King Arthur, Camelot & the Man Behind the Myth

Welcome to Sleepytime History™ — true stories from the pages of history for a full night's rest.Tonight, drift off to the legend of King Arthur, the warrior king said to have held a crumbling Britain together after Rome sailed away. Let this gentle telling carry you from the true history of a Dark Age war-leader into the shining world of Arthurian legend, where a boy pulls the sword in the stone and a kingdom kneels before him. Merlin stands at his side. A pale arm rises from a lake to offer Excalibur, greater than any blade before it. At Camelot, the finest Knights of the Round Table gather where no man sits above another, and ride out after the Holy Grail to the ends of the known world. Here too is Lancelot, the greatest of them all, whose devotion to a queen would one day undo everything. This is King Arthur history at its most soothing, unhurried and calm, following the man and the myth from the ruins of empire to a barge upon a misty lake, and asking, softly, where one ends and the other begins.Let this quiet story of endurance and devotion guide you into a restful night's sleep.If you're new here, share where you're tuning in from or request a story for a future bedtime episode. And if you enjoy these peaceful history stories, please like and subscribe — it helps us continue sharing calm, true tales from the past.Chapters:00:00:00 King Arthur, Camelot, the Man Behind the Myth00:47:15 Lost Dutchman Gold Mine: Treasure, Legend, and a Dead Man's Secret01:25:30 Man in the Iron Mask: Royal Cover-Up or Something Worse?02:11:50 The Holy Grail: Lost Relic or Medieval Invention?02:59:50 How Jeanne Baret, Disguised as a Man, Became the First Woman to Circle the Globe03:45:33 Spartacus: Rise of the Gladiator Army04:29:48 The Cottingley Fairies Hoax: How Two Little Girls Tricked the World05:18:18 The Amazons: Warrior Women of the Ancient Steppe06:00:52 King Tut: The Nearly-Forgotten Boy Pharaoh06:46:11 Ireland's Pirate Queen: Grace O'Malley07:35:21 The Unsolved Mystery of the Eilean Mòr LighthouseWatch on Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/0KP99A1YtXj7wsHgAd7ukmFor early access to new episodes and ad-free listening, join us on Patreon — https://www.patreon.com/SleepytimeHistoryOr Buy Us a Coffee – https://buymeacoffee.com/sleepytimehistoryWritten and produced by Pamela ErwinNarration by Oliver HaleMusic by Pia MayaVisuals by Ben BlightThis podcast contains AI-generated content.Sleepytime History™ is a trademark owned by Pamela Erwin.© 2026 Moonlight Productions. All rights reserved.