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ASMRtist reading timeless classics, the horrors of HP Lovecraft, and fairy tales in soft spoken and whisper ASMR. Chronic pain advocate and Veteran, my readings are intended to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and ptsd. Donate to: http://paypal.me/TomebyTome Or join me at: http://www.patreon.com/TomeByTomeASMR You are the reason I make ASMR and I am overwhelmed by your support every single day. Business inquiries: tomebytomeasmr@gmail.com https://www.podpage.com/tome-by-tome ...
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Podsothoth is a horror and comedy podcast dedicated to the works (and foibles) of H.P. Lovecraft, hosted by recovering goth and internet D-lister celebrity, Tod Beardsley. Every Lovecraft story will be covered over two episodes each. First, Tod will read the story with minimal production, and ideal for people who just want to hear Lovecraft's words. This is the horror part. Following each story is a discussion of, about, and around that story, and have plenty of jokes and giggles. This is th ...
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ASMR reading of HP Lovecraft's 1929 book of sonnets, Fungi from Yuggoth. A creaking pirate ship and ocean sounds have been added as background ambience to help you sleep and aid in symptoms of anxiety, depression, and ptsd. Fungi from Yuggoth is a sequence of 36 sonnets by H.P. Lovecraft, written between December 1929 and January 1930. The poems fo…
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Only lightly edited for loudness normalization, this is the live Fungi From Yuggoth discussion recorded at NecronomiCon 2024. If AI generated music offends you, then you definitely want to skip this episode, and we shall never speak of this again. In fact, you should never go looking for such things at https://podsothoth.bandcamp.com, You can text …
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A reading of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Festival," which was first published in the January, 1925 issue of Weird Tales, and first read by Tod on September 2, 2024. As this is a horror podcast, this episode might not be for everyone. Specifically, this story deals with Yuletide and the winter solstice, madness, probable hallucinated delusions, hybridized…
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ASMR reading of the spooky story, The Curtains, by MR James featuring a rolling thunderstorm on a tin roof to help you sleep and ease symptoms of anxiety, depression, and ptsd. The Curtains by M. R. James is a classic ghost story that delves into the eerie and supernatural. The story revolves around a character who encounters a set of old curtains …
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Some of the content in Thomas Ligotti can be disturbing. ASMR reading of the seminal modern horror, The Frolic, by Thomas Ligotti, 1986. A rolling thunderstorm has been added as background ambience to help you fall asleep or give you comfort with symptoms of ptsd, insomnia, depression, and anxiety. This channel is intended to provide you with a com…
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Just me playing a cozy game I don't understand why I try out new software. What should I play next? Or, what software should I be using?Please reach out to me on my social channels anytime:X/Twitter: @tomebytomeasmrInstagram: @tomebytomeasmrTikTok: @tomebytomeasmrPatreon: TomebyTomeASMRDonations: paypal.me/TomebyTome…
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter III ASMR soft spoken reading of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, 1890. A soft rain and rolling thunderstorm has been added in the background to help you sleep, and feel comfort with symptoms of ptsd, insomnia, depression, and anxiety. This channel is intended to provide you with a comfortable space to r…
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ASMR soft spoken reading of HP Lovecraft's Ex Oblivione, written in 1921 under the pseudonym Ward Phillips. The story suggests that nothingness is preferrable to life, which Lovecraft derived from reading the philosopher Arthur Shopenhauer. A soft spooky wind has been added in the background to help you sleep, and feel comfort with symptoms of ptsd…
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter II ASMR soft spoken reading of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, 1890. A soft rain and rolling thunderstorm has been added in the background to help you sleep, and feel comfort with symptoms of ptsd, insomnia, depression, and anxiety. This channel is intended to provide you with a comfortable space to re…
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ASMR soft spoken reading of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, 1890. A soft rain and rolling thunderstorm has been added in the background to help you sleep, and feel comfort with symptoms of ptsd, insomnia, depression, and anxiety. This channel is intended to provide you with a comfortable space to relax and fall asleep. I welcome all comm…
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A reading of "The Fungi From Yuggoth," by H.P. Lovecraft, first published in its entirety in _Beyond the Wall of Sleep_ by Arkham House in 1943, though published individually and sporadically in _Weird Tales_ and other magazines after they were completed on January 4th, 1930. It was first read by Tod on July 21, 2024. As this is a horror podcast, t…
