Episodes

  • Episode #51: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
    Oct 8 2020

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    A US Supreme Court Justice from 1993 until her death in September 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sometimes known as the Notorious R.B.G., was a tireless advocate for gender equality in American law. Tenacious, extraordinarily intelligent and strong, many of the laws she championed had a direct impact on the discrimination she faced in her own life and career.

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    7 mins
  • A Brief History of Halloween
    Oct 31 2024

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    Originating from ancient Celtic traditions, Halloween marks a time when people believed the boundary between the living and the dead was particularly thin. Today, it is viewed as a playful holiday and exploration of themes around fear and mortality, celebrating both the mystery of the unknown and the imagination...

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    31 mins
  • The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
    Oct 24 2024

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    Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart recounts the murder of an old man, caused not by personal animosity but by an obsessive disgust of the man's "vulture-like" eye. Poe is an often misunderstood master of the macabre whose stories and poems illuminate the dark recesses of our minds. In this short story he reaches beyond what is self-evident to explore guilt, terror and madness...

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    26 mins
  • Quiz Show Scandals of the 1950s
    Oct 18 2024

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    The Quiz Show Scandals of the 1950s were a series of manipulations between contestants and show producers who rigged TV quizzes to benefit themselves. Occurring during a time in which public confidence in television was not yet established, the scandals rocked the broadcast industry and led to special inquiries by the US Congress...

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    24 mins
  • What It Was: A Ghost Story
    Oct 11 2024

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    Originally published over 100 years ago, at a time when mystery and the unknown intermingled with the metaphysical, this ghost story brings us into a boarding house in New York City. Famously afflicted with occult wonders, this house hides secret terrors that may or may not be seen...

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    #sleep #wikisleep #sleepstories #ghoststory #ghost #mystery #mentalhealth

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    56 mins
  • Salem Witch Trials
    Oct 9 2024

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    The Salem Witch Trials were one of Colonial America's most notorious cases of mass hysteria. All in all, more than two hundred people were accused between February 1692 and May 1693. Thirty were found guilty and nineteen were executed. The trials have been described as a vivid cautionary tale about the dangers of isolationism, religious extremism, false accusations, and lapses in due process.

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    34 mins
  • The Real-Life Witch Hunter, Matthew Hopkins
    Oct 3 2024

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    Tonight’s story is about a real-life witch hunter, Matthew Hopkins, who exploited the fears and hysteria that surrounded the occult during the 17th century in England to satisfy his own perverse views on so-called sinners. Self-proclaimed "WitchFinder General," he and his associates were responsible for more people being hanged for witchcraft than had been in all the previous 100 years combined. #WikiSleep #WitchHunter #Sleep #ScaryStory #Witchcraft #MentalHealth

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    24 mins
  • A Brief History of Zombies
    Oct 1 2024

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    Zombies as we know them have their origins in Haitian and African folklore, where they were believed to be reanimated corpses controlled by sorcerers. The concept evolved in pop culture through the 20th century, gaining prominence in George A. Romero's 1968 film "Night of the Living Dead." Romero's movie marked the shift from voodoo-based zombies to the modern, flesh-eating and contagious kind undead. Since then, zombies have become a staple in horror literature, films and video games, representing societal fears and anxieties, while also providing a platform for creative exploration of the undead theme...

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    #WikiSleep #SleepStories #Zombies #HistoryofZombies #SleepTool #SleepHelp #SpookyStory #Meditation #SleepDiversion #MentalHealth #Sleep #Podcast #Stories

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    35 mins