ASMR Bedtime Stories

Tonight's bedtime story comes from a book that my cousin picked out for me at a local bookshop! The Little Lame Prince was a classic many years ago, but it seems to have been forgotten in the last few decades. I really enjoyed reading it! It was my first time reading the story and I thought it would be more natural for me to read it to you for the first time together.

For tonight's story, I thought I'd continue reading more of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. Listen as I read you chapters 2-3 of this beautiful classic where we'll follow Peter and Little Heidi up to the top of the mountains with the flock of lively goats. Alm Uncle seems a little kinder in chapter 2 than he did in chapter 1....what do you think?

☁️ Sweet Dreams ☁️

Welcome to the first episode of Season 2 of ASMR Bedtime Stories!

Tonight's story starts with Chapter 1 of Johanna Spyri's, Swiss classic, Heidi. You might be surprised to learn that this book was originally published in 1881 and turns 140 this year! I remember reading this book as a young child and loving every minute of Heidi's antics with Alm Uncle. I hope you find it as wonderful as I do! 

☁️ Sweet Dreams ☁️

Tonight's episode features a traditionally beloved fairy tales for lots of folks! Hans Christien Anderson's 'The Ugly Duckling' is a little darker than you may remember from your childhood, but I think it makes the ending that much sweeter. This episode does come with a trigger warning at the start, just in case you're not in a place to listen to some topics right now.

This episode is an extra long one! After debating on whether or not to break it up into smaller episodes, I decided that it was best listened to in one go so you wouldn't have to worry about finding out how the story ends.

Hans Christien Anderson's 'The Snow Queen' served as the original inspiration for a certain popular movie franchise although there isn't much of the original story in the movie! I hope you enjoy this version as much as I do.

This episode brings you a few folktales from the Ashanti Tribe (Ghana) in West Africa. One of my favorite frequenters of West African lore is Anansi, and I loved being able to read some of his tales for you tonight! I highly recommend reading more about him and his place in Ashanti culture.

Thank you all so much for being patient with me while I've been sick. It's meant so much to see the kind messages you've sent checking in. You're the best and I appreciate you!

If you'd like folktales read from your country, just let me know! I'm happy to bring a little bit of your home back to you.

After a break to take care of my voice and health, I'm back to read you more bedtime stories! Thank you to everyone who was so kind during my break, I'm thankful for each and every one of you. 

This week's bedtime stories include Little Red Riding Hood, The Fox and The Cat, Mrs. Fox Remarried, and another bonus episode that you'll have to listen to find out ;)

I have more Grimm's Fairytales to read, so feel free to let me know what your favorites are and I'll be happy to read them to you!

Tonight's episode features a lovely edition of Anderson's Fairy Tales that my amazing spouse found at an antique shop in town! The illustrations are lovely and my old copy was so tattered (I read the binding glue off of my paperback copy) it was a wonderful surprise :)

In this episode, I whisper two fairly popular stories of Hans Christien Anderson's to help soothe you to sleep. It's always a pleasure to read you a bedtime story!

Tonight's bedtime story features Snow-White and her sister, Rose-Red. Not all fairytales have wicked mothers or neglectful fathers! I really enjoyed trying out some new voices for this story :) I hope you enjoy! 

I have more Grimm's Fairytales to read, so feel free to let me know what your favorites are and I'll be happy to read them to you!

Tonight's episode was specially requested from a follower on Twitter - thank you for the suggestions, CakiePamy! This version of Cinderella is a bit darker than the Disney version you may be familiar with, but I hope it's soothing to you nonetheless. I have more Grimm's Fairytales to read, so feel free to let me know what your favorites are and I'll be happy to read them to you!

Tonight's bedtime story comes from a new addition to my collection:  The Madonna of the Tubs, by Mrs. Ward. I especially like that this book comes with illustrations and has an inscription in the front (from 1907!). The book itself was published in 1886, which make this one a lovely old find. This episode is extra long because it's the full book! I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed reading it. Let me know what you think!

Tonight's whispered bedtime story reminds me a lot of Mr. Toad and Mr. Frog from the Wind in the Willows! Sandman's Stories of Snowed-In Hut is a short story compilation written in the early 1900s. It features A Fox, a Possum, and a Racoon trying to snuggle in and get ready for a winter storm but  they find an unwelcome guest and a secret tunnel in their new home! Snuggle up and get ready for a nice long listen as I read you to sleep.