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Send your Lovecraftian legal questions to Claire at hideous@podsothoth.club (not dot-com, dot-club)! Have you been driven insane by glimpsing the ineffable chaos of Azathoth during a seance? Has a loved one been lost to the dark guiles of Nyarlathotep? You may be entitled to compensation! In this episode, Claire and Tod discuss "The Thing In the Mo…
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A reading of "The Thing In the Moonlight," by H.P. Lovecraft and J. Chapman Miske. This story was first published in the January, 1941 issue of Bizzare, and is based on a letter from Lovecraft to Donald Wandrei in November of 1927. It was first read by Tod on July 21, 2024. As this is a horror podcast, this episode might not be for everyone. This s…
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In which Tod and Claire discuss HP Lovecraft's "The Picture in the House," first published in the July, 1919 issue of The National Amateur. You can read the complete text at hplovecraft.com. As this is a horror podcast, this episode might not be for everyone. Specifically, this story focuses quite a bit on cannibalism, as practiced in the unexplore…
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ASMR soft spoken reading of the short ghost story, Mezzotint, by M R James. Thank you to @Mandrake1976 A rolling thunderstorm has been added for background ambiance. Listen with headphones for the best experience. Find me on Tiktok, Instagram, & Twitter: tomebytomeasmr Donate to: http://paypal.me/TomebyTome Or join me at: http://www.patreon.com/Tom…
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In which Tod reads HP Lovecraft's "The Picture in the House," first published in the July, 1919 issue of The National Amateur, and first read by Tod on June 29, 2024. You can read the complete text at hplovecraft.com. Note that a couple words have been changed in this reading. You can guess which ones. As this is a horror podcast, this episode migh…
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Soft spoken ASMR reading of HP Lovecraft's Crawling Chaos. Listen with headphones for the best experience. An ASMR sleep story, bedtime story for adults with insomnia, depression, PTSD, and anxiety. Being read to can be very relaxing and I do my best to ensure you have the best experience. #asmrsleepstory #readingyoutosleep #insomniahelp Listen whe…
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It's been a long time and for that, I deeply apologize. I love you all and we'll be back to business very soon. Leave your comments below for the next book you want me to read, as we'll start doing one book per month instead of the chaos of the past! ASMR soft spoken reading of HYPNOS by HP Lovecraft. Listen with headphones for the best experience.…
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In which Claire and Tod talk about HP Lovecraft's "Polaris," first published by HP Lovecraft in the December, 1920 issue of The Philosopher , and available at hplovecraft.com. As this is a horror podcast, please know that this episode may not be for everyone. The discussed story includes descriptions of siderophobia (the fear of stars), a swampy ce…
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In which Tod reads HP Lovecraft's Polaris, first published by HP Lovecraft in the December, 1920 issue of The Philosopher and first read by Tod on May 12, 2024. Please be forewarned that this is a horror podcast, and so it might not be for everyone. As a warning, this short story includes descriptions of siderophobia, (the fear of stars), a swampy …
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In which Claire and Tod talk about HP Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zann," first published in the March, 1922 issue of The National Amateur, and available at hplovecraft.com. As this is a horror podcast, please know that this episode may not be for everyone. This story, in particular, features some poorly pronounced French, a number of awkward so…
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In which Tod reads HP Lovecraft's The Music of Erich Zann, first published in the March, 1922 issue of The National Amateur, and first read by Tod on April 13, 2024. As this is a horror podcast, please know that this episode may not be for everyone. This story, in particular, features some poorly pronounced French, a number of awkward social encoun…
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In which Tod and Claire discuss The Descendant, by HP Lovecraft, first published in the winter 1938 issue of Leaves. We also talk about Charles Fort and the Fortean Times, kind of a lot. Links to things mentioned in the show include Angela Collier's "physics crackpots: a theory" and https://hplovecraft.com. We also talked about NecronomiCON Provide…
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In which Tod reads HP Lovecraft's The Descendant, first published in the winter 1938 issue of "Leaves," and first read by Tod on February 25, 2024. Please be aware, this is a horror podcast, so it might not be for everyone. Notably, this story fragment touches on the troubling topics of the ravages of age and dementia, the Roman empire and medieval…
