199 Episodes

  1. The HORRIFYING Fate of the Fishermen Caught in a U.S. Nuclear Test | History For Sleep

    Published: 15/08/2025
  2. Why You’d REGRET Joining Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show | History For Sleep

    Published: 14/08/2025
  3. Why Being a Gentleman in the 18th Century Was a Slow, Expensive Death | History For Sleep

    Published: 14/08/2025
  4. Why You’d Regret Being a Renaissance Executioner | History For Sleep

    Published: 13/08/2025
  5. Why You Wouldn't Survive as a Medieval Street Urchin | History For Sleep

    Published: 13/08/2025
  6. Why You Wouldn’t Survive Crossing the Bering Strait in the Ice Age | History For Sleep

    Published: 12/08/2025
  7. Why You Wouldn’t Survive as a WWI Tunnel Digger | History For Sleep

    Published: 12/08/2025
  8. What It Was Like to Stay In a Victorian Workhouse | History For Sleep

    Published: 11/08/2025
  9. What Was It Like to Attend the First Thanksgiving | History For Sleep

    Published: 11/08/2025
  10. Why You’d Regret Being a Constable in Tudor England | History For Sleep

    Published: 10/08/2025
  11. Why It Sucked to Be a Medieval Serf | History For Sleep

    Published: 10/08/2025
  12. What Was It Like to Be a Female Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt? | History For Sleep

    Published: 9/08/2025
  13. Why You'd REGRET Being a Soviet Sniper in WWII | History For Sleep

    Published: 9/08/2025
  14. What Was It Like to Be the Last Samurai? | History For Sleep

    Published: 8/08/2025
  15. The BRUTAL Life of a Servant in Colonial Singapore | History For Sleep

    Published: 8/08/2025
  16. The BRUTAL Life of an Incan Llama Herder | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/08/2025
  17. The HORRIFYING Life of a Medieval Gravedigger During the Black Death | History For Sleep

    Published: 7/08/2025
  18. The BRUTAL Life of a Persian Soldier under Xerxes | History For Sleep

    Published: 6/08/2025
  19. Why You Wouldn’t Survive as a WWII Truck Driver | History For Sleep

    Published: 6/08/2025
  20. Why You Wouldn’t Survive as a Chinese Railroad Worker in the Wild West | History For Sleep

    Published: 5/08/2025

3 / 10

History For Sleep delivers slow, calm, and slightly unsettling historical storytelling that makes dozing off educationally depressing. Brought to you by the Drowsy Historian, each episode is 1–2 hours of immersive bedtime history with just enough absurd detail to keep you listening — until you aren’t. Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying p

Visit the podcast's native language site