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Boring History for Sleep

Welcome to Boring History to Sleep — the only show where falling asleep in the middle is not only allowed… it’s encouraged. Each episode takes you on a slow, uneventful stroll through the most yawn-worthy corners of the past: treaties nobody remembers, kings who ruled for three weeks, and revolutions that never really got started. Delivered in the softest, most sleep-inducing voice we could find, this show is like warm milk with a side of ancient trivia. Perfect for insomniacs, history nerds, and

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04:31:21

The Shocking Truth About the Silk Road | Boring...

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2025/10/21

🐫💀 Everyone imagines the Silk Road as glittering caravans and endless trade routes under golden skies. In reality? It was more “eat sand and hope you don’t freeze.” Between bandits, disease, and deserts that could swallow you whole, the Silk Road was less of a marketplace and more of a near-death experience.So close your eyes and travel through the chaos—where merchants gambled their lives for silk, cities rose from dust and fell back into it, and every mile was paid for in sweat, silver, or

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04:35:36

Bedtime Sleep Stories | 🔥 The Myth of Atlantis 🌊 |...

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2025/10/20

🌊✨ Long before explorers and satellites, the ancient Greeks told of a perfect island—Atlantis. A city of gold, knowledge, and beauty that vanished beneath the sea in a single, terrible night. But was it real… or just a warning from the philosopher Plato?Tonight, drift back thousands of years to a world of temples, crystal waters, and gods who watched from the sky. Hear the story of how Atlantis rose in glory—and disappeared in silence—leaving behind one of humanity’s greatest mysteries.Close your

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05:22:04

Boring History For Sleep | The Presidents Who Built...

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2025/10/19

🇺🇸👔 From powdered wigs to Wi-Fi passwords, America’s presidents have seen it all—and caused plenty of it. Some led revolutions, some led scandals, and a few just led the country straight into confusion. One kept a pet raccoon, another got stuck in a bathtub, and at least one accidentally started a war over breakfast.Close your eyes and drift through 200 years of ambition, speeches, and questionable fashion choices. From George Washington’s wooden teeth (not really wood, but close enough) to

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04:18:10

Boring History For Sleep | The Tragic High of 1920s...

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2025/10/18

🎷💄 Paris in the 1920s was the world’s hangover and after-party rolled into one. The war was over, jazz was everywhere, and half the city was convinced heroin was just “creative inspiration in a bottle.” Artists, poets, and party people called it enlightenment—doctors called it a terrible idea.From smoky Montmartre clubs to glamorous salons where everyone was either painting or passing out, the heroin craze turned the City of Light into a glittering, tragic blur.So close your eyes and drift through

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05:00:22

Boring History For Sleep | Rome Conquered Greece… and...

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2025/10/17

Greece had the brains. Rome had the biceps. And when these two ancient overachievers finally met, it turned into the world’s most awkward power couple. Rome conquered Greece on the battlefield… then immediately fell in love with its art, philosophy, and fancy columns. Basically, Greece lost the war but won the vibe.From toga-wearing philosophers to emperors quoting Aristotle without knowing what it meant, this is the story of how Rome conquered Greece—and then couldn’t stop copying it.So close your

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04:08:40

Boring History For Sleep | What Really Killed...

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2025/10/16

👑💀 The Virgin Queen ruled for more than four decades—but her final days were shrouded in mystery. Was it stress, poison, heartbreak, or something far stranger that ended the reign of Elizabeth I? From lead-filled makeup to political pressure and eerie omens, this story unravels the quiet tragedy behind one of history’s most powerful women.Close your eyes and drift into the candle-lit halls of Tudor England, where beauty could kill, loyalty was dangerous, and even queens couldn’t escape fate.👉

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04:04:16

Boring History For Sleep | The Gross Secret Life of...

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2025/10/15

💰👑 Everyone dreams of being rich in medieval times—castles, feasts, golden goblets... but reality check: it was awful. Your fancy silver plates leaked poison, your outfits weighed more than a small child, and your “toilet” was a hole that emptied straight into the moat. Romantic, right?Baths were optional (and by optional, we mean once per royal scandal), food came with a free side of dysentery, and servants saw everything—because privacy hadn’t been invented yet.So get comfy, and drift off to the

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04:37:26

Boring History For Sleep | When Moors Met Monarchs:...

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2025/10/15

🌙⚔️ Medieval Spain was less a kingdom and more a centuries-long soap opera with swords. Moors, Christians, and Jews lived side by side—sometimes trading, sometimes fighting, always building something extraordinary. Cities sparkled with science, art, and arguments, while kings switched sides faster than you can say Reconquista.From the golden age of Al-Andalus to the final fall of Granada, this is the story of a land caught between faith and fire, beauty and betrayal.So settle in, close your eyes,

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05:16:02

Boring History For Sleep | How Britain Survived the...

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2025/10/14

🌑⚔️ When the Roman legions marched out of Britain, they left behind more than crumbling walls. What followed was a shadowy time of invasions, lost knowledge, and shifting kingdoms—the so-called “Dark Ages.” From Saxon raiders to mysterious ruins, from forgotten kings to the seeds of Arthurian legend, this was a world caught between collapse and rebirth.Lay back and drift into the misty past, where warlords ruled, myths were born, and history often feels more like a half-remembered dream.👉 Boring

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04:47:23

The Entire Story of Halloween 🎃👻 Boring History For...