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In which Claire and Tod discuss the Rats in the Walls. Note we spend the first quarter talking about racism in literature sooooooooo there's that. Here's the Javascript to change the cats name, do with it what thou wilt: https://gist.github.com/todb/35aa059ef2a94cb86a2db63e5121ddeb And here's Jason Buck's Linktree, if you get a chance to see him, h…
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In which Tod reads for you The Rats in the Walls by HP Lovecraft, first published in the March 1924 issue of Weird Tales. Please note, this is a horror podcast, so this episode might not be for everyone. This story contains depictions of cult worship, mispronunciations of various Anatolian and Roman deities, the American Civil War and the Great War…
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In which Tod and Claire discuss "The Horror At Martin's Beach," by Sonia H Greene and HP Lovecraft, originally published as "The Invisible Monster" in the November, 1923 issue of Weird Tales. More about Sonia Greene: https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/marriage-failure-and-exile-hp-lovecraft-in-new-york More about Captain Orne's possible connection t…
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Day 2 in our Twelve Days of Christmas Spooky Christmas Countdown! ASMR soft spoken reading of Robert Paxton's Christmas Cabin. Read to you with background ambience of a cozy fireplace and a blowing winter wind. Lay back, close your eyes, and let me read you to sleep. ASMR atmospheres are useful for people who have difficultysleeping, studying, or r…
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ASMR soft spoken reading of Thomas Ligotti's The Christmas Eve's of Aunt Elise: A Tale of Possession at Old Grosse Point. Background ambience of a crackling fireplace and blowing winter wind have been added in the background to ease symptoms of tinnitus, ptsd, and anxiety. ASMR atmospheres are useful for people who have difficultysleeping, studying…
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ASMR reading of the role playing game, A Scary Christmas. Let's role play an adventure together! Featuring a winter blizzard as background ambience. This was a very fun and special endeavor. A little campaignI purchased for $9.99 called A Scary Christmas by Penny Dragon Games. The full campaign is here: https://www.pennydragon.games/product/a-chris…
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Soft spoken ASMR reading of HP Lovecraft's The Tree. For background ambience, I've added a spooky forest wind to ease symptoms of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and ptsd. ASMR atmospheres are useful for people who have difficulty sleeping, studying, or relaxing. The peaceful sounds have been carefully created for easing tinnitus and symptoms of pts…
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Soft spoken ASMR reading of HP Lovecraft's The Temple. For background ambience, I've added a creaking pirate ship on the ocean waters to ease symptoms of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and ptsd. ASMR atmospheres are useful for people who have difficulty sleeping, studying, or relaxing. The peaceful sounds have been carefully created for easing tinn…
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Soft spoken ASMR reading of Miguel De Cervantes' Don Quixote. A cozy fire has been added as background ambience to help you feel warm and comforted while I read you to sleep. ASMR atmospheres are useful for people who have difficulty sleeping, studying, or relaxing. The peaceful sounds have been carefully created for easing tinnitus and symptoms of…
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Soft spoken ASMR reading of HP Lovecraft's The Nameless City. For background ambience, I've added a blowing desert wind to ease symptoms of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and ptsd. ASMR atmospheres are useful for people who have difficulty sleeping, studying, or relaxing. The peaceful sounds have been carefully created for easing tinnitus and sympt…
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Soft spoken ASMR reading of Miguel De Cervantes' Don Quixote. Thank you to @iknowyouseeme3233 for requesting that this series continue! A cozy fire has been added as background ambience to help you feel warm and comforted while I read you to sleep. ASMR atmospheres are useful for people who have difficultysleeping, studying, or relaxing. The peacef…
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Soft spoken ASMR reading of Alice's Last Adventure by Thomas Ligotti. Featuring a cozy cabin with fireplace ambience and a windy snow storm in the background to ease symptoms of anxiety, PTSD, depression, and insomnia. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting ordonating: Support me: https://paypal.me/TomeByTomeBest way to keep in touch…
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Soft spoken ASMR reading of the viewer requested story, The Shadow at the Bottom of the World. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting ordonating: Support me: https://paypal.me/TomeByTomeBest way to keep in touch: http://twitter.com/TomeByTomeASMR YouTube: http://youtube.com/TomebyTomeASMRPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/TomeByTomeASMR…
