Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse
Sleepy Horror Stories, Classic Mysteries, Gothic Tales and Macabre Poetry read by Petra
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse
Sleepy Horror Stories, Classic Mysteries, Gothic Tales and Macabre Poetry read by Petra
About Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse
Sleepy Horror Stories, Classic Mysteries, Gothic Tales and Macabre Poetry read by Petra
Immerse yourself in a rich tapestry of classic literature, Gothic poetry, and eerie tales that invite you into a dreamlike, otherworldly experience. Each episode is designed without jarring music or sound effects in order to flow into the next episode without disrupting your peaceful slumber.
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Recent Episodes
THE HIGHWAYMAN, new version, Alfred Noyes
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Nov 17, 2025
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, H. P. Lovecraft ~ CH. 8
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Nov 15, 2025
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, CH. 7 ~ H. P. Lovecraft
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Nov 7, 2025
DAY 31~It's All Hallows Eve! THE TOMB, by H.P. Lovecraft
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 31, 2025
~DAY 30! ~UNLOCKED SUBSCRIBER EPISODE~ THE FACTS ON THE GRIMM BROS + THE JUNIPER TREE
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 30, 2025
DAYS 27 & 28~ THE TRIAL FOR MURDER, Charles Dickens
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 29, 2025
DAY 26~THE WITCH'S DAUGHTER, John G. Whittier #podcasts #stories #gothic #literature #witch
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 27, 2025
DAY 25 ~ WITCHES
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 26, 2025
DAY 24 ~ THE DAMNED THING~ Ambrose Bierce
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 24, 2025
DAY 23 ~ THE CONQUEROR WORM & THE ERL-KING
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 23, 2025
DAY 22~ALL HALLOWS EVE COUNTDOWN~HANSEL + GRETEL, The Bros Grimm, 1812 Edition
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 22, 2025
DAY 21~ALL HALLOWS EVE COUNTDOWN ~ UNLOCKED SUBSCRIBER'S EPISODE~ THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM, Bros. Grimm - 1812 + 1847 VERSIONS
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 21, 2025
DAY 20 ~ AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, CH. 6, H. P. Lovecraft
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 20, 2025
DAY 19~ ALL HALLOWS EVE COUNTDOWN~ THE CITY IN THE SEA, Edgar Allan Poe
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 19, 2025
DAY 18 ~ THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL, Pt. 2, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 18, 2025
DAY 17 ~ COUNTDOWN TO ALL HALLOWS EVE ~ THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, Richard Connell
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 17, 2025
DAY 16 ~ MEET PETRA! ~ ALL HALLOWS COUNTDOWN
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 16, 2025
DAY 15 ~ THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL, Pt. 1, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 16, 2025
DAY 14~ ALL HALLOWS EVE COUNTDOWN~ THE GARRISON OF CAPE ANN & ANNABELL LEE
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 14, 2025
DAY 13~ COUNTDOWN TO ALL HALLOWS EVE~ THE BOARDED WINDOW, by Ambrose Bierce
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 13, 2025
DAY 12~ ALL HALLOWS EVE COUNTDOWN~ CHRISTABEL, pt. 2, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 12, 2025
DAY 10~COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN~ LENORE, Edgar Allan Poe~YOUTUBE AUDIO
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 11, 2025
DAY 11~ ALL HALLOWS EVE COUNTDOWN~ CHRISTABEL, pt. 1, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 11, 2025
DAY 9~ ALL HALLOWS EVE COUNTDOWN~ PETRA'S FAVES
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 9, 2025
DAY 8 ~ALL HALLOWS EVE COUNTDOWN~ GOBLIN MARKET, Christina Rosetti
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 8, 2025
DAY 7~ AUDIO ~ COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN ~ THE SKELETON IN ARMOR, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 6, 2025
DAY 6 ~ COUNTDOWN TO ALL HALLOWS EVE ~ THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 5, 2025
DAY 5 ~ COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN ~ THE MONKEY'S PAW, W.W. Jacobs
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 5, 2025
~ HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN ~ DAY 4 ~ THE HAUNTED PALACE, Edgar Allan Poe + LA LLARONA
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 4, 2025
ALL HALLOWS EVE COUNTDOWN ~ DAY 3 ~ THE TELL-TALE HEART, E.A Poe
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 3, 2025
ALL HALLOWS EVE COUNTDOWN ~ DAY 2 ~ YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 2, 2025
~DAY 1 - COUNTDOWN TO ALL HALLOWS EVE ~ THE RAVEN, Edgar Allan Poe
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 2, 2025
~ PREVIEW ~ 31 DAYS OF OCTOBER ~ THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ~ YT AUDIO
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 29, 2025
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, CH. 5 ~ H.P. Lovecraft ~SPECIAL YOUTUBE AUDIO ~
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 27, 2025
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, CH. 4 ~ H.P. Lovecraft ~SPECIAL YOUTUBE AUDIO ~
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 8, 2025
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, CH. 3, H. P. Lovecraft
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Aug 23, 2025
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, CHAPTER 2, PT 2 ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Aug 15, 2025
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, CHAPTER 2, PART 1 ~ H. P. Lovecraft
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Aug 14, 2025
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS, H.P. Lovecraft, CHAPTER 1
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Aug 7, 2025
YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Jul 23, 2025
JORINDA & JORINDEL, RAPUNZEL, THE BROS GRIMM
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Jun 9, 2025
