Why You Wouldn't Survive a Soviet Gulag | History For Sleep
Get early episodes & bonus perks on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianStep into a world of frostbitten silence and quiet despair. This visual narrative explores the daily reality of life in a Soviet labor camp—told not through dialogue, but through haunting imagery. From the dim barracks to the frozen forests, each frame captures the weight of survival under an unforgiving sky.Inspired by historical accounts and rendered in a somber, oil-painting style, this video traces the blurred lines between imprisonment and freedom, endurance and surrender. There are no heroes here—only shadows, footsteps, and the cold memory of forgotten lives.⚠️ This episode contains emotionally heavy content and is intended for mature, reflective audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.#gulag #history #visualstorytelling #sovietunion #survival #oilpaintinganimation #darkhistory #emotionalfilm
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Why You Wouldn't Survive the Titanic | History For Sleep
Get early episodes & bonus perks on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianApril 15, 1912. The Titanic has sunk—but the story didn’t end in the freezing waters of the North Atlantic. In the months that followed, polished shoes stepped over ghosts, and polished speeches smothered the screams. This video takes you inside the parliamentary inquiries, where survivors were ignored, steerage was forgotten, and tragedy was translated into tidy charts and sanitized testimony.From locked gates to lifeboats that weren’t full, we follow the brutal truth of what really happened—told not through disaster movie heroics, but through silent absences, quiet denials, and the damning weight of what was left unsaid.If you're looking for a calm, immersive exploration of the Titanic’s aftermath—with a touch of dark irony and no romanticizing—this is your story.#titanic #history #boringhistoryforsleep #sleepvideo #historicalinjustice #unsinkable
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Why Tudor Food Was Disgusting and Deadly | History For Sleep
Get early episodes & bonus perks on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTonight on Drowsy Historian, we’re traveling back to Tudor England — but not for courtly intrigue or royal gossip. No, tonight’s horror is on your dinner plate.From plague-ridden pottage and gravel-filled bread to aristocratic sugar sculptures laced with lead, Tudor cuisine was less about flavor and more about survival (or not). Whether you were a peasant gnawing on stale rye or a noble choking on a swan stuffed with a goose stuffed with regret, one thing was certain: dinner was always a gamble.In this slow, immersive, second-person journey, you'll live a dozen lifetimes across the Tudor table — scraping out stew, eyeing dubious pies, and trying not to think about the rat under the bench. It’s educational. It’s disgusting. And it’s narrated in a calm, dry tone designed to lull you to sleep… while quietly ruining your appetite.Lie back, close your eyes, and try not to dream of eel pies.#DrowsyHistorian #TudorHistory #MedievalFood #SleepStory #HistoricalSleepNarration #HistoryPodcast #BoringHistory #WhyTudorFoodSucked #SecondPersonNarrative #MedievalCooking #ASMRHistory #HistoricalSleepAid
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Why You Wouldn't Survive the Children’s Crusade | History For Sleep
Get early episodes & bonus perks on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianYou were just a starving child in 1212—barefoot, malnourished, and following a boy who claimed God would part the sea. He didn’t.Welcome to the tragic, surreal nightmare that was the Children’s Crusade. In this immersive, slow-paced historical journey, we walk in your tattered footsteps—through mud, hunger, disease, betrayal, and blind faith. There’s no glory here. No salvation. Just the long, fading echo of a forgotten march.This isn’t a legend. It’s a footnote.And like thousands of real children in medieval France and Germany…you never came home.#ChildrensCrusade #MedievalHistory #SleepStory #HistoricalNarration #DrowsyHistorian #WhyYouWouldntSurvive #BrutalHistory #FaithAndFailure #PeasantLife #HistoricalSleepNarrative
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Why You Wouldn't Survive Being a Chernobyl Liquidator | History For Sleep
Get early episodes & bonus perks on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianYou’re not a soldier. You’re not a scientist. You’re just a name on a list — and that list just sent you into the worst nuclear disaster in human history.Tonight, we follow your footsteps as a Chernobyl liquidator: drafted with no briefing, dressed in gear barely fit for gardening, and handed a dosimeter that might as well be a paperweight. You’ll clear radioactive graphite by hand. You’ll sleep in tents that reek of iodine and fear. You’ll be celebrated, then forgotten.This isn’t fiction. This happened. To thousands.And tonight, in quiet tones and slow unraveling horror, it’s happening to you.
History For Sleep delivers slow, calm, and slightly unsettling historical storytelling that makes dozing off educationally depressing. Whether you're hearing about plagues, peasant life, or papal trials, it's all narrated at a soothing pace with a dry wit designed to lull you into unconsciousness.
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.
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