Unpleasant Dreams

By Cassandra Harold with Jim Harold Media

Society & Culture

What's Unpleasant Dreams about?

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.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - P...

10.25.2023

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 ...

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10.25.2023 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Pt 1 - Unpleasant Dreams 46 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 ...
10.13.2023 The Mask - Part Two - Unpleasant Dreams 45 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 ...
08.30.2023 The Mask - Part One - Unpleasant Dreams 44 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 ...
08.09.2023 A Voice In The Night - Unpleasant Dreams 43 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 ...
07.12.2023 A School Story - Unpleasant Dreams 42 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 ...
06.28.2023 A Suspicious Gift -- Unpleasant Dreams 41 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 Follow Cassandra’s ...
06.14.2023 The Damned Thing -- Unpleasant Dreams 40 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 Follow Cassandra’s new ...
05.18.2023 A Midnight Visitor - Unpleasant Dreams 39 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 Follow Cassandra’s new Instagram here: https://instagram.com/unpleasant_dreams_podcast Thanks for listening and ...
05.03.2023 Count Magnus - Part 2 - Unpleasant Dreams 38 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 Thanks for ...
04.19.2023 Count Magnus - Part One - Unpleasant Dreams 37 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 ...
03.09.2023 Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 - Unpleasant Dreams 36 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 ...
03.02.2023 The Fall Of The House Of Usher - Unpleasant Dreams 35 Cassandra narrates the Edgar Allan Poe classic, The Fall of the House of Usher. This episode is part one. Tune in next week for part two! Cassandra Harold is your narrator. You can find The Fall of the House of ...
02.15.2023 August Heat - Unpleasant Dreams 34 A man experiences the “strangest day of his life” and we are witnesses to this tale worthy of The Twilight Zone. The heat can do strange things… August Heat was written by W. F. Harvey in 1910. You can find ...
02.08.2023 Afterward - Part Two - Unpleasant Dreams 33 An American couple comes to England hoping to find a haunted manor. Did they find it? Listen to the conclusion of this spine tingling tale to find out! Written by Edith Wharton in 1910. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/306/306-h/306-h.htm Cassandra Harold is your ...
02.02.2023 Afterward - Part One - Unpleasant Dreams 32 An American couple comes to England hoping to find a haunted manor. Did they find it? Listen to this episode of Unpleasant Dreams to find out! Written by Edith Wharton in 1910. Cassandra Harold is your narrator. Follow Cassandra’s new ...
01.25.2023 H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon - Unpleasant Dreams 31 A terrifying tale of the sea is the subject of one of HPL's early tales, Dagon. Cassandra Harold narrates. You can find the text here: https://www.steve-calvert.co.uk/public-domain-texts/h-p-lovecraft-dagon.html Follow Cassandra's new Instagram here: https://instagram.com/unpleasant_dreams_podcast Thanks for listening and please share the show ...
01.18.2023 The Monkey's Paw - Unpleasant Dreams 30 For Season 3, Unpleasant Dreams is back with a new format! Cassandra is now turning her attention to classic spooky stories! This week she shares the cautionary and terrifying tale of The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs. Be careful what ...
12.15.2022 Tragic Death Dreams of The Hmong People - Unpleasant Dreams 29 A real-life series of deaths of young Hmong men inspired Wes Craven to create Nightmare On Elm Street. We tell this tragic story on this week's Unpleasant Dreams. EM Hilker is our writer and researcher with additional writing by Cassandra ...
10.31.2022 The Raven - Read By Cassandra Harold - Unpleasant Dreams SPECIAL The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe as read by your host, Cassandra Harold. Our little Halloween gift to you from Unpleasant Dreams. Boo!