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2025/10/13

🎃👻 Halloween didn’t start with candy and costumes. Its roots go all the way back to ancient Celtic rituals of Samhain, where people lit bonfires to ward off spirits and wore disguises to trick wandering ghosts. Over centuries, those eerie traditions blended with Christian festivals, folk legends, and—eventually—pumpkins, trick-or-treating, and haunted houses.Close your eyes as we drift through the spooky yet fascinating history of Halloween—where myths, monsters, and midnight superstitions slowly

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04:39:10

Boring History For Sleep | Totally WRONG Medieval...

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2025/10/12

Boring History For Sleep | Totally WRONG Medieval “Facts” Everyone Believes ⚔️📜⚔️🕯️ Think knights wore shiny armor 24/7 and peasants never bathed? Think again. The Middle Ages weren’t nearly as filthy, cruel, or clueless as the myths make them sound. From misunderstood “dungeons” to those infamous turkey legs that never actually existed, we’re busting the biggest medieval lies one by one.Close your eyes and let history’s most stubborn myths crumble as you drift off to sleep—because sometimes, the

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03:57:32

What Being a Princess in the Middle Ages Was ACTUALLY...

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2025/10/11

What Being a Princess in the Middle Ages Was ACTUALLY Like | Boring History For Sleep

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03:55:26

How Mountain Men Built Cabins From Scratch (With Zero...

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2025/10/10

🏔️🪓 Imagine being dropped in the wilderness with nothing but an axe, some grit, and a questionable beard. That’s how the mountain men of early America built their homes—log by log, blister by blister. From chopping down massive trees to notching logs with sheer stubbornness, to mud chinking that doubled as insulation and bug glue, these guys turned empty forests into smoky, creaky cabins.Close your eyes and drift off as we unpack the tough, weird, and sometimes ridiculous ways mountain men

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04:00:56

Dark Secrets of the Middle Ages That Just Got...

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2025/10/09

🕯️🔍 The Middle Ages left behind more questions than answers—until now. From bizarre medical practices, haunted castles, mysterious skeletons in plague pits, and secret codes hidden in medieval manuscripts, historians are finally solving riddles that baffled people for centuries.Close your eyes and drift into a world of superstition, darkness, and strange discoveries as we unravel the mysteries that medieval folks never lived to understand.👉 Boring History For Sleep | Creepy, weird, and somehow…

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03:55:23

Boring History For Sleep | Where Poor Peasants Slept...

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2025/10/08

🚶‍♂️💤 Medieval peasants didn’t have hotels, cozy Airbnbs, or even a roadside inn most of the time. So where did they crash when traveling long distances? The answers are rough: barns, ditches, monastery floors, or anywhere a landlord maybe wouldn’t kick them out. From straw piles that doubled as bug hotels to the rare (and smelly) communal inn, peasant travel was anything but glamorous.Close your eyes and drift off as we explore the not-so-comfy world of medieval road trips—where “budget travel”

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03:54:54

Medieval Childbirth Was PURE NIGHTMARE | Boring...

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2025/10/07

Ever wondered what childbirth was REALLY like in medieval times? Spoiler: it wasn’t candles and lullabies—it was pain, prayers, and a whole lot of superstition. From bizarre birthing charms to the terrifying “medical” practices that would make you glad you were born in modern times, this episode dives deep into the messy, scary, and sometimes downright weird world of medieval childbirth.Get cozy, close your eyes, and let this strange (and occasionally horrifying) piece of history carry you off to

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03:54:00

Medusa’s Tragic Life (Before She Got Snakes for Hair)...

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2025/10/06

🐍👁️ You know Medusa—the snake-haired lady who turns people to stone. But her story is way darker (and sadder) than most people realize. From her cursed beginnings, to the drama with Athena, to her infamous showdown with Perseus, this is the whole saga of one of Greek mythology’s most misunderstood figures.Get comfy, shut your eyes, and let this ancient, tragic, and weirdly soothing tale of monsters, gods, and revenge lull you into sleep. 💤👉 Boring History For Sleep | Myths, curses, and bedtime

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03:57:59

Boring History For Sleep | The WORST Kings in History 👑💤

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2025/10/05

👑😴 Not every king was noble, wise, or even remotely competent. Some bankrupted their kingdoms, started pointless wars, or just made life miserable for everyone around them. From kings who lost entire empires to rulers remembered mostly for their bad decisions (and worse tempers), this is the story of history’s most disastrous monarchs.Lay back, close your eyes, and let the royal drama of failure, foolishness, and crowns gone wrong lull you into sleep.👉 History For Sleep | When bedtime stories

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04:00:23

Power, Corruption, and the Worst Popes | Boring...

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2025/10/04

Close your eyes and drift into the shadows of church history. In this calm retelling, we’ll quietly explore some of the most notorious popes — men whose reigns were marked by corruption, scandal, politics, and intrigue.From the chaos of the Dark Ages to the Renaissance papacy, you’ll hear about leaders whose actions shaped Europe, for better and for worse. Told softly and steadily, this episode is designed to help you relax, unwind, and even fall asleep while learning about a side of history that is

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04:05:07

When Roman Cities Turned to Ruins in the Middle Ages...

Boring History for Sleep ·

2025/10/03

Close your eyes and step back in time to the fading days of the Roman Empire. In this calm and steady retelling, we’ll explore why once-great Roman cities slowly emptied and crumbled during the Middle Ages.You’ll hear about the decline of trade and roads, the fall of aqueducts and baths, and how shifting populations left forums and amphitheaters silent. From invasions and plagues to new medieval kingdoms rising in their place, the story of abandoned Roman cities is both haunting and fascinating.Told

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