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Finally, were are arriving at the truth behind the unsettling ghostly happenings at Bly Manor! And, it's about time, as this is the second to last part of this spooky "Turn of the Screw" series! Get comfy and cozy for this spooky calm reading of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw!" (Part 8!)Good evening friends, fiends, and ghostly night owl supremes! Welcome back for the ghost story behind "The Haunting of Bly Manor" - "The Turn of the Screw" Part 8 (Chapters 21 and 22!) Tonight Mrs. Grose reveals that she, ALL ALONG, had proof of Miss Jessel’s interfering with Flora. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUPER HELPFUL THIS WHOLE TIME!? Anyway, the governess decides that the best thing to do would be to get Flora out of Bly and to her uncle in London. She worries the letter she sent will arrive before them, but then Mrs. Grose also tells her that the letter was never sent, because she things Miles stole it. Wow. Who would have guessed?! Governess just kinda left it out on a table and ran off. Sheesh. Flora and Mrs. Grose head out for London the following morning, leaving Miles and the governess alone for a very silent and awkward dinner. Her comparison is really an odd one? She likens it to a newly wed couple taking meals at an inn on their honeymoon or something like that. Like, either party is too embarrassed to talk to the other in front of the attendants? Anyway, we left off Just as she and Miles were about to have the whole thing out! This tale, Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy this evening's ghost story!Tonight's Story Behind Bly Manor Part 8 is from the following chapters:The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 21: 1:34The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 22: 16:28"Blue Feather, Reaching Out, Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This tale, "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James, is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, my animated illustrations and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released on YouTube on March 28, 2021.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Need to recharge with a tale of utmost CUTENESS? THIS IS FUR YOU. I mean... for... you. Join me for tonight's seriously adorable tale of trials, dances, and dinners with ... CATS! This tale, a translation of the Madame d'Aulnoy story "The White Cat," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's short tail! I mean.. tale..."Teller of the Tales" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale is from a compendium of tales collected by the Katherine Pyle, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released on YouTube on June 19, 2020.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Good evening, friends, fiends, and night owl supremes! Let's get (more) ghosty! Follow my voice once again into the dreaded Bly Manor, for this spooky calm reading of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw!" (Part 7!)Welcome back for the ghost story behind "The Haunting of Bly Manor" - "The Turn of the Screw" Part 7 (Chapters 18, 19, and 20!) Tonight, Miles (with Peter Quint) successfully distract the governess from watching little Flora (and, of course Miss Jessel). How? He plays such a compelling piece on the piano that she loses herself and dozes off for a bit. By the time the governess comes to herself, she realizes she has lost track of Flora and KNOWS she is up to something with Miss Jessel. She rushes off to brief Mrs. Grose, and the two of them search everywhere for the little miss, finally going to the Bly Pond. They don’t see the boat, and the governess is convinced that Miss Jessel told Flora to hide it to cover her tracks. Her hunch proves right. After a “really long” 10 minute walk around the pond (heaven forbid), the governess and Mrs. Gross catch Flora. Miss Jessel is there plain as day to both women… until she isn’t? Mrs. Gross, overcome by something, rushes to Flora and acts as though nothing is the matter! Flora says some nasty words to the governess, and asks to have her belongings removed from her room. This absolutely breaks the governess, and something MUST be done! This tale, Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy this evening's ghost story!Tonight's Story Behind Bly Manor Part 7 is from the following chapters:The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 18: 2:04The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 19: 10:11The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 20: 18:38"Blue Feather, Reaching Out, Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This tale, "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James, is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released on YouTube on March 19, 2021.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's in a name? Only the wrath of the most ruthless of fairies, it turns out! Join me for tonight's fairy tale storytelling of "Fairer-than-a-Fairy!" Oh, it's a wonderful twist a many parts of the "Sleeping Beauty" type tale, so let's go!Can't sleep? How about envisioning yourself in a magic castle in nestled in a forest nook, gently swaying on the breeze. Right! Because it's suspended on silver chains from the tallest of trees. Of course! BUT the most luxurious part of the whole thing is the cushy swing suspended INSIDE the suspended castle, rocking Prince Rainbow deeper and deeper into his enchanted sleep. Nice twist, right? Join me for tonight's travails among the sun, moon, and even the stars! We follow one girl, unfortunately named "Fairer than a Fairy" by her grateful and doting father, the King. She gets kidnapped by the evil fairy, Lagree, who keeps her in a castle with only two chores: Keep the magical fire lit, and guard Lagree's own remaining eye and tooth. Fun! It is here that Fairer-than-a-Fairy meets the sonically attractive "Prince Rainbow" - named so because that is the only way he can appear to her! Long and short of it, Fairer and Rainbow fall deeply in love after years of conversation. Unfortunately, his time is running out, and he is taken away, but not before askingFairer to marry him. She then sets off on a quest to save him - crossing the dangerous Locrinos, (er... really his nice wife?) three fairy sisters who each bestow gifts, and to the most curious palace ever seen. All ends well - turns out Prince Rainbow... King Rainbow... is a VERY important person, after all! This tale, "Fairer than a Fairy," is from Andrew Lang's "Yellow Fairy Book" and is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's fairer fairytale!"Ascending the Vale, Teller of the Tales" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale is from a compendium of tales, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released on YouTube on December 10, 2020.