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August 2, 2025 121 mins

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You didn’t die in battle. You weren’t the subject of a grand trial, a royal scandal, or a religious persecution. You just lived in a London slum in 1854, drank from the wrong pump, and died fast — alone, forgotten, and covered in your own filth. In this immersive, second-person historical sleep story, you’ll experience every stage of what it meant to be an ordinary cholera victim at the height of the Victorian epidemic. From the first cramps to the final breath, it’s slow, devastating, and utterly ordinary — which is exactly what made it terrifying.

If you're still listening at the end, thank you for witnessing a life erased not by cruelty, but by indifference.


#DarkHistory #VictorianLondon #SleepStory #Cholera #HistoryForSleep #HistoricalNarration #SecondPersonNarrative

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