~SPECIAL~ MEMORIAL DAY POETRY TO HONOR OUR HEROES
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • May 25, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, CONCLUSION, BOOK TWO CHAPTERS 9 & 10, H.G. Wells
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • May 11, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, BOOK 2 CHAPTER 8, H. G. Wells
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • May 8, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, BOOK 2 CHAPTER 7, H. G. Wells
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • May 3, 2025
~SPECIAL CALL TO ACTION!~ SUBMIT YOUR PARANORMAL STORIES
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Apr 28, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, H. G. Wells ~ BOOK TWO, CHAPTERS 5 & 6
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Apr 20, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, H.G. Wells - BOOK TWO CHAPTERS 3 & 4
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Apr 18, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, H.G. Wells ~ BOOK TWO, CHAPTER TWO
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Apr 14, 2025
GOTHIC LOVE POETRY ~ The Haunted Palace, Edgar Allan Poe ~ La Belle Dame Sans Merci, John Keats ~ The Lady of Shalott, Alfred Lord Tennyson
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Apr 12, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, H.G. Wells, BOOK TWO, CHAPTER 18
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Apr 11, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, CHAPTER 17, THE END OF BOOK ONE
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Apr 7, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, H.G. Wells, Chapter 16
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Apr 6, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, H.G. Wells, Chapter 15
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Apr 5, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, CHAPTERS 13 & 14
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Apr 1, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, CHAPTER 12, H. G. Wells
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Mar 28, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, CHAPTERS 10 & 11, H.G. Wells
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Mar 25, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, CHAPTERS 8 & 9, H. G. Wells
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Mar 19, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, CHAPTERS 6 & 7, H.G. Wells
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Mar 17, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, Chapters 4 & 5, H.G. Wells
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Mar 14, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, Chapters 2 & 3, H.G. Wells
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Mar 10, 2025
~SEASON TWO~ THE WAR OF THE WORLDS ~ TRAILER -
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Mar 7, 2025
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, Chapter One, H.G. Wells
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Mar 7, 2025
THE TELL-TALE HEART, Edgar Allan Poe
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Mar 3, 2025
~TRAILER~ THE GARRISON OF CAPE ANN, John Greenleaf Whittier
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Feb 20, 2025
~TRAILER~ THE HIGHWAYMAN, Alfred Noyes
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Feb 20, 2025
~TRAILER~ THE BELLS, by Edgar Allan Poe
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Feb 19, 2025
~TRAILER~ ANNABEL LEE, Edgar Allen Poe
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Feb 19, 2025
~TRAILER~ The Call of Cthulhu
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Feb 17, 2025
~TRAILER~ The Brother's Grimm
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Feb 17, 2025
~TRAILER~ The Monkey's Paw
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Feb 17, 2025
~TRAILER~ The Most Dangerous Game
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Feb 17, 2025
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, by Richard Connell
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Feb 17, 2025
HANSEL & GRETEL, 1812 EDITION - BROS. GRIMM
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Feb 15, 2025
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM, THE BROTHERS GRIMM, 1847
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Jan 27, 2025
~SPECIAL Limited Edition Christmas Episode~ An Original KRAMPUS Tale, The Night Before Chrismas, the Snow Queen
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Jan 19, 2025
THE JUNIPER TREE, BY JACOB AND WILHELM GRIMM ~ WARNING, VIOLENCE ~
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Jan 18, 2025
CALL OF CTHULHU CH. 3, H.P. LOVECRAFT
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Jan 3, 2025
~SPECIAL ~ NEW YEAR'S EVE STORIES, PERCHTA, LITTLE MATCH GIRL AND GIFT OF THE MAGI
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Dec 31, 2024
~Halloween Special~ La Llarona, the Wailing Woman
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 31, 2024
THE CALL OF CTHULHU, CHAPTER 2, H.P. LOVECRAFT
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 23, 2024
NICE TO MEET YOU, I'M PETRA! An Introduction to Petra's Dark & Dreamy
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Oct 9, 2024
THE CALL OF CTHULHU, CHAPTER 1, H.P. LOVECRAFT
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 27, 2024
~SUBSCRIBER REQUEST~ THE MONKEY'S PAW, W.W. JACOBS
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 23, 2024
THE BELLS, EDGAR ALLAN POE, (w/ bells sound effects)
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 8, 2024
DREAMS, EDGAR ALLAN POE
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 5, 2024
ANNABEL LEE, EDGAR ALLAN POE
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 5, 2024
THE GARRISON OF CAPE ANN, JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 4, 2024
ROBERT FROST: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED & STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 3, 2024
THE RAVEN, EDGAR ALLAN POE
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 2, 2024
THE HIGHWAYMAN, ALFRED NOYES
Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse • Sep 2, 2024
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