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In the mood for a story? Join me as I read old forgotten fairytales, ghost stories, full books, and other creepy classics. Make yourself comfy and cozy, summon your familiars, and quiet your mind for a soft spoken story time! It"s spooky yet soothing. Sweet dreams and stay spooky friends, fiends, and night owl supremes!

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00:13:35

Spooky Folklore: The Soldier and the Vampire

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2026/10/04

A town is tormented by a vampiric warlock - what's to be done? Find out with me in this spooky fairytale ghost story "The Soldier and the Vampire!"This old Russian story is read in a soft spoken voice and set to some light and eerie background music."Relent, Blue Feather" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This tale is from a compendium of old Russian fairy tales, which is now in public domain. I have added

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00:10:32

An Old Ghost Story: The Dead Woman's Photograph

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2026/09/27

Happy Spooky Season! Join me as we learn about a most curious photograph of a dead woman. A woman, who, I should add, never ever wanted her photo taken...

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00:07:01

Riddle Me This: The Old Tale of the Clever Weaver

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2026/09/20

A mysterious messenger shows up in court, uttering not a single word. Rather, he draws some strange symbols and awaits an answer, which neither the King nor any of his advisors know how to respond. Luckly, the answer to this life-or-death riddle is known to a most unexpected source!

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00:19:54

Dangerously Delicious and Grimm: Hansel and Gretel

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2026/09/13

Nibble, nibble, little mouse? Who's that gnawing on my house? Tis the season for a dangerously delicious tale of cakes, gingerbread, sugared windows, and oh so much more! Of course, forest witches, clever Gretel and clever Hansel, a terrible sounding Stepmother. Read in a soft casual voice with some commentary.

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00:09:54

The Magic Swan: A Strange Old Tale

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2026/09/06

When things get tough, sometimes a short and silly tale is in short order! Join me for an old light-hearted fairytale about a magical bird, and a princess who never laughs...

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00:14:30

A Creepy Grimm's Fairytale: Cat Skin

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2026/08/30

A princess, desperately tries to escape her father's attempts to MARRY HER. Not marry her off, but MARRY HER. She asks for a cloak of hundreds of animal furs, dresses, and then runs away to a forest.

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00:09:16

In Stitches: Two Old Grimm Fairytales

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2026/08/23

Join me for a fairytale double feature with the Brothers Grimm! Tonight's tales are loosely threaded by sewing. Join me for "The Elves and the Shoemaker" and "The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean," which are read in a soft voice with some commentary and set to light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's short stories!

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00:14:07

An Old Fairytale: Puss in Boots

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2026/08/16

In the mood for good cat fairytale? Join me this evening for the Charles Perrault classic "Puss in Boots" or "The Master Cat!" Read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's catty fairytale!

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00:16:52

A Twisted Fairytale: The King of the Golden Mountain

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2026/08/09

This twisted grim tale has it all: bad bargains, enchanted castles, cursed princesses, broken vows, and high adventure! Join me for a soft reading of the Brothers Grimms' "The King of the Golden Mountain," read in a soft voice with commentary peppered throughout.

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00:13:28

A Forgotten Fairytale: The Lute Player

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2026/08/02

A Queen disguises herself in order to save the King from a terrible fate in prison. Her ingenious plot and theatrics win the heart of his captor, her husband's freedom, and also somehow make the unfortunate King angry at the Queen... before he learns the truth! Join me, friends and fiends, for tonight's love-lost-and-found fairytale, "The Lute Player!" It's full of disguises, lutes, adventures, songs, and oblivious kings.

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00:13:47

A Strange Old Fairytale: Prince Fickle and Fair Helena

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2026/07/26

Some fairytales are frustrating. This is one such tale. We start off with an evil stepmother who sets impossible tasks for the beautiful Helena. She ends up meeting a swift end, and Helena becomes a renown beauty, who falls for the wrong man. She then upends her life to try to find him, living as a poor herder, only to find he's moved on to a new King's daughter! Helena still won't give up her pursuit and claim to his heart, and so tries to sweep him off his feet yet again... this time at his own

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00:18:07

A Weird Grimms Fairytale: The Glass Coffin

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2026/07/20

Join me for tonight's fairy tale set back Once Upon a Time, where we follow a lucky tailor as he uncovers a evil magician's creepy plot to take over a castle, imprison the princess in a glass coffin (which is really more like a glass chest, but I digress), capture her people as gas and vapor in glass jars, and turn her beloved brother into a Stag!

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00:14:00

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Rescue of the Tin...

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2026/07/13

Welcome to the wonderful land of Oz! Join me for a relaxed reading of Frank L Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Chapter 5: The Rescue of the Tin Woodman. Tonight we meet and rescue the Tin Woodman, and hear his tragic and literally heartbreaking tale, of being cursed by the Wicked Witch of the East herself!

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00:11:33

A Dark Fairytale: The Princess Who Was Hidden...

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2026/07/05

Join me for tonight's travails amid underground caves, caverns, and beautiful palace walls! The catch is: we are following the tale of one handsome would-be suitor as he is disguised AS A SHEEP! Well, a lamb specifically. Apparently this fools the king and who knows, it could win the brave bold young man a princess as a wife! This fairytale, "The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's

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00:21:08

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: How Dorothy Saved the...

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2026/06/29

Welcome back to the wonderful land of Oz! Join me for a relaxed reading of Frank L Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Chapter 3: How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow and Chapter 4: The Road Through the Forest. This is part one of our book adventure into Oz!

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00:11:35

A Scandalous Fairytale: The Swineherd

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2026/06/22

How many kisses is too many? 96? The Scandal! Join me as I softly read this classic Hans Christian Andersen fairytale "The Swineherd." Look. It's weird. Of course.

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00:19:27

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Cyclone and The...

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2026/06/15

Welcome to the wonderful land of Oz! Join me for a relaxed reading of Frank L Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" chapters 1 and 2.

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00:13:18

A Strange Fairytale: The Pea Emperor

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2026/06/08

Do you ever hear voices in your sleep? What about the growling, puzzling voices of NINE DRAGONS?! Join me for tonight's fairytale about peas, and princesses, and dragons as well! We follow one man, who cannot stop lying to save his life, and somehow, everything works out in the end for him! This tale, "The Pea Emperor," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's lighthearted fairy tale!"Ascending the Vale, Magic Forest" Kevin

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00:13:20

Chilling Read: The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)

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2026/06/02

You might think I'm mad, but tell me, would a mad lady read this short Poe story? Yes. Probably yes. ANYWAY, tonight we float into the long-awaited "Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Join me into the mind of an eye-obsessed man who just has perfect plan to shut the offensive eye forever. This tale, Edgar Allan Poe's' "The Tell-Tale Heart," is read in a soft voice and set to some eerie and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's spooky story!

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00:20:39

A Grimms' Fairytale: Snowdrop (Snow White)

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2026/05/25

"Mirror, Mirror, on the wall - who is the fairest one of all?" "The one with lips red as blood, hair black as ebony, and skin pale white as snow." Tonight let's dive into the Grimm, creepy story of Snow White's past! Evil Queens, dastardly schemes, one heck of a creepy Prince and so much more await us in this evening's Brothers Grimms' Fairytale "Snow White" aka "Snowdrop!"

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