Unpleasant Dreams
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.
Episodes
May 13, 2024 • 38 mins
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
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April 12, 2024 • 57 mins
Tune in for this classic Victorian ghost story written in 1852 by Elizabeth Gaskell.
Your narrator is Cassandra Harold.
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March 13, 2024 • 23 mins
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!
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February 28, 2024 • 17 mins
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!
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February 14, 2024 • 17 mins
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!
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January 31, 2024 • 23 mins
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.
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January 17, 2024 • 42 mins
The Yellow Wallpaper is a horror tale from 1892 which details a woman's decent into madness. Yet, it is much more and is considered a classic of feminist literature.
The author is Charlotte Perkins Gilman and you can find the full text at Project Gutenberg.
Your narrator is Cassandra Harold.
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December 18, 2023 • 193 mins
A Christmas Carol is perhaps the most loved classic holiday story of all time. Cassandra shares her narration of the full version of Ebenezer Scrooge's tale by Charles Dickens.
This episode includes the complete story.
Enjoy this super sized Christmas edition of Unpleasant Dreams.
Merry Christmas and God Bless Us Every One!
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December 17, 2023 • 107 mins
Cassandra shares the conclusion of the terrifying tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!
You can find the classic original, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, at this link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43/43-h/43-h.htm#chap02
Thank you for listening and please tell your friends who love classic horror!
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October 25, 2023 • 75 mins
For this special Halloween edition, Cassandra shares the terrifying tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!
This is part one.
You can find the classic original, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, at this link: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43/43-h/43-h.htm#chap02
Thank you for listening and please tell your friends who love classic horror!
Happy Halloween!
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October 13, 2023 • 28 mins
We delve into the conclusion of 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 ...
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August 30, 2023 • 20 mins
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 t...
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August 9, 2023 • 36 mins
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!
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July 12, 2023 • 20 mins
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!!!
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June 28, 2023 • 31 mins
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
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June 14, 2023 • 25 mins
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
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May 18, 2023 • 34 mins
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
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And…may all your dreams be pleasant!
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May 3, 2023 • 21 mins
https://jimharold.com/count-magnus-part-two-unpleasant-dreams-38/A writer becomes fascinated by a mysterious Count and his manor.
This episode is the thrilling conclusion.
Cassandra Harold is your narrator.
You can find COUNT MAGNUS at The Gutenberg Project: https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8486/pg8486-images.html#chap06
Follow Cassandra’s new Instagram here: https://instagram.com/unpleasant_dreams_podcast
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April 19, 2023 • 16 mins
A writer becomes fascinated by a mysterious Count and his manor.
This episode is part one. Tune in next week for part two!
Cassandra Harold is your narrator.
You can find COUNT MAGNUS at The Gutenberg Project: https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8486/pg8486-images.html#chap06
Follow Cassandra’s new Instagram here: https://instagram.com/unpleasant_dreams_podcast
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March 9, 2023 • 27 mins
Cassandra narrates the Edgar Allan Poe classic, The Fall of the House of Usher.
This episode is part two! You can find part one HERE.
Cassandra Harold is your narrator.
You can find The Fall of the House of Usher at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/932
Follow Cassandra’s new Instagram here: https://instagram.com/unpleasant_dreams_podcast
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