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Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Do you have trouble drifting off to sleep? My mission is simple. To help you relax, put the stressful day behind you and drift off to sleep. In every episode, I will read an old story in the public domain. So lie down, settle into your pillow, close your eyes, and let me read you a bedtime story to help you sleep.
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Episodes
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Emily of the New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Fall asleep to a story from the author of Anne of Green Gables. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple…
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Hunted Down: A Mystery Bedtime Story by Charles Dickens (Rebroadcast)
Tonight's bedtime story for adults is Hunted Down by Charles Dickens. Published in 1859, this is a rare detective story from the celebrated writer. Mr Sampson…
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A Costume Piece by E W Hornung
Tonight's sleep story is A Costume Piece by E W Hornung. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts. For…
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The Princess and the Goblin: Curdie and His Mother
Tonight's story to help you fall asleep is the continuation of The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. In this episode, Curdie tells his mother about…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Little Soldier - A Fairytale Bedtime Story
Fall asleep fast to this charming fairytale bedtime story. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts. For…
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The Blue Castle: Valancy Snaith
Drift off to the next chapters in The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Time Machine by H G Wells - Fall Asleep Fast
Fall asleep fast tonight to The Time Machine by H G Wells. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts. For…
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The Secret Garden: It Has Come!
Fall asleep fast to the continuation of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7…
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The Lost Special by Arthur Conan Doyle - Mystery Sleep Story
Fall asleep fast to this story by Arthur Conan Doyle. The mystery of the disappearance of a private train. Sherlock has a brief cameo (although he is not…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Lupin: The Queen's Necklace by Maurice LeBlanc
Drift off to sleep tonight with another story from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc. You might have seen the…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Summer by Edith Wharton
Tough day ahead? Relax tonight with a story by Edith Wharton. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Treasure Island: The Attack - Adventure Bedtime Story
Feeling stressed? Relax with tonight's bedtime story, the continuation of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Published in 1883, this adventure novel…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Wind in the Willows: The Return of Ulysses
Fall asleep tonight to the conclusion of this classic story. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts…
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The Sandman's Hour: Stories for Bedtime (Rebroadcast)
Tough day tomorrow? Quiet your mind with bedtime stories from The Sandman's Hour. This episode includes the stories The Disorderly Girl, The Poppies, The…
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Mr Lawrence
Struggling to fall asleep? Relax with tonight's bedtime story, the continuation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. This second and last novel by…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman
Fall asleep to a short story by Mary E Wilkins Freeman. A woman has waited years for her betrothed to return. But is she happier with her life without him?…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Robin Hood: How Little John Lived At The Sheriff's
Tonight's bedtime story is the continuation of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try…
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Sherlock Holmes - The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist by Arthur Conan Doyle
Relax and drift off to another classic Sherlock Holmes mystery. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple…
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The Yosemite: The Forest Trees in General by John Muir
Can't sleep? Quiet your mind with chapters from The Yosemite by John Muir. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on…
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Heidi - A Premium Preview
The story of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. This is a preview of the latest episode on the Just Sleep Premium feed. To access the full episode, upgrade to Just Sleep…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
How They Built The Ship Argo - Greek Myth Sleep Story
Fall asleep tonight to the adventures of Jason and the Argonauts. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple…
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Daddy Long Legs: Lock Willow Farm by Jean Webster
Settle down tonight to the continuation of Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster. Judy meets Jervis Pendleton and spends three months on a farm. Support the podcast…
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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
Tough day? Fall asleep fast tonight to one of the best selling novels of all time. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Pride and Prejudice: Jane Goes to London by Jane Austen
Can't sleep? Drift off to the continuation of the classic story by Jane Austen. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days…
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The Land of the Blue Flower by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Fall asleep fast to this charming story of a baby who grows up to be a young King who changes the lives of the people in his kingdom. From the author of the…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Gulliver's Travels: The Affairs of the Empire by Jonathan Swift
Drift off to the continuation of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple…
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Holiday Group by E M Delafield
Fall asleep tonight to a short story by E M Delafield. A vicar's family holidays in Devon. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE…
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A Little Cloud by James Joyce (Rebroadcast)
Tonight's bedtime story is A Little Cloud by James Joyce. This story appears in Joyce's 1914 collection Dubliners. Little Chandler meets up with an old friend…
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The Gylston Slander by Herbert Jenkins
Slanderous letters are circulating in a small English village. Malcolm Sage investigates. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE…
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The Marvelous Land of Oz: The Prisoners of the Queen
Fall asleep fast tonight to the continuation of the Marvelous Land of Oz. The merry group heads to the Emerald City and faces the Queen and her army. Support…
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The Jellyfish and the Monkey - Japanese Fairy Tales
Fall asleep fast to two Japanese fairytales - The Jellyfish and the Monkey and My Lord Bag of Rice. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes…
