All Episodes

Bigfoot – Part 2: Plaster, Videos, & DNA – Hoaxes or Humanoids? | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

*Sample* | Charlie Chaplin – Part 3: The Little Tramp turns into Hitler | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #82)

Bigfoot – Part 1: Early Sightings & Encounters – Delusions or Discoveries? | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

Prohibition – Part 1: A True Crime Story about Booze, Bootleggers, & Bribes | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

History of Pearls – Part 2: King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Fake Pearls, Black Pearls, Pearl Biology, Pearl Jam, & World’s Largest Pearls | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

History of Pearls – Part 1: Stories of Oysters, Alexander The Great, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Aphrodite, Botticelli, & Columbus | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

UFO History: 2000+ Years of Strange Sightings & Wild Stories | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

Pirate Life of Captain Henry Morgan: Ruthlessness, Riches, & Rum | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

Coal: Early History, Coal Miner Challenges, & The Industrial Revolution | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

Quiz Quest II: 30 Trivia Questions about Marco Polo, The Titanic, Jackie Robinson, & Henry Ford | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

Balloon Flight: Dramatic stories of the first Hot Air Balloons & Hydrogen Gas Balloons | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

Florence Nightingale: The Crimean War & The Birth of Nursing | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

Salt: History, Famous Moments, & Fun Facts | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History

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*Sample* | 5-Hour Life Story of Henry Ford: His Struggles, Challenges, & Controversies to Create a Car Empire | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #65)

*Sample* | 3-Hour Titanic 360 Series: A Multi-Perspective (Bonus Episode #41)

*Sample* | 2.5-Hour Titanic Survival Story: The Full Story (Bonus Episode #8)

*Sample* | 2-Hour Full Story of The Great Prison Tunnel Escape (Bonus Episode #24)

*Sample* | 2-Hours of Quiz Quests: 120 Trivia Questions (Bonus Episode #30)

*Sample* | 2-Hour History of Reindeer: Real Reindeer, Santa’s Reindeer, Rudolph, & Reindeer Herders in Lapland | Learn, Relax, Sleep (Bonus Episode #57)

*Sample* | 2-Hour History of Pearls & Pearl Divers | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #77)

*Sample* | 2-Hour History of UFOs: Phantom Airships, Flying Saucers, Roswell, Area 51, Hangar 18, & more | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #80)

*Sample* | 1-Hour about Florence Nightingale: The Crimea War & Birth of Modern Nursing | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #51)

*Sample* | 1-Hour about Ancient Greek Olympics: History, Events, Training, & Curious Stories about Ancient Champions (Bonus Episode #42)

*Sample* | 1-Hour about The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony: Mayflower, Survival, Weapons, & Armor (Bonus Episode #36)

*Sample* | 1-Hour about Easter Island: Strange Statues, Colliding Cults, & 1914 Expedition (Bonus Episode #31)

*Sample* | 1-Hour about Egypt: Pyramids, Cairo, Sphinx, & more (Bonus Episode #33)

*Sample* | 1-Hour about Marco Polo, Silk Road, Mongols, & Kublai Khan (Bonus Episode #27)

*Sample* | 1-Hour History of Coal: Geology, Discovery, Industrial Revolution, & Coal Miner Experiences | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #63)

*Sample* | 1-Hour History of Rubber: Discovery, Early Uses, Charles Goodyear, & Visit to a Rubber Plantation (Bonus Episode #22)

*Sample* | 1-Hour History of Salt: Geology, Preparation, Uses, Historical Moments, Salt Mines, & Hidden Nazi Loot (Bonus Episode #38)

*Sample* | 1-Hour History of Pearls – Part 1 [up to 1500 AD]: Origins, Pearl Diving, Alexander The Great, Julius Caeser, Cleopatra, Aphrodite, Botticelli, Christopher Columbus, & Elizabeth Taylor | Learn, Relax, Sleep (Bonus Episode #56)