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Softspoken ASMR unboxing of Halloween gift exchange. Lofi, my first unboxing and honestly, one of the first times appearing on camera. We're working on sounds and triggers and if you enjoy this video, I'll add more like this to the channel as we move forward. Stay tuned as very shortly we will resume regular multi-weekly episodes! I was so thrilled…
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Just in time for Halloween! In this episode of Podsothoth, a Lovecraft book club, Tod Beardsley reads to you The Horror at Martin's Beach by HP Lovecraft, which is also sometimes known as The Invisible Monster by Sonia H Greene. It was first published as the latter in the November, 1923 issue of Weird Tales. Please note, this is a horror podcast, s…
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In which Claire and Tod discuss The Shunned House, by HP Lovecraft, first published in the October, 1937 issue of Weird Tales. And here are some links in case you're a weirdo who reads these show notes. Link to the Kickstarter project for publishing The Shunned House: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/helios-house/shunned-house Wikipedia article…
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In which Tod Beardsley reads The Shunned House, by HP Lovecraft, first published in the October, 1937 issue of Weird Tales. Since this is a horror podcast, it may not be for everyone. This reading contains detailed descriptions of 17th, 18th, and 19th Century architecture, a meandering genealogy, several child maladies and deaths, including stillbi…
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Remastered with rolling thunderstorm as ambience. ASMR soft spoken reading of Hp Lovecraft's At The Mountains of Madness. This is the complete story, presented with a thunderstorm in the background for listeners with tinnitus or who do not experience ASMR from soft spoken language alone. At the Mountains of Madness by HP Lovecraft, written in 1931.…
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In which Tod and Claire discuss HP Lovecraft's The Nameless City, which was first published in the November, 1921 issue of The Wolverine. Please know that this is a horror podcast, and may not be suitable for everyone, especially if you have problems with claustrophobia and the 20th Century plunder of archeological sites. We talked about John Shirl…
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HP Lovecraft's The The Nameless City, which was first published in the November, 1921 issue of The Wolverine, as read by Tod Beardsley in July of 2023. Please know that this is a horror podcast, and may not be suitable for everyone. This story in particular contains depictions of amateur, penetrative archeology by an imperialistic foreigner; variou…
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In which Tod and Claire discuss The Unnamable, a short story by HP Lovecraft, first published in the July, 1925 issue of Weird Tales. Please know that this is a horror podcast, and may not be suitable for everyone. This is especially true if you have feelings about Cotton Mather. We discussed the Magnalia Christi Americana by Cotton Mather, not the…
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ASMR ambience of walking by a forest creek. Includes crunching sounds, river sounds, and forest sounds. ASMR atmospheres are useful for people who have difficulty sleeping, studying, or relaxing. The peaceful sounds have been carefully created for easing tinnitus and symptoms of ptsd and anxiety. If you like what you hear, please consider supportin…
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ASMR soft spoken reading of the short story, Vastarien, from the Dreams for the Dead collection by Thomas Ligotti as featured in his anthology, Songs of a Dead Dreamer. Ligotti's work has been acknowledged as one of the seminal collections of modern weird horror by critics and peers. A light thunderstorm has been added in as background ambience to …
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ASMR soft spoken reading of the Cats of Ulthar by HP Lovecraft. Written in 1920, this short story set the premise for Ulthar and the cats of the city for future books such as The Other Gods and The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. Listen with headphones for the best experience.ASMR atmospheres are useful for people who have difficulty sleeping, study…
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ASMR soft spoken reading of HP Lovecraft's infamous Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath, part 5. Join me on the journey of Randolph Carter as he travels through the land of the Old Gods in search of the legendary Kadath. ASMR atmospheres are useful for people who have difficulty sleeping, studying, or relaxing. The peaceful sounds have been carefully cre…
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ASMR soft spoken reading of First Contact, a narrative nonfiction story about the Large-Nosed Greys, the Yellow Book, and the Alien Treaty made with President Eisenhower. The story begins with the pleasant encounter had by Betty and Barney Hill and ends with the more sinister encounter with Whitley Streiber. If you like what you hear, please consid…
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