Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian History For Sleep delivers slow, calm, and slightly unsettling historical storytelling that makes dozing off educationally depressing. Brought to you by the Drowsy Historian, each episode is 1–2 hours of immersive bedtime history with just enough absurd detail to keep you listening — until you aren’t. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Why You Wouldn’t Survive the Flight 571 Disaster 2025-07-28
Why You Wouldn’t Survive the Great Locust Swarm of 1875 2025-07-27
Why You'd REGRET Being a Loyalist in the American Revolution 2025-07-27
The Horrifying Fate of the Man in the Iron Mask 2025-07-26
Why You'd REGRET Trying Street Food in 14th-Century Delhi 2025-07-26
Why You Wouldn't Survive Building the Great Pyramid of Giza 2025-07-25
Why You Wouldn’t Survive Inside a WWII Tank 2025-07-25
The BRUTAL Life of a Cowboy on a Cattle Drive 2025-07-24
The HORRIFYING Fate of a Female Pirate 2025-07-24
Why You Wouldn't Survive as a Christian Missionary in Feudal Japan 2025-07-23
The TERRIFYING Life of a Medieval Irish Bard 2025-07-23
The BRUTAL Life of a Vestal Virgin in Ancient Rome 2025-07-22
The HORRIFYING Fate of a CIA Mind Control Test Subject (MK-Ultra) 2025-07-22
Why Being a Victorian Chimney Sweep Was a Death Sentence 2025-07-21
Why You Wouldn’t Survive a British Opium Factory in Colonial India 2025-07-21
The HORRIFYING Truth About the Marian Persecutions 2025-07-20
The HORRIFYING Fate of a Woman Captured by Genghis Khan 2025-07-20
The BRUTAL Life of a Roman Slave 2025-07-19
The HORRIFYING Fate of a Survivor in Hiroshima 2025-07-19
The TERRIFYING Fate of a Spanish Flu Victim (1918) 2025-07-18
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