*Sample* | 1-Hour about Klondike Gold Rush: Prospectors, Mining Methods, Riches, Challenges, & Dawson City | Learn, Relax, Sleep (Bonus Episode #54)

*Sample* | 1-Hour about Jackie Robinson: Incredible Life Story of a Baseball Legend | Learn, Relax, Sleep (Bonus Episode #48)

*Sample* | 1 Hour about Joan of Arc: Life, Battles, Trial, & Zany Conspiracy Theories | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #45)

*Sample* | 1 Hour about the TV Shows: Gilligan’s Island & The Addams Family | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #86)

*Sample* | 1 Hour of Mischievous History: Phoenix Five Prank & Balloon Boy Hoax | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #83)

*Sample* | Uranium: History, Mining, Dangers, Nuclear Physics, Marie Curie, & Pitchblende | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #87)

*Sample* | Textile History: Spinning, Weaving, The Luddites, & Sleeping Beauty | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #91)

*Sample* | Pirate Ned Low & Castaway Philip Ashton: A Twisted Tale of Kindness, Cruelty, & Patty Hearst | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #78)

*Sample* | Prohibition: History of Rum, Rum-Running, & Speakeasies | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #75)

*Sample* | The Real Charlie Chaplin – Part 2 | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #79)

*Sample* | UFO History: Roswell, Area 51, Hangar 18, Majestic 12, & Aztec Incident | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #70)

*Sample* | Alexander Selkirk: The Real Castaway who inspired the novel, Robinson Crusoe | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #66)

*Sample* | The Bizarre History of Pearl Divers & Shark Charmers | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #68)

*Sample* | History of Bigfoot – Part 1: Hairy Humanoid Creatures & Cryptids of the 1800s | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #64)

*Sample* | Coal Mining in 1908: Duties, Dangers, & Delusions | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #46)

*Sample* | Operation Prohibition: A True Crime Story about Booze, Bootleggers, & Bribes | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #62)

*Sample* | UFO History: Phantom Airship Invasion of the 1800s | Learn, Relax, Sleep (Bonus Episode #49)

*Sample* | Legendary Pirate: Captain Morgan – Rise, Ruthlessness, Riches, & Rum | Learn, Relax, Sleep (Bonus Episode #59)

*Sample* | Pirates & The Golden Age of Piracy: Lifestyles, Ships, Weapons, Plundering, Treasures, Codes, & Havens | Learn, Relax, Sleep (Bonus Episode #52)

*Sample* | Story of Henry Ford – Part 7: Birth of the Model T (Bonus Episode #43)

*Sample* | Klondike Gold Rush: 1898 Visit to Dawson City (Bonus Episode #37)

*Sample* | Jackie Robinson: The Baseball Legend’s Early Struggles, Arrests, & Shocking Trial (Bonus Episode #34)

*Sample* | Ancient Greek Olympic Champions: Incredible Moments & Fascinating Stories (Bonus Episode #32)

*Sample* | The Real Florence Nightingale: What was she really like? (Bonus Episode #28)

*Sample* | Joan of Arc & Conspiracy Theories (Bonus Episode #26)

*Sample* | The History of Salt Mines & Nazi Loot (Bonus Episode #25)

*Sample* | The Great Prison Tunnel Escape: Part 4-Failures & Freedom (Bonus Episode #23)

*Sample* | Titanic 360: Part 6-Arrival to New York, At Last (Bonus Episode #40)

*Sample* | Gilligan’s Island TV Show: History & Trivia (Bonus Episode #21)

*Sample* | Balloon Flight: The High-Flying Adventures of Gertrude Bacon | Learn, Relax, Sleep (Bonus Episode #44)

*Sample* | Titanic 360: Part 5-Arrival of the Rescue Ship (Bonus Episode #20)

*Sample* | Visit to Easter Island: 1914 Expedition of Katherine Routledge (Bonus Episode #19)

