Pull up the covers and step into the shadowy corridors of medieval Europe, where crowns were won and lost in the dark and some deaths were never explained.

In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we revisit some of the most intriguing unsolved murders of the Middle Ages. We'll ask what really happened to the Princes in the Tower, follow the fatal arrow that struck down William Rufus in the New Forest, and examine the grim legends surrounding Edward II. We'll look at Duncan and Macbeth, the vanishing of young Arthur of Brittany, a Danish king stabbed in his sleep, and a royal duke silenced in Calais. Finally, we'll discover how murders were actually investigated in medieval England, and why these cases still refuse to be solved.

Told in a calm, gentle voice, this is history to learn from, relax with, or simply fall asleep to.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome

00:02:07 The Princes in the Tower

00:09:50 William Rufus and the New Forest Arrow

00:15:38 Edward II

00:23:29 Duncan and Macbeth?

00:29:54 Arthur of Brittany, Vanished!

00:36:13 Eric V of Denmark: Stabbed in His Sleep

00:42:03 Thomas of Woodstock: Smothered

00:47:05 How Medieval England Actually Investigated a Murder

00:51:27 Why Do These Cases Remain Unsolved?

Sweet dreams, and thank you for listening.

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Dim the lights and journey back to the land between the rivers, where the world's first cities rose from the mud of Mesopotamia and with them, some of humanity's oldest ideas about gods, spirits and hidden knowledge.In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we explore the mysterious world of Sumerian occultism. We'll meet the Anunnaki, follow the goddess Inanna on her descent into the underworld, and trace how these ancient myths echoed through later tales of Watchers and angels. Then we'll follow their long shadow through Babylon and the Hermetic tradition, into the world of Aleister Crowley and his circle, the strange story of the Simon Necronomicon, and the modern movements that still draw on Sumer today.Told in a calm, gentle voice, this is history to learn from, relax with, or simply fall asleep to.Chapters:00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome00:03:11 The World Before00:11:38 The Anunnaki00:20:21 Inanna's Descent00:29:09 Watchers and Angels00:34:51 From Babylon to the Hermetic Tradition00:41:19 Crowley and Friends00:46:58 The Simon Necronomicon00:53:32 ModernistsSweet dreams, and thank you for listening.#History #AncientHistory #Sumer #Mesopotamia #Occult #HistoryForSleep #SleepPodcast

Settle in and drift back more than five thousand years, to a time when a simple mix of copper and tin changed the course of human history.

In this episode of The Sleeping Historian, we travel across the entire Bronze Age world: from the first great cities of Mesopotamia and the long golden centuries of Egypt, to the mysterious streets of the Indus Valley, the palaces of the Minoans and Mycenaeans, the ritual bronzes of ancient China, and the tin roads and standing stones of prehistoric Europe. We'll explore the remarkable network of kings, merchants and diplomats that connected these civilisations, and finally the dramatic collapse that brought it all to an end.

Told in a calm, gentle voice, this is history to learn from, relax with, or simply fall asleep to.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Introduction and Welcome

00:02:11 The First Bronze: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Urban Civilisation

00:09:11 Egypt's Long Bronze Age: From the Old Kingdom to Empire

00:16:17 The Indus Valley: Bronze Age Cities That Still Keep Their Secrets

00:22:49 The Aegean World: Minoans, Mycenaeans, and the Sea

00:29:45 Bronze Age China: Ritual, Power, and the Piece-Mold Revolution

00:35:29 Europe's Bronze Age: Stonehenge, Amber, and the Tin Roads

00:41:47 The Late Bronze Age International System

00:48:29 The Collapse: When Everything Ended at Once

Sweet dreams, and thank you for listening.

#History #AncientHistory #BronzeAge #HistoryForSleep #SleepPodcast