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Hi there! Just wanted to do a quick whispered ramble episode updating you on my new recording schedule and some lovely books I found at a local shop in my new town. I hope that's ok with you!

My new home isn't as soundproof as my old home and we live off of a busy street so I'd rather do one good episode a week than put out two poorly done episodes. I appreciate your patience and understanding!

**This episode is done in soft-spoken ASMR**

This story from Norway is one of my favorites, so I hope you enjoy it too! My grandmother used to read it to me as a kid growing up, so I have a lot of fond memories with her and this folktale. Sweet dreams!

If you'd like folktales read from your country, just let me know! I'm happy to bring a little bit of your home back to you.

Tonight's episode features a long form poem that took Lewis Carroll 2 years to write! It has loads of fun ASMR words, so I hope it gives you some great tingles!

As part of my ongoing thank you series for my listeners, this episode features more folktales from around the world! Tonight's episode takes us to Russia and features folktales about two meddling old women, a hedgehog prince, and the Baba Yaga! I hope you enjoy them! 

If you'd like folktales read from your country, just let me know! I'm happy to bring a little bit of your home back to you.

This episode features more of Aesop's Fables - some of which I think you'll find very familiar! There are lots of pictures to describe in this episode and bonus finger tracing that I hope you'll find relaxing. Enjoy!

In this episode, I whisper you another bedtime story from the Brown Fairy Book. This particular story appears to be from Finland and reminds me of the fairytales I grew up hearing. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed reading it to you!

This episode is a companion episode to Edgar Allen Poe's 'How to Write a Blackwood Article'. A Predicament features Signora Psyche Zenobia (not Miss Suky Snobbs!) while she embarks on an adventure to inspire her first Blackwood Article. Her article seems to be successful, but at what cost?

Please feel free to let me know what else I can read to you as you fall asleep each night. I'm open to requests!

This is another episode featuring two of many stories in an old fairytale book I own called the Brown Fairy Book. These two stories aren't marked with origin countries in my book, but they have a lot of German/Bulgarian tones to them. If you recognize where they're from, let me know! I'd love to know where they come from for sure.

You might recognize the first story as being very familiar to another fairytale I read to you a few weeks ago... I love how fairytales travel and change in different places around the world. I hope you enjoy this whispered reading!

This is the third episode in a series of episodes where I read all of Aesop's Fables to you! I'm about a quarter of the way through them and really enjoy reading them to you and describing the pictures too. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoy reading it to you!

I wanted to read something a little different for this episode and decided a whispered reading of The Canterbury Tales would be a lovely adventure! Please let me know if you enjoy it - I have the full published works and would love reading all of the character's tales to soothe you to sleep. Keep an eye out for the Olde English version in a couple of weeks and let me know which version you like better. I'm here for you!

These two stories are just some of many stories in an old fairytale book I own called the Brown Fairy Book. Although I'm not exactly sure what countries these two stories come from, they have a lot of influences from the Middle East and remind me a lot of the stories from 1000 Arabian Nights. I hope you enjoy this whispered reading!

The second episode in a series of episodes where I read all of Aesop's Fables to you! There are about 300, so it'll be a good long series. I hope you enjoy it!

This episode is the first in a series of episodes where I read all of Aesop's Fables to you! There are about 300, so it'll be a good long series. I hope you enjoy it!

As part of my ongoing thank you series for my listeners, this episode features more folktales from around the world! Tonight's episode takes us to North America where I read to you about Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe; a story about Senor Coyote and his traitorous tail; and how two old women tricked their husbands. I hope you enjoy them!

This episode, I pick up where we left off last time with chapter 3 of "Scenes in the Life of an Old Armchair". Things get a little sad for our little Winters family. Although the armchair doesn't quite understand what's happening, it does it's best to tell us all it can remember. I wonder what chapter 4 will bring?

I hope you enjoy listening and find it a relaxing listen!

This episode features a whispered reading of another of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories titled 'How to Write a Blackwood Article'. Please feel free to let me know what else I can read to you as you fall asleep each night. I'm open to requests! 