*Sample* | Jesse Owens: Track and Field Legend & Spoiler of Hitler’s Plans (Bonus Episode #18)

*Sample* | The Mongols & Kublai Khan (Bonus Episode #17)

*Sample* | The Great Prison Tunnel Escape: Part 3-Big Trick & Little Ross (Bonus Episode #16)

*Sample* | Weapons & Armor of the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony (Bonus Episode #14)

*Sample* | Sewing Needles & Thread: Creation and Use by Early Humans | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #85)

*Sample* | A Visit with Reindeer Herders of Lapland in 1732 – Part 1 (Bonus Episode #39)

*Sample* | 1910 Visit to a Rubber Plantation (Bonus Episode #15)

*Sample* | The Pilgrim’s First Thanksgiving at Plymouth Colony in 1621 | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #84)

*Sample* | Titanic 360: Part 4-Brave Women in the Lifeboats (Bonus Episode #13)

*Sample* | 1882 Case of the Stolen Nitroglycerin (Bonus Episode #11)

*Sample* | Historical Sea Monsters: Leviathan, Stronsay Beast, Montauk Monster, Gloucester Serpent, Hydrarchos, & Lake George Monster | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #76)

*Sample* | History of Bigfoot – Part 2: Attacks, Footprints, Videos, & DNA | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #81)

*Sample* | Pirates: The Truth about Eye Patches, Earrings, Parrots, Peg Legs, Hook Hands, Rum, & “Shiver Me Timbers!” | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #71)

*Sample* | 1905 Visit to Cairo & The Great Pyramid (Bonus Episode #12)

*Sample* | A Century of College Pranks: Stanford University vs University of California, Berkeley (Bonus Episode #35)

*Sample* | Charlie Chaplin – Part 1: The Struggles & Successes of a Little Tramp | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #69)

*Sample* | The Balloon Boy Hoax | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #72)

*Sample* | The Addams Family & Wednesday: TV Show History & Trivia | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #73)

*Sample* | The Inside Story of UFOs: Project Blue Book – Part 1 | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #60)

*Sample* | The Story of Henry Ford – Part 8: Assembly Line Innovations & Labor Reformations | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #47)

*Sample* | Oil Wells: The History of Vaseline | Relax & Sleep with History (Bonus Episode #67)

*Sample* | The Story of Henry Ford – Part 9: The Final Chapter | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #55)

*Sample* | Christmas Memories on a Texas Ranch from 1888 to1906 | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #58)

*Sample* | John Jacob Astor IV: Tycoon Life & Titanic Death | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #90)

*Sample* | Sewing Machines: A History of Inventors, Fires, Lawsuits, & Bigamy | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #94)

*Alert* | The Great Prison Tunnel Escape [1864 AD] – Part 2: The Second Attempt (Bonus Episode #10)

*Alert* | Titanic 360 [1912 AD] – Part 3: Final Moments of the Ship (Bonus Episode #9)

*Alert* | 2.5 Hour Titanic Survival Story [1912 AD] – All Parts 1,2,3,4,5,6 (Bonus Episode #8)

*Alert* | The West African Voyage of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [1881 AD] (Bonus Episode #7)

*Alert* | The Great Prison Tunnel Escape [1864 AD] – Part 1: The First Attempt (Bonus Episode #6)

*Alert* | Joan of Arc at the Battle of Orleans [1429 AD] (Bonus Episode #5)

*Alert* | Titanic 360 [1912 AD] – Part 2: Fateful Decisions with the Lifeboats (Bonus Episode #4)

*Alert* | History of Region Names: Countries, Provinces, & More (Bonus Episode #3)

*Alert* | The Treasure Hunt of William Phips [1651-1695 AD] (Bonus Episode #2)

*Alert* | Titanic 360 [1912 AD] – Part 1: Collision with an Iceberg (Bonus Episode #1)

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