09.29.2022 Dyatlov Pass - Unpleasant Dreams 28 The mysterious disappearance of a group of nine Soviet hikers in 1959 has puzzled the world for decades. What happened? Was it simply horrible weather? A secret weapons test? Or, something otherworldly? That is the subject of this very Unpleasant ...
08.31.2022 The Circleville Letters - Unpleasant Dreams 27 A seemingly idyllic Ohio town becomes the setting for one of the most mysterious cases of the 20th Century. Sinister letters are sent for years, a life is lost, while others are ruined and the whole matter remains a puzzle ...
08.10.2022 Did This Movie Kill John Wayne? \| Unpleasant Dreams 26 Did shooting a 1956 movie in the irradiated Utah desert eventually kill John Wayne and a host of his co-stars and crew? It seems very possible and that is the just the start of tragedy on this week’s edition of ...
07.28.2022 Houdini, Seances and Arthur Conan Doyle - Unpleasant Dreams 25 Houdini was the greatest magician in history…few realize that one of his best friends was the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! They quickly bonded over their interest in Spiritualism but that was only the beginning of the ...
07.13.2022 Weird Numbers Stations - Unpleasant Dreams 24 Numbers stations are real and very weird. What are these and what are the successors to these bizarre transmissions? We delve into the mystery in this edition of Unpleasant Dreams. CLICK HERE for E.M. Hilker’s original article. TRANSCRIPT CLICK HERE ...
06.30.2022 What In The World Are The Georgia Guidestones - Unpleasant Dreams 23 Granite columns in the middle of rural Georgia were placed in 1980 containing strange guidance for future generations. Who put them there and why? That is the subject of this week's Unpleasant Dreams. CLICK HERE for E.M. Hilker's original article. ...
06.15.2022 The Enfield Poltergeist - Unpleasant Dreams 22 This UK poltergeist case is possibly the most famous in history, inspiring many books and the motion picture, The Conjuring 2. It is the subject of tonight’s edition of Unpleasant Dreams! Primary writing is by EM Hilker with supplementary writing ...
06.01.2022 The Curse of Little Bastard - Unpleasant Dreams 21 The death car of James Dean, Little Bastard, is said to have brought doom to many who crossed its path. Today, we explore the legend of The Curse of Little Bastard on Unpleasant Dreams! TRANSCRIPT CLICK HERE for the transcript ...
05.16.2022 Human Cannibalism and The Donner Party - Unpleasant Dreams 20 The sad tale of the Donner Party is one of the most grisly in American history. So much tragedy on this edition of Unpleasant Dreams. ARTICLE Find the original article by EM Hilker HERE TRANSCRIPT & SOURCES CLICK HERE for ...
05.02.2022 Spontaneous Human Combustion - Unpleasant Dreams 19 We explore the terrifying and fascinating phenomena of Spontaneous Human Combustion on this edition of Unpleasant Dreams. JIM’S SPRING BOOK GIVEAWAY& NEWSLETTER Never miss anything going on at the Spooky Studio and qualify for Jim’s Spring Book Giveaway (some restrictions ...
04.20.2022 The Betty and Barney Hill UFO Abduction Case - Unpleasant Dreams 18 Betty and Barney Hill UFO abduction case is the perhaps the most famous in the history of the phenomena. We share their story on this edition of Unpleasant Dreams. JIM HAROLD’S SPRING BOOK GIVEAWAY & NEWSLETTER Never miss anything going ...
04.04.2022 The Strange and Sad Case of Teresita Basa - Unpleasant Dreams 17 Did a murdered woman serve justice to her murderer from beyond the grave? It appears so and that is the subject of the Season Two premiere of Unpleasant Dreams! TRANSCRIPT CLICK HERE for a full transcript
01.03.2022 Chupacabra - Unpleasant Dreams 15 The mysterious Chupacabra is the subject of this week’s Unpleasant Dreams! Find the original article by EM Hilker that this podcast is based on HERE PODCAST TRANSCRIPT It often happens as the dusk settles itself gently over the lush rainforest. ...
12.20.2021 Christmas Ghost Stories - Unpleasant Dreams 14 Spooky (Christmas) ghost stories are the subject of this week’s Unpleasant Dreams. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Find the original article by EM Hilker that this podcast is based on HERE PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Yuletide is a season ...