Have you ever wondered how Hawaii came to be and where Ma-ui got his hook from? Maybe you've wondered how platypuses came to Australia or why there are no tigers in Borneo. Tonight's episode brings you the answers to these burning questions as part of my series of episodes featuring folktales from around the world. Enjoy! 

Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, songwriter, singer, and entertainer in the early/mid 1800s. I've always loved his works so I thought I should read some of them to you! If you would like to hear more poems, please let me know - I have a ton of them!

 The poems read on this podcast include The Ring, an entry Moore made into a "Book of Follies", and birthday poems Moore wrote to various friends among others. I hope you enjoy them!  

This episode, I read the next three chapters from Gargantua and Pantagruel, book one, to you. It is an explicit episode, so please be aware of that before you listen! I also muddle my way through some difficult words (how do you pronounce ambriguembrangle?) and try to speak a little church Latin, so I hope you've forgive any blunders I make! 

This episode covers the first two chapters of the book "Scenes in the Life of an Old Armchair" which was originally published in 1917. It's such a sweet book written from the perspective of an armchair living vicariously through the people in its life and has always warmed my heart when I read it. I hope that it brings joy and warmth to your heart as well! An added bonus for this episode are some sweet kitten purrs and soft snoring from my lovely pets. I hope you find it relaxing! 

They very much enjoy sitting on my lap while I read to you. I originally found this book at an antique shop in Wichita Falls and have loved reading it time and again since. It seems fitting that this book is as well worn as the armchair it's about! Anyway, I hope you enjoy this out of the way find as much as I do. May it bring a bit of peace and comfort to you in these difficult times. 

This episode is a little special to me - the bedtime stories I read in this episode come from an old book that my Great Grandmother gave to me about 10 years ago. She's getting ready to have her 100th birthday this year so I thought I would read something that meant a lot to both of us at one time! The book is a little over 100 years old itself so I apologize if the content hasn't aged well! 

Some of the themes are very heavy handed, but I hope that my reading relaxes you nonetheless. I'm looking forward to reading more old book that I have at home to you in the coming months!

This episode, I whisper folktales from Italy to you to hopefully give some peace and comfort to Italy during this especially difficult time. I hope they give you peace and comfort as well. Remember to be kind and patient with yourself and others, and know that we're in this together. Please feel free to let me know what else I can read to you as you fall asleep each night. I'm open to requests! 

This episode features a whispered reading of Edgar Allen Poe's famous "Fall of the House of Usher". I apologize in advance for any misspoken words! It's a long listen, but one that I hope you'll enjoy. Please feel free to let me know what else I can read to you as you fall asleep each night. I'm open to requests! 

This episode, I wanted to say thank you to my listeners around the world by reading folktales from the countries you're listening from. Thank you to all of you who listen to these whispered bedtime stories. I hope they bring you some comfort and relaxation during the difficult times we're all going through. If you have a suggestion for a short story, book, poem, etc. that you would like for me to read, please let me know! I'm always happy to take requests. 

A whispered reading of part of my large collection of folktales from around the world. This episode is 3 short folktales from Scotland that I hope you'll enjoy! I have hundreds more from all over the globe, so let me know where you'd like me to read from next!  

A whispered reading of chapters 2 and 3 of Lewis Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno. My cat makes a small appearance as well! All stories read on this podcast are within the public domain. 

In this episode, I whisper the first three chapters of the first book of Francois Rabelais' classic novel, Gargantua & Pantagruel, to relax you as you drift off to sleep. This episode may contain content that is unsuitable for all audiences including profanity and vulgar descriptions. Because I believe books should be read as the author intended, I did not edit out these portions of the original text. 

**This episode has been re-recorded due to audio quality issues during the first recording** A whispered reading of another short story by Edgar Allan Poe. As always, all content read aloud is available in the public domain. 

**This episode has been re-recorded due to audio quality issues during the first recording** This is one of many stories in an old fairy tale book I own and is of South American origin. It's whispered to you to help you fall asleep and relax. As always, all content read aloud is available in the public domain.  

**This episode has been re-recorded due to audio quality issues during the first recording** A whispered reading of the first chapter of Lewis Carroll's book, Sylvie and Bruno. This episode is read in a breathy whisper. All of the content on this podcast is available in the public domain. 

The Black Cat, a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. In this episode, I whisper a bedtime story to relax you as you drift off to sleep. All stories read on this podcast are within the public domain.