114 Episodes

  1. Why You Wouldn't Survive as a Christian Missionary in Feudal Japan | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/23/2025
  2. The TERRIFYING Life of a Medieval Irish Bard | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/23/2025
  3. The BRUTAL Life of a Vestal Virgin in Ancient Rome | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/22/2025
  4. The HORRIFYING Fate of a CIA Mind Control Test Subject (MK-Ultra) | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/22/2025
  5. Why Being a Victorian Chimney Sweep Was a Death Sentence | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/21/2025
  6. Why You Wouldn’t Survive a British Opium Factory in Colonial India | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/21/2025
  7. The HORRIFYING Truth About the Marian Persecutions | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/20/2025
  8. The HORRIFYING Fate of a Woman Captured by Genghis Khan | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/20/2025
  9. The BRUTAL Life of a Roman Slave | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/19/2025
  10. The HORRIFYING Fate of a Survivor in Hiroshima | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/19/2025
  11. The TERRIFYING Fate of a Spanish Flu Victim (1918) | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/18/2025
  12. You’re a Comanche Warrior When the World Still Fears You | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/18/2025
  13. The HORRIFYING Fate of a Tasmanian Islander During British Colonization | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/17/2025
  14. Why You Wouldn’t Survive a Plague Outbreak at the Tudor Court | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/17/2025
  15. Why You Wouldn’t Survive the Winter of 536 AD (Worst Year in History) | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/16/2025
  16. You Wouldn’t Survive the Bronze Age Collapse | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/16/2025
  17. Why You Wouldn’t Survive the D-Day Landing | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/15/2025
  18. You’re Trapped on the Roof During the LA Riots (And No One’s Coming to Help) | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/15/2025
  19. The HORRIFYING Fate of a Congolese Rubber Worker Under King Leopold | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/14/2025
  20. The BRUTAL Life of a Continental Soldier | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/14/2025

1 / 6

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. Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying p