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 UNTHINKABLE Reality of a Slave Ship Crossing the Atlantic | History For Sleep
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Step aboard a transatlantic slave ship—not as a historian, but as a person. In this immersive, second-person narrative,…
You're Accused of Sorcery in Ottoman Istanbul | History For Sleep
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You've been accused of sorcery in 17th-century Ottoman Istanbul — not because you summoned demons, but because you read…
Why You Wouldn't Survive a Camel Caravan Across the Sahara | History For Sleep
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You are not a merchant. Not a prince. Not even someone with the good fortune of shade. You’re a nameless porter in a ca…
Why You Wouldn't Survive Hannibal's March Over the Alps | History For Sleep
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This isn’t a story about triumph. It’s about frostbite. And starvation. And watching elephants fall off cliffs while yo…
What It Was Like to Work in the Library of Alexandria | History for Sleep
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Step back in time and drift into sleep with this immersive journey through a day in the Library of Alexandria — not the…
The TERRIFYING Reality of Locked in Syndrome | History For Sleep
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Tonight, you’re not escaping a burning ship or dodging medieval execution. You’re lying still. Fully awake. Fully aware…
The HORRIFYING Fate of the Radium Girls | History For Sleep
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You’re a teenage girl in 1917. You’ve landed a coveted job painting glowing numbers onto watch dials — patriotic work, …
Why You'd REGRET Being a Roman Sewer Worker | History For Sleep
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Beneath the marble streets of ancient Rome lies a world no one wants to remember — but someone had to live it.
In this i…
Why Being a Medieval Midwife Was a Death Sentence | History For Sleep
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Step into the silent, bloodstained corners of medieval life — not as a noble, not as a knight, but as a village midwife…
The BRUTAL Life of a Pharaoh's Servant | History For Sleep
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What was it like to be a servant in ancient Egypt? Not a scribe. Not a priest. Just one of the invisible laborers who s…
Why You Wouldn't Survive the Dust Bowl | History For Sleep
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Tonight on Drowsy Historian, we step into the slow-motion disaster that was the Dust Bowl — not as an outsider, but as …
You're in Pompeii When the Volcano Erupts | History For Sleep
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Tonight, you're not a Roman senator or a legendary survivor. You're just another ordinary resident of Pompeii — sunburn…
The TERRIFYING Fate of an Opium Addict in Colonial Shanghai | History For Sleep
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You arrive in Shanghai looking for adventure. You leave as a ghost no one remembers.
Welcome to the slow, smoky collapse…
The BRUTAL Life of a Napoleonic Soldier | History For Sleep
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In tonight’s slow descent through history, we follow the brutal, bitterly pointless life of a Napoleonic soldier. From …
Why You Wouldn't Survive the Industrial Revolution | History For Sleep
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Step into the smog-choked streets of the 19th-century industrial city, where childhood ends early and survival begins a…
Why It Was BRUTAL to Be a Woman in Tudor England | History For Sleep
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Tonight, you’re not royalty. You’re not a legend. You’re not even safe.
You’re just a woman in Tudor England — and that’…
Why You Wouldn't Survive a Soviet Gulag | History For Sleep
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⚠️ This episode contains emotionally heavy content and is intended for mature, reflective audiences. Viewer discretion …
Why You Wouldn't Survive the Titanic | History For Sleep
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April 15, 1912. The Titanic has sunk—but the story didn’t end in the freezing waters of the North Atlantic. In the mont…
Why Tudor Food Was Disgusting and Deadly | History For Sleep
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Tonight on Drowsy Historian, we’re traveling back to Tudor England — but not for courtly intrigue or royal gossip. No, …
Why You Wouldn't Survive the Children’s Crusade | History For Sleep
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You were just a starving child in 1212—barefoot, malnourished, and following a boy who claimed God would part the sea. …