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The Lady Vanishes: Passengers by Ethel Lina White
Feeling stressed? Relax with tonight's bedtime story, the continuation of The Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White. In this episode, Iris boards her train and…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett
Fast asleep tonight to the opening chapters of the charming mystery novel, the Grand Babylon Hotel. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes…
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The Princess and the Goblin: The Escape by George MacDonald
Tonight's story to help you fall asleep is the continuation of The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. In this episode, Irene follows her thread and…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Ides of March by E W Hornung : A Mystery Bedtime Story
Tonight's mystery bedtime story is a short story from the book, the Amateur Cracksman by E W Hornung. Fun fact: he was the brother in law of Arthur Conan…
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The Blue Castle: The Party by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Tonight's story is the continuation of the Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery. best known for writing Anne of Green Gables. This romance novel was published…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton - a Premium Preview
Blackmail! Disguises! Murder! Another adventure with Sherlock Holmes and Watson. This is a preview of the latest episode on the Just Sleep Premium feed. To…
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The Book of Beasts by Edith Nesbit - A Fairy Tale Bedtime Story
Tonight's bedtime story is The Book of Beasts, a charming fairytale from the Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbit. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus…
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Treasure Island: How the Ship was Abandoned - Adventure Sleep Story
Feeling stressed? Relax with tonight's bedtime story, the continuation of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Published in 1883, this adventure novel…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
Tough day ahead? Calm your mind with the opening chapters of Anthony Trollope's classic novel. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try…
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Lupin: The Mysterious Traveller: Mystery Bedtime Story
Tonight's sleepy tale is another mystery bedtime story of Lupin, the Gentleman Burglar. If you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple…
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The Kiss by Anton Chekhov (Rebroadcast)
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with The Kiss by Anton Chekhov, a short story to help you fall asleep. First published in 1887, it is the story of a loner…
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Through the Looking Glass: Queen Alice
Tough day? Relax with tonight's bedtime story, the continuation of Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus…
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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - Extended Episode
Tonight's sleepy tale is an extended episode of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights is Emily's only book, published in 1847 under the…
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The Wind in the Willows: The Further Adventures of Toad by Kenneth Grahame
Tonight's story to help you fall asleep is the continuation of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. In this episode, Toad's adventures continue and…
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In Search of the Golden Fleece - A Greek Myth Bedtime Story
Tonight's bedtime story is an adaptation of a Greek Myth by Charles Kingsley. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on…
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Vile Slander by Anne Bronte
Struggling to fall asleep? Relax with tonight's bedtime story, the continuation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. This second and last novel by…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Roman Fever by Edith Wharton
Fall asleep tonight to a short story by Edith Wharton. Two women reminisce about their romantic past in Rome. Secrets are revealed. Support the podcast and…
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Little Women: Experiments by Louisa May Alcott
Struggling to fall asleep? Quiet your mind with the continuation of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Published first in 1868, it follows the lives of four…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
Jerusha, an orphan, discovers that she has a mysterious benefactor who wants to send her to college. The catch? She must write to him regularly even though she…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Pride and Prejudice: A Proposal by Jane Austen
Tonight's sleep story is the continuation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Mr Collins proposes. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free episodes. Try FREE…
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The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Rebroadcast)
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a short story to help you fall asleep. Published in 1892, it is…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Secret Garden: A Tantrum
Fall asleep fast to the continuation of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on…
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The Woman Who Was So Tired and other stories
Fall asleep tonight to three stories: The Woman Who Was So Tired by Elizabeth Banks, A Dill Pickle by Katherine Mansfield and the Enchanted Bluff by Willa…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Marvelous Land of Oz: The Journey to the Tin Woodman by L. Frank Baum
Tough day? Relax with tonight's bedtime story, the continuation of The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum. This book is the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard…
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The Story of Cupid and Psyche - A Roman Myth Bedtime Story
Tonight's bedtime stories are The Story of Cupid and Psyche and How Phaëton Drove the Sun. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days…
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Robin Hood: Robin and the Butcher - Bedtime Stories
Tonight's bedtime story is the continuation of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle. The first story is Robin Hood and the Butcher. The second is…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
Love in the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald
Can't sleep? Quiet your mind with this short story by F Scott Fitzgerald. A young Russian prince falls in love on a spring evening in France. If you like this…
- Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for Adults
The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov (Rebroadcast)
Feeling stressed? Relax tonight with The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov, a short story to help you fall asleep. First published in 1899, this story unfolds…
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The Invisible Girl by Mary Shelley
From the author of Frankenstein, a gothic tale of a doomed romance. If you enjoy scary stories like this, hear more on our sister podcast, Just Chills. Search…