History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian
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.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 118 minutes
- Episodes
- 194
- Years Active
- 2025
The TERRIFYING Fate of a Victorian Cholera Victim | History For Sleep
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You didn’t die in battle. You weren’t the subject of a grand trial, a royal scandal, or a religious persecution. You …
What It Was Like to Be a Child Laborer in Industrial Britain | History For Sleep
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In this sleep-friendly deep dive into the horrifying reality of child labor during Britain’s Industrial Revolution, you…
The HORRIFYING Life of Charles II of Spain (The Last Habsburg Disaster) | History For Sleep
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Charles II of Spain was born into power, but his body—twisted by centuries of inbreeding—betrayed him from the start.…
Why You’d Regret Being a Woman Warrior in Feudal Japan | History For Sleep
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In feudal Japan, the path of a woman warrior was not marked by glory, but by silence. This is not a tale of cinematic h…
The HORRIFYING Fate of a Roman Legionnaire in the Teutoburg Forest | History For Sleep
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In this quietly devastating, sleep-friendly video, you experience the horror of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest from…
The HORRIFYING Fate of a WWII Comfort Woman | History For Sleep
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In tonight’s story, you walk through the life of a young Korean girl taken during World War II and forced into the horr…
Why You Wouldn’t Survive a Night with the Bloody Benders | History For Sleep
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Tonight, you’re not a hero, a villain, or even a particularly interesting footnote. You’re just a traveler — tired, hun…
Why You Wouldn't Survive Bedlam Royal Hospital | History For Sleep
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Step into the cold corridors of Bedlam Royal Hospital, where silence is not peace—and compliance is not safety. In this…
Why You’d REGRET Being Henry VIII’s Physician | History For Sleep
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You were the king’s physician — and nothing more than a shadow with steady hands. In the dark corridors of Henry VIII’s…
Why You’d Regret Being a Noble During Vlad the Impaler's Reign | History For Sleep
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Step into the dim halls and bloodstained courtyards of 15th-century Wallachia, where being a noble wasn’t a privilege —…
The TERRIFYING Fate of a Roman Peasant During the Fall of Rome | History For Sleep
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In the dying days of the Roman Empire, glory was just a rumor—and survival was the only triumph. This is not the story …
Why You Wouldn’t Survive the Flight 571 Disaster | History For Sleep
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In 1972, a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team crashed into the Andes mountains. What followed was not a tale of triu…
Why You Wouldn’t Survive the Great Locust Swarm of 1875 | History For Sleep
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This is not a story of triumph. It’s not a tale of defiance, or vengeance, or victory. It’s the quiet unraveling of a l…
Why You'd REGRET Being a Loyalist in the American Revolution | History For Sleep
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You didn’t pick up a musket. You didn’t burn a town or raid a rebel camp. You just stayed loyal—to the king, the crown,…
The Horrifying Fate of the Man in the Iron Mask | History For Sleep
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Step into the cell, sit with the silence, and try to remember your own name.
This is not the story of a king or a hero. …
Why You'd REGRET Trying Street Food in 14th-Century Delhi | History For Sleep
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In this slow, grim journey through 14th-century Delhi, you—barefoot, sunburnt, and starving—make the worst possible dec…
Why You Wouldn't Survive Building the Great Pyramid of Giza | History For Sleep
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What was it really like to build the Great Pyramid of Giza? Spoiler: you wouldn’t survive. Forget aliens, secret tech, …
Why You Wouldn’t Survive Inside a WWII Tank | History For Sleep
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Tonight, we climb inside the steel coffin that was a WWII tank — not as a general, not as a hero, but as a nameless cre…
The BRUTAL Life of a Cowboy on a Cattle Drive | History For Sleep
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Welcome to another slow descent into history's dustier corners. In this episode, you’re not a gunslinger or a folk hero…
The HORRIFYING Fate of a Female Pirate | History For Sleep
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A teenage girl stands alone at the edge of a sun-bleached dock, watching the sea stretch endlessly before her. The ship…