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Let's get ghosty! Follow my voice into the dreaded Bly Manor, for this spooky calm reading of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw!" (Part 6!)Good evening friends, fiends, and night owl supremes! Welcome back for more of the ghost story behind "The Haunting of Bly Manor" - "The Turn of the Screw" Part 6 (Chapters 15, 16, and 17!) The governess, of Bly Manor, reeling after a creepy encounter with little soo-smooth Miles Wingrave in the churchyard, rushes back to Bly Manor, her mind set on leaving it all behind! It’s there that she comes face to face with the ghost of Miss Jessel, in the schoolroom. She calls her terrible names, and the ghost vanishes. Later, she tells Mrs. Grose all about the encounter, and both women decide that yes, they have to write to the Flora and Mile's uncle in Harley Street, and get hime to come to Bly and sort the ghostly mess out. The governess tries to start the letter, but goes and hovers outside of Mile’s bedroom instead. She and he talk more openly about all the creepiness, but not really? It’s still cat and mouse. She threatens that she is writing the uncle, and Miles is like “good. It's about time you saw to my education.” She then admits that she wants to help him fight whatever it is that is troubling him so (it's the ghost of Peter Quint!), but then Miles screams, it gets really windy (even though the window is closed), and the candle goes out. Miles creepily says it was him who did it, but he adds a “dear,” so we kinda think it’s not HIM speaking anymore…Tonight is Part 6, or chapters 15, 16, and 17, of this long, old ghost story, and things are taking a turn for the spookier! This tale, Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy this evening's ghost story!Tonight's Story Behind Bly Manor Part 5 is from the following chapters:The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 15: 2:12The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 16: 9:38The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 17: 16:02"Blue Feather, Reaching Out, Parting of the Ways, Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This tale, "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James, is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released on YouTube on March 2, 2021.#BlyManor #TheTurnoftheScrew #ASMR #ASMRStorytelling #TheHauntingOfBlyManor #BlyManorOrigins #booktube #HorrorBooktube #GhostStory #Animation #UnabridgedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Have you ever left trails of food crumbs for your three daughters to follow in order to bring you lunch in the woods?! ME NEITHER! BUT! That's how our fairy tale tonight gets started, and then of course we get a creepy lone house in the wood, a creepy old man with a color-changing beard, 3 talking animals who really like saying "DUCKS!" and chores galore! Join me for tonight's tale, the Brothers Grimms' "The Little House in the Wood," which is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's fairytale!"Nightdreams, Magic Forest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale is from a compendium of tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released on YouTube on August 14, 2020.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It is once again spooky time! This time it's more... creepy? Like, little kid acting creepy. YEP! Little dear Miles is seemingly possessed? Follow me into this spooky reading of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw!"Good evening friends, fiends, and night owl supremes! Welcome back for more of the Story behind "The Haunting of Bly Manor" - "The Turn of the Screw" Part 5 (Chapters 12, 13, and 14!) the governess was falling deeper and deeper into her obsession with finding out what was happening at Bly, trying to puzzle out how to solve it, and at the same time trying NOT to let the children know that she knew. Again. Yes, more of that song and dance. Mrs. Grose suggests the governess write to the children’s Uncle in Harley street, but both decide that course of action unwise. There is a lull where the governess looks for specters around every corner, and sees nothing, although she knows the whole time Miss Jessel and Peter Quint are always appearing and interacting with Flora and Miles. She feels like she can’t say anything to tip her hand still. STILL. Anyway, on the way to church, Miles starts acting… odd. Too smooth for a little kid. It’s awkward and uncomfortable, and the governess tis to evade his line of questioning and laugh and smooth the whole thing over… but SOMETHING is WRONG. Tonight is Part 5, or chapters 12, 13, and 14, so we’ll hopefully encounter many more ghostly things that go bump in the night! Mwahahaha. This tale, Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy this evening's ghost story story!Tonight's Story Behind Bly Manor Part 5 is from the following chapters:The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 12: 1:49The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 13: 9:12The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 14: 22:44"Blue Feather, Reaching Out, Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale, "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James, is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released on YouTube on Febuary 16, 2021.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I cried. I wept. I LOVED this fairytale! Prepare to be swept away in this achingly heartbreaking tale of a little ancient tree who found her voice very late in long life. Let's emote with a tree!Tonight's tale is one of late-blooming. Of singing, sadness, and sorrow all in the body of one tree from the beginning of the world. It's also a heartbreakingly beautiful love story, between the North Wind and the Littlest Tree. One that spans centuries, and songs and lifetimes. This tale, from the Green Forest Fairy Book: "The Little Tree that Never Grew Up," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's sweet fairytale story!"Nightdreams, Magic Forest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale is from a compendium of fairy tales, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released on YouTube on January 22, 2021.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ready for more ghostly and unsettling encounters? Me too! Follow me into this spooky reading of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw!"Good evening friends, fiends, and night owl supremes! Welcome back for more of the Story behind "The Haunting of Bly Manor" - "The Turn of the Screw" Part 4 (Chapters 9, 10, and 11!) FINALLY things are starting to get more actively spooky! The governess has a super late night encounter with the dreaded Peter Quint - this time on the stairs in the small hours of the morning. Little Flora has started acting strange - staring out of her bedroom window. When the governess catches her at this a second time, she also sees little Miles outside on the grounds, staring at something above the governess. She rushes him inside and wants to get the truth at last out of him as to what has been going on, but he lies, says it was all a joke. SHE doesn't want them to know she knows what they know, and accepts this. Why, I don’t know? Something about not falling into traps? Does that matter when there are supernatural malevolent forces about, really? Ah, whatever. Tonight is Part 5, or chapters 12, 13, and 14, so we’ll hopefully encounter many more ghostly things that go bump in the night! Mwahahaha. This tale, Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy this evening's ghost story story!Tonight's Story Behind Bly Manor Part 4 is from the following chapters:The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 9: 1:33The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 10: 13:54The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 11: 24:41"Blue Feather, Reaching Out, Parting of the Ways, Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale, "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James