45 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.

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    • 4.8 • 506 Ratings

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 Mask - Part One - Unpleasant Dreams 44

    The Mask - Part One - Unpleasant Dreams 44

    We delve into Robert W. Chambers' "The Mask," a tale that intertwines love, art, and the audacity of human ambition. What happens when an artist's quest for eternal beauty crosses the unforgiving lines of mortality?
    Join us as we explore a story that ventures beyond the surface, examining the emotional and psychological toll of capturing perfection—at a price. Your narrator is Cassandra Harold.
    You can find the original text of this classic 1895 story here: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8492/pg8492-images.html#THE_MASK
    Thank you for listening and please tell your friends who love classic horror!

    • 20 min
    A Voice In The Night - Unpleasant Dreams 43

    A Voice In The Night - Unpleasant Dreams 43

    A terrifying tale of a lost soul on the sea crying for any help he can find for himself and his doomed wife.
    Cassandra Harold narrates the classic short story, "A Voice In The Night" by William Hope Hodgson.
    Please share this episode with your friends who love classic horror!

    • 36 min
    A School Story - Unpleasant Dreams 42

    A School Story - Unpleasant Dreams 42

    Classmates exchange mysterious tales about their "ordinary" Latin teacher. Their banter spirals into a gripping saga of ghostly encounters, where reality blurs with the realm of the unknown.
    Cassandra Harold reads this classic tale, A School Story by M.R. James on this edition of Unpleasant Dreams.
    You can find the short story here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9629
    Here's wishing you pleasant dreams!!!

    • 20 min
    A Suspicious Gift -- Unpleasant Dreams 41

    A Suspicious Gift -- Unpleasant Dreams 41

    Ever get an offer too good too be true? That's the terrifying predicament of our subject on this week's Unpleasant Dreams.
    Cassandra Harold narrates this classic short horror story.
    Source of A Suspicious Gift by Algernon Blackwood: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14471
    Follow Cassandra’s Instagram here: https://instagram.com/unpleasant_dreams_podcast
    Thanks for listening and please share the show with your friends!
    And…may all your dreams be pleasant!

    • 31 min
    The Damned Thing -- Unpleasant Dreams 40

    The Damned Thing -- Unpleasant Dreams 40

    A man finds himself haunted by an unseen, malevolent force. Will he overcome it, will it drive him mad, or worse?
    Cassandra Harold narrates this classic Ambrose Bierce short horror story.
    Source of The Damned Thing: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/23172/23172-h/23172-h.htm
    Follow Cassandra’s new Instagram here: https://instagram.com/unpleasant_dreams_podcast
    Thanks for listening and please share the show with your friends!
    And…may all your dreams be pleasant!

    • 25 min
    A Midnight Visitor - Unpleasant Dreams 39

    A Midnight Visitor - Unpleasant Dreams 39

    A man gets a most unwelcome visitor late at night!
    Cassandra Harold is your narrator.
    You can find A Midnight Visitor by John Kendrick Bangs at The Gutenberg Project: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8377/pg8377.html
    Follow Cassandra’s new Instagram here: https://instagram.com/unpleasant_dreams_podcast
    Thanks for listening and please share the show with your friends!
    And…may all your dreams be pleasant!

    • 34 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
506 Ratings

506 Ratings

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Great podcast

Cassandra does an amazing job narrating these stories. I would highly recommend to anybody who loves listening to a wonderfully told story to give this show a listen.

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