12.06.2021 The Real Story of Krampus - Unpleasant Dreams 13 The real story of Krampus is the subject of today’s holiday edition of Unpleasant Dreams! Oh, and be sure to be good. You wouldn’t want to upset The Krampus… Find the original article by EM Hilker that this podcast is ...
11.22.2021 The Beast of Gevaudan - Unpleasant Dreams 12 A beast that terrorized the French countryside is one of history’s greatest mysteries. The Beast of Gévaudan is the subject of this episode of Unpleasant Dreams. PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Apprehensive they went, clasping each other tightly, into the night. It was ...
11.08.2021 Did This Physician Murder His Wife - The Sheppard Murder Case Part 2 – Unpleasant Dreams 11 Part two of our program on The Sheppard Murder case which spawned the American “Trial of The Century” before OJ. A physician is suspected of murdering his wife in a quiet, affluent 1950s Midwestern bedroom community. Did Sam Sheppard kill ...
11.02.2021 Did This Physician Murder His Wife: The Sheppard Murder Case - Unpleasant Dreams 10 The Sheppard Murder case spawned the American "Trial of The Century" before OJ. A physician is suspected of murdering his wife in a quiet, affluent 1950s Midwestern bedroom community. Did Sam Sheppard kill Marilyn Sheppard? That is the topic of ...
10.26.2021 The Strange Death of Edgar Allan Poe - Unpleasant Dreams 9 For our Halloween episode, we explore the strange death of the master of the macabre himself, Edgar Allan Poe. --- Cassandra Harold is your host. EM Hilker is our principal writer and researcher with additional writing by Cassandra Harold. Jim ...
10.12.2021 The Sounds of Death - Unpleasant Dreams 8 Aural death omens that are believed to be harbingers of doom across cultures around the globe. Tune into some of the sounds of death on this episode of Unpleasant Dreams. That is, if you dare. Cassandra Harold is your host. ...
10.04.2021 Did Robert Johnson Sell His Soul At The Crossroads? - Unpleasant Dreams 7 Did bluesman Robert Johnson sell his soul to the Devil himself? That is the legend of the crossroads and we explore it on this edition of Unpleasant Dreams. — Cassandra Harold is your host. EM Hilker is our principal writer ...
09.27.2021 The Bell Witch - Unpleasant Dreams 6 The Bell Witch haunting is one of the oldest American hauntings on record and it is the subject of this week’s unpleasant dream. -- Cassandra Harold is your host. EM Hilker is our principal writer and researcher with additional writing ...
09.20.2021 Residual Hauntings and The Stone Tape Theory - Unpleasant Dreams 5 Residual hauntings are often explained by the “Stone Tape Theory.” We delve into the history and thinking behind this theory on this week’s edition of Unpleasant Dreams. --- Cassandra Harold is your host. EM Hilker is our principal writer and ...
09.13.2021 The Fox Sisters - Unpleasant Dreams 4 They were the biggest names in spiritualism and they were also frauds. We share the sad history of The Fox Sisters on this episode of Unpleasant Dreams. -- Cassandra Harold is your host. EM Hilker is our principal writer and ...
09.07.2021 Shadow People - Unpleasant Dreams 3 Shadow People. What are they? We discuss these mysterious entities on this week’s edition of Unpleasant Dreams! Cassandra Harold is your host. EM Hilker is our principal writer and researcher with additional writing by Cassandra Harold. Jim Harold is our ...
08.30.2021 The Tragic Tale of Elisa Lam - Unpleasant Dreams 2 Perhaps the most mysterious death of the 21st century is that of Elisa Lam. We share the tragic story of this young woman on this edition of Unpleasant Dreams. Cassandra Harold is your host. EM Hilker is our principal writer ...
08.23.2021 Black Eyed Kids - Unpleasant Dreams 1 For our first episode, the subject is that of Black Eyed Kids. BEKs terrify experiencers with their solid black eyeballs and odd behavior. It is a fitting start to our journey into the unknown. Credits: Cassandra Harold is your host. ...
08.19.2021 Trailer - Welcome To Unpleasant Dreams Welcome To Unpleasant Dreams. Chilling stories told by Cassandra Harold. Topics include strange phenomena, mind benders, head scratchers and mysterious true crime cases. Unpleasant Dreams is a production of Jim Harold Media