Dragons: Just a Myth or Forgotten Ancient Beast?

Welcome to Sleepytime History™ — true stories from the pages of history for a full night's rest.

Tonight we drift into the origins of the dragon — the one beast that nearly every people on earth imagined alone, from the vast benevolent serpent of ancient China to the dragons carved on the prows of Viking longships, from the feathered serpent of the Aztecs to the fearsome shape in the dark of a Highland loch. This is history for serenity and harmony, an audiobook to unwind with history and get sleepy to, tracing how strangers separated by whole oceans and ages all conjured the same creature. We wander through the greatest minds in history and the history legends that have haunted us for thousands of years, asking why a beast that never existed should leave such a consistent mark. Was it simply a case of mistaken identity — a crocodile in the shallows, a python in the underbrush — or did something like a dragon once truly share the earth with us? Among these audio books and audiobooks made as history for sleep, this is tranquil history at its most soothing, history to soothe the mind and carry you gently into the dark. Let this quiet story of wonder and mystery guide you into a restful night's sleep, history for serenity to close your eyes upon.

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Origins of the Dragon: Just a Myth or Forgotten Ancient Beast?

00:45:30 William Wallace: What Braveheart Left Out

01:28:27 Titanic: Why Did They Ignore the Warnings?

02:10:37 The Real Count of Monte Cristo: Pierre Picaud

02:50:15 Stonehenge: The Ancient Mystery No One Has Solved

03:33:13 Hopelessly Lost in the New World: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

04:04:37 Genghis Khan: From Outcast to Master of the Known World

04:50:28 Ernest Shackleton's Endurance: Stranded at the End of the World

05:24:40 King Arthur, Camelot, the Man Behind the Myth

06:11:55 Lost Dutchman Gold Mine: Treasure, Legend, and a Dead Man's Secret

06:50:10 Man in the Iron Mask: Royal Cover-Up or Something Worse?

07:36:30 The Holy Grail: Lost Relic or Medieval Invention?

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Written and produced by Pamela Erwin

Narration by Oliver Hale

Music by Pia Maya

Visuals by Ben Blight

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