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The Two Koreas & the DMZ: The Line Drawn in 30 Minutes | History for Sleep with Rain Sounds

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The Somerton Man: Australia's Strangest Cold Case | History for Sleep

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A man in a nice suit sat down against a sea wall on Somerton Beach in nineteen forty-eight and never got up. He had no wallet, no name, and every label cut out of his clothes. Tonight, we take the long way through one of the strangest cold…
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Tonight's story follows one of the most unlikely rags-to-riches tales in modern history: how a loose network of Edo-period peddlers and gamblers survived three centuries at the margins of Japanese society, then rose out of the ashes of…
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September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

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The Entire History of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) | Sleep History with Rain Sounds

September 13, 2026 · 1 hr 46 min

The entire history of the Mexican Revolution, 1910 to 1920, told slowly and in full over rain sounds, so you can fall asleep somewhere between the fall of Porfirio Diaz and the writing of a constitution that is still in force…
The St. Francis Dam Disaster: California's Forgotten Deadliest Night | Sleep History

September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min

Two and a half minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam gave way. Within 70 minutes, a wall of water and concrete had erased everything in the Santa Clara River Valley from San Francisquito Canyon to the Pacific. More…
The Great Wall of China: Two Thousand Years of Stone and Sand | History For Sleep

September 6, 2026 · 1 hr 39 min

Tonight we walk the full length of the Great Wall of China — not one wall, but two thousand years of packed earth, fired brick, and millions of quiet, anonymous hands. Settle in with steady rain and let this one carry you off. Most people…
The Ice King: The Forgotten History of the Global Ice Trade

September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

Before refrigerators, before ice makers, before the idea of a cold drink on a hot day was something you could take for granted, a young Bostonian named Frederic Tudor nearly bankrupted himself trying to sell frozen pond water to the…

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Telling interesting stories of the past to inherit their ingenuity and avoid their mistakes. Sleepless History is now on Patreon. Follow for free to get bonus content as it rolls out — patreon.com/cw/SleeplessHistory If this show has helped you in any way or you're feeling generous, you can donate to the show here: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/b6cefc39-5137-4e61-a570-59bb4da590c5/donations I create history stories that are interesting enough to fall asleep to. I independently research, review, and edit all the content for this podcast. Don't forget to follow!