294 episodes

Be softly soothed to sleep with exceptional stories.

Fast Asleep with Gena Marie Gena Marie

    • Health & Fitness

Be softly soothed to sleep with exceptional stories.

    Shirley Jackson's "Men with Their Big Shoes," relaxing storytelling

    Shirley Jackson's "Men with Their Big Shoes," relaxing storytelling

    294 - Is poor, young Mrs. Hart being blackmailed? Tuck in as this hypnotic author takes us through the transformation of her idyllic life.

    • 39 min
    "Day of the Butterfly" by Alice Munro, relaxing storytelling

    "Day of the Butterfly" by Alice Munro, relaxing storytelling

    292 - Tuck in to see how cruel girls can be. “A game developed: 'Let's be nice to Myra! What do you wash your hair in, Myra? . . . she washes it in cod - liver oil, can't you smell it?' "

    • 42 min
    "Broker's Special" by Stanley Ellin, relaxing storytelling

    "Broker's Special" by Stanley Ellin, relaxing storytelling

    291 - "Judge Hilliker had once told him . . . 'Guns? . . . Knives? Blunt instruments? . . . there is just one perfect weapon -- an automobile.'" Tuck in for a most gratifying tale from the master craftsman of the mystery thriller.

    • 55 min
    "The Bloodstained Pavement" by Agatha Christie

    "The Bloodstained Pavement" by Agatha Christie

    290 - Miss Marple knows: "There is a great deal of wickedness in village life." Tuck in for another captivating Marple mystery!

    • 39 min
    "The Golden Castaways" by Lloyd Osbourne

    "The Golden Castaways" by Lloyd Osbourne

    289 - "All I did was to pull him out by the seat of his trousers . . . (and) he called me a hero! . . . I departed in a blaze of glory." Tuck in for the fun of this lighthearted tale from the stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    "East Wind" by Daphne du Maurier

    "East Wind" by Daphne du Maurier

    288 - "Perhaps he was drowned, or picked up by some passing ship; no one could say, for he never came back. No one who left the island returned." Tuck in for this mesmerizing romantic thriller from the author of Rebecca and The Birds.

    • 53 min

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