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Dec 22
A Christmas Carol - Unpleasant Dreams 85
As the holidays return, so does one of our favorite traditions—Cassandra Harold’s evocative reading of A Christmas Carol. Dickens’ ghostly tale of reckoning, regret, and redemption takes on a particularly eerie tone in this retelling. A familiar story, re-aired for the season, an ... Show More
3h 19m
Jun 2025
The Room in the Tower - Unpleasant Dreams 84
After a brief hiatus, Unpleasant Dreams returns with a chilling classic from the early 20th century. This week, Cassandra Harold narrates E.F. Benson’s “The Room in the Tower,” a haunting tale first published in 1912 that explores the terrifying power of dreams—and what happens w ... Show More
34m 4s
May 2025
A Midnight Visitor - Unpleasant Dreams 83
This week we revisit "A Midnight Visitor" by John Kendrick Bangs . One night, a stressed and overworked man is overcome with fear after a ghostly encounter in his home. Bangs was an American author and the creator of the Bangsian fantasy genre, where the use of the afterlife is t ... Show More
36m 49s
May 2024
S4 Ep168: Episode 168: Classic Horror Stories
<div>Today’s opening tale of terror is ‘Across the Moors’, a classic work by William F. Harvey, a story in the public domain but recorded here under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license:<br>
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<a href="https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Across_the_Moors">https://creepypasta ... Show More
4h 23m
Jun 2025
S5 Ep248: Episode 248: Science Fiction Horror Stories
<div>Today’s podcast is a compilation of classic works by old-school sci-fi authors of the 1920s and 1930s; all stories in the public domain read here for you all under the conditions of the CC-BY-SA license.<br>
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Today’s opening terrifying tale of terror is the classic ‘In t ... Show More
4h 48m
May 2025
S5 Ep244: Episode 244: Horror Stories from the Wild West
<div>Today’s opening feature-length story is ‘The Blood Trails’, an original work by Chili 1220, kindly shared directly with me for the express purpose of having me exclusively narrate it here for you all.<br>
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<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Chili1220">https://www.reddi ... Show More
4h 26m
May 2021
S1 Ep28: Episode 28: Wild West Horror Stories
2h 37m
Nov 2018
NoSleep Podcast S11E25
2h 36m
Sep 2025
S23 Ep11: NoSleep Podcast S23E11
1h 11m
Jun 2025
S22 Ep25: NoSleep Podcast S22E25
2h 12m
Jun 2025
NoSleep Podcast - Sleepless Decompositions Vol. 20
<div>We promise we're working hard on Season 23. Our promise extends to this episode of Sleepless Decompositions...the promise of horror.<br>
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"A Few More Miles"</strong> written by Maxwell Marais (Story starts around 00:04:20)<br>
Produced by: <a href="https://www.th ... Show More
1h 22m
May 2025
From the archive: What lies beneath: the truth about France’s top serial killer expert
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: An intrepid expert with dozens of books to his name, Stéphane Bourgoin was a bestselling author, famous in France for ha ... Show More
58m 12s
Oct 2017
NoSleep Podcast Halloween 2017
2h 35m
This week's Unpleasant Dreams features a horror story written by H.P. Lovecraft.
Cassandra Harold narrates the short story, "The Music of Erich Zann."
"The Music of Erich Zann" was written in 1921 and first published in 1922 and is in the Public Domain.
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Today’s opening feature-length story is ‘<em>The Blood Trails</em>’, ... Show More
<p>It's episode 25 of Season 11 - Our Season 11 finale. We have three tales about vexing vagrants, horrifying heritage, and lethal literati.</p>
<p><strong>"The Boy in the Alley"‡</strong> written by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ck.walker00">C.K. Walker</a> and performed b ... Show More
<div>It's Episode 11 of Season 23. Tune in to WNSP for tales about awful oldies.<br>
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"The Chair"</strong> written by <a href="http://www.aproyal.com/">A.P. Royal</a> (Story starts around 00:05:55)<br>
<a href="https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/trigger-warnin ... Show More
<div>It's the Season Finale of Season 22. The voices are calling with tales of catastrophic crimes.<br>
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<strong>"The Plague"</strong> written by <a href="http://newworldfantasy.com/">Thomas Kaminski</a> (Story starts around 00:03:50)<br>
Produced by: <a href="https://www.ins ... Show More
<p>It's our Halloween 2017 episode! We have four Halloween tales to celebrate the night of the dead.</p>
<p><strong>"Ghost Lights"¤</strong> written by <a href="http://pippinacious.tumblr.com/">S.H. Cooper</a> and performed by Addison Peacock & Atticus Jackson & Nichole ... Show More
