Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries
Lights Out Library helps you fall asleep with soothing stories across a diverse range of topics: science, history, mythology, astronomy, mystery, art and so much more. We make it possible to both calm and enrich your mind while you drift into dreamland. Please follow to support our work. Listen ad free and get access to bonus content on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LightsOutLibrary621
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 89
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Spy Stories: Josephine Baker and Sidney Reilly
In this sleepy episode about history and espionage, we explore the lives and times of two famous spies: the extraordinary Josephine Baker, entertainer, war hero, and activist; and Sidney Reilly, the …
01:15:28 |
Sun 14 Sep 2025
History of Ancient Rome, Part 1 of 2 - The Republic
This sleepy story about the History of Ancient Rome is the first of two parts, because there were too many things to say for one single episode. The next part about the end of the Republic and the Em…
01:19:47 |
Sun 07 Sep 2025
How to Send a Generation Ship | Sleepy Space & Science Story
In this soft-spoken bedtime story, I tell you about the concept of "generation ships": large spacecrafts that would transport dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of people to faraway destinations in …
01:03:23 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Mysteries of New York City | Historical Mystery Stories
In these new mystery stories set in New York City, we will travel through time at different periods of the history of the city, from its foundation as New Amsterdam to our days. Stories include:- Cap…
01:14:27 |
Sun 24 Aug 2025
Ancient World Mysteries: Lost Roman Legion, Oracle of Delphi, Crystal Skulls
Tonight, we revisit three Mystery Stories episode from Lights Out Library: - The Lost Roman Legion - Out of Place Artifacts, including the Crystal Skulls, Antikythera Mechanism and Shroud of Turin st…
03:14:28 |
Sun 17 Aug 2025
Spy Stories: Mata Hari and Richard Sorge
In this sleepy episode, we explore the lives and times of two famous spies: Mata Hari in the world of show-business and courtesans in Paris during the Belle Epoque and WW1; and Richard Sorge, a spy f…
01:06:31 |
Sun 10 Aug 2025
Aztec and Maya Mythology | Sleepy Mythology & History Stories
For thousands of years, cultures rose and disappeared in Mesoamerica. In tonight's episode, we explore Maya and Aztec mythological tales, and I tell you about the sources we have about their legends,…
01:05:51 |
Sun 03 Aug 2025
Mission to Pluto | Sleepy Space Journey
This new space journey will take you to the mysterious and gigantic expanse that exists beyond the planet Neptune. We will discover different bodies from the Kuiper Belt, including its most famous re…
01:17:44 |
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Mysteries of the Pacific | Mysteries from History
This new batch of historical mystery bedtime stories takes us to Easter Island and its enigmatic alignments of statues (the moais). We will also discover how the legend of a lost continent called Mu …
01:15:37 |
Sun 20 Jul 2025
History of Salt | History Story for Sleep
Tonight's episode takes us on a historical tour of salt. How much is there on Earth? Why did it start to be an important commodity for humans in the Neolithic? How was it extracted and transported in…
01:05:08 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Ancient History: Silk Road, Carthage and the Phoenicians, Viking Age
Tonight, we revisit three "Ancient History" episodes from Lights Out Library, compiled into a single episode to lull you to sleep for longer: History of the Silk Road - History of Carthage and the Ph…
03:09:33 |
Sun 06 Jul 2025
History of Textiles | History Bedtime Sleep Story
In this sleepy bedtime story, we explore the history of textiles and fabrics. We will see where fibers come from and how they were adopted by mankind, with special sections about the history of cotto…
01:00:47 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
The Ring of the Nibelung | Germanic Mythology Bedtime Story
In this soft spoken sleepy bedtime story, I invite you around a campfire in the Black Forest and tell you the story of the Ring of the Nibelung. We will follow a cycle of 4 operas by Richard Wagner (…
01:07:46 |
Sun 22 Jun 2025
Mysterious Historical Artifacts: Carved Stone Balls, Dodecahedrons, Lewis Chessmen
In this bedtime story, I tell you about four different sets of objects that come with their own historical mysteries:• The Roman Dodecahedrons, which are bronze objects from the late Roman Empire tha…
00:55:31 |
Sun 15 Jun 2025
Journey to the Center of the Universe | Space Sleep Story
This episode explores theories in Physical Cosmology and how Humankind has represented the universe since before the emergence of modern science, as well as alternative theories that were later aband…
01:02:19 |
Sun 08 Jun 2025
History of Hatshepsut, the Female Pharaoh | History for Sleep
Hatshepsut is one of the most famous pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, and not only because she was a woman. Her reign of more than twenty years was prosperous and saw an intense building activity that can …
01:10:26 |
Sun 01 Jun 2025
Fantastic Creatures: Werewolves and Dragons
This bedtime story is for lovers of history and gothic atmosphere. In tonight’s talk, we explore the origins and multiple faces of two myths: Werewolves and Dragons. From Ancient Greece to China, Sca…
01:10:19 |
Sun 18 May 2025
Ancient Egyptian Mysteries: Tomb of King Tut and Amarna
We are returning to Ancient Egypt tonight, with an episode filled with mysteries. The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, by the archaeologist Howard Carter, captivated audiences around the…
01:10:04 |
Sun 11 May 2025
Galactic Space Cruise to Andromeda | Sleepy Space Story
In this new episode, I invite you to a journey from Earth to the Andromeda Galaxy; we will also explore Alpha Centauri, the Milky Way, the Canis Major Galaxy, and the intergalactic void. Along the wa…
01:01:46 |
Sun 04 May 2025
The Age of Ocean Liners | History for Sleep
The age of Atlantic ocean liners is mostly over, and these giants of the seas have evolved into cruise ships. In this ASMR bedtime story, I invite you to relive the epic of transatlantic passenger li…
01:12:32 |
Sun 27 Apr 2025
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