56 episodes

Chilling stories told by Cassandra Harold. Season 3 brings a format change with classic frightening fiction as the focus.

Prior topics include strange and anomalous phenomena, mind benders, head scratchers and mysterious true crime cases.

Unpleasant Dreams Jim Harold's Spooky Studio

    • Society & Culture

Chilling stories told by Cassandra Harold. Season 3 brings a format change with classic frightening fiction as the focus.

Prior topics include strange and anomalous phenomena, mind benders, head scratchers and mysterious true crime cases.

    The Power of Darkness - Unpleasant Dreams 55

    The Power of Darkness - Unpleasant Dreams 55

    This week on Unpleasant Dreams we dive into an eerie tale that tests the boundaries of darkness and the sway it holds over the mind. Our story is Edith Nesbit's "The Power of Darkness."
    Our narrator is Cassandra Harold.
    Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33028
     

    • 38 min
    The Old Nurse's Story - Unpleasant Dreams 54

    The Old Nurse's Story - Unpleasant Dreams 54

    Tune in for this classic Victorian ghost story written in 1852 by Elizabeth Gaskell.
    Your narrator is Cassandra Harold.
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    Note: The image used in the artwork accompanying this episode was generated by Midjourney AI. Everything else you hear was created by a human.

    • 57 min
    Vale Of The Corbies - Unpleasant Dreams 53

    Vale Of The Corbies - Unpleasant Dreams 53

    Cassandra shares the troubling tale of "The Vale of Corbies" written by Arthur J. Burks.
    You can find the original at The Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV06N05192511/page/n31/mode/1up
    Please tell your classic horror loving friends about Unpleasant Dreams!

    • 23 min
    The Night Wire

    The Night Wire

    A hard boiled journalist encounters something that shakes him to his core. That is the premise of H.F. Arnold's classic short story, The Night Wire.
    You can find it here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Night_Wire 
    Cassandra Harold is our narrator.
    Thank you for listening and please share with your friends who enjoy classic horror!

    • 17 min
    The Tell-Tale Heart - Unpleasant Dreams 51

    The Tell-Tale Heart - Unpleasant Dreams 51

    Happy Valentine's Day! Here's the perfect story for a day dedicated to our hearts.
    It's The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. Enjoy!

    • 17 min
    Goblin Market - Unpleasant Dreams 50

    Goblin Market - Unpleasant Dreams 50

    Join Cassandra on a journey to the mysterious Goblin Market on this edition of Unpleasant Dreams!
    This classic was written by Christina Rossetti and released in 1862.
    Thank you for listening and please share the show your friends!

    • 23 min

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