Fi-Adventure-Podcast! Black Girls Do Stuff Too https://blackgirlsdostufftoo.com/ #BlackLivesMatter – Support these great causes This NY Mag article has a list of 115 places to donate to support #BlackLivesMatter protestors, vic