Doze off to classic stories with Sleepy. Each week, baritone host Otis Gray reads old books in a low, rhythmic tone to lull you into a deep slumber so you can have a fresh start the next day. Sweet dreams. Zzzzzz
Zzzz . . . Enjoy the extra hour from daylight savings with this snoozy reading of "Four-Day Planet" by H. Beam Piper zzz
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242 – The Story of the Envious Man and of Him Who Was Envied
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Zzz . . . Fall asleep to this folk tale from 1001 Arabian Nights – "The Story of the Envious Man and of Him Who Was Envied" by Andrew Lang zzz
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Zzz . . . doze off to the summery words of "Flower Fables" by Louisa May Alcott zzz
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Zzzz . . . drift off to the snoozy myth of Hercules and his twelve labors zzz
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Zzz . . . . Drift off while Otis reads "These Old Shades" by Georgette Heyer zzz
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Jan 08, 2023
236 – Twilight Sleep
00:56:30
Zzz . . . Snooze soundly while Otis reads "Twilight Sleep" – a meandering novel by Edith Nesbit zzz
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Zzz . . . Catch some z's in this new year with a reading of Agatha Christie's mystery "The Big Four" zzz
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Dec 25, 2022
234 – Old Christmas Stories
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Zzz . . . Drift off to this holiday collection of stories from Washington Irving, "Old Christmas" zzzz
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Zzz . . . Sleep soundly to this holiday reading of "The Christmas Masquerade" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman zzz
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Zzz . . . Drift off to this Christmas reading of "What the Bell Saw and Said" by Louisa May Alcott zzz
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Dec 04, 2022
231 – The Christmas Masquerade
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Zzz . . . Sleep soundly to this holiday reading of "The Christmas Masquerade" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman zzz
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Nov 27, 2022
230 – The Plymouth Express Afffair
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Nov 20, 2022
229 – The Children's Joke
00:40:01
Zzz . . . Catch some much needed z's to this snoozy reading of Louisa May Alcott's short story, "The Children's Joke" zzz
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Nov 13, 2022
228 – Little Marie of Lehon
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Zzzz tonight, conk out to a snoozy whimsical short story – "Little Marie of Lehon" by Louisa May Alcott zzz
Zzz . . . Doze off to this snoozy reading of Agatha Christie's "The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge" zzz
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Zzz. . . drift off to dreamland with this snoozy reading of "North and South," by Elizabeth Gaskell zzz
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Zzz. . . doze off to a sleepy reading from "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" zzz
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Zzz. . . Drift gently away to this extra long reading of Agatha Christie stories, including "The Secret Adversary," "The Mysterious Affair at Styles," and "The Secret of Chimneys" zzz
Happy 200th episode Sleepyheads! Y'all are the best.
Zzz. . . boo! Another (extra) spooky October episode for you to snooze to. Two stories – "The Room in the Tower" by E.F. Benson and "The Woman in the Black Coat" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu zzz
Zzz.. . It's that time again – snooze to some spooky stories this October, starting off with the much-requested "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe zzz
Zzz. . Doze off to the Aldous Huxley satire "Those Barren Leaves" zzz
And hey, go check out the new podcast I've been advising called People, Place, Power on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Congrats Trisha and Benjamin on your first show!
Zzz.. . Enjoy some bonus snoozy content this week – "Old Esther Dudley" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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