Unpleasant Dreams

About Unpleasant Dreams

Classic horror tales told by Cassandra Harold. We feature stories from Poe, Lovecraft, Stevenson, Dickens, Bierce and more. Jim Harold Media LLC respects writers' intellectual property. All fictional stories on Unpleasant Dreams are in the U.S. public domain, published before 1928.

Publisher

Cassandra Harold with Jim Harold Media

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Aug 2021

Latest episode

22 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

30 of 88 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   A Christmas Carol - Unpleasant Dreams 85

   As the holidays return, so does one of our favorite traditions—Cassandra Harold’s evocative reading of A Christmas Carol. Dickens’ ghostly tale of reckoning, regret, and redemption takes on a particularly eerie tone in this retelling. A familiar story, re-aired for the season, and perfect for listening with your family and friends by flickering candlelight or by a holiday fire. Enjoy this super sized Christmas edition of Unpleasant Dreams. Merry Christmas and God Bless Us Every One! This episode includes the complete story. A Christmas Carol  by Charles Dickens, originally published 1843 and is in the Public Domain. -- Jim Harold Media LLC respects writers' intellectual property. All fictional stories on Unpleasant Dreams are in the U.S. public domain, published before 1928. For more on public domain and copyright, visit the Cornell University Library's guide on public domain: ⁠https://copyright.cornell.edu/publicdomain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2. 

   18 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   The Room in the Tower - Unpleasant Dreams 84

   Cassandra Harold narrates E.F. Benson's chilling tale "The Room in the Tower," exploring the terrifying power of dreams that bleed into reality, offering listeners an eerie experience.

3. 

   14 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   A Midnight Visitor - Unpleasant Dreams 83

   Jim Harold presents John Kendrick Bangs's "A Midnight Visitor," a spooky tale where an overworked man confronts a ghostly presence in his home, exploring themes of fear and the supernatural.

Inside a recent episode

A Christmas Carol - Unpleasant Dreams 85

Published 22 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The water -plug being left in solitude, its overflowing suddenly congealed and turned to misanthropic ice. The brightness of the shops, where holly sprigs and berries crackled in the lamp -heat of the windows, made pale faces ruddy as they passed. Polterers and grocers' trades became a splendid joke, a glorious pageant with which it was next to impossible to believe that such dull principles as organ and sale had anything to do. The Lord Mayor, in stronghold of the mighty mansion -house, gave orders to his fifty cooks and butlers to keep Christmas as a Lord Mayor's household should, and even the little tailor, whom he had find five shillings on the previous Monday for being drunk and bloodthirsty in the streets, stirred up tomorrow's pudding in his garret while his lean wife and the baby sallied out to buy the beef. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

523 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

148 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

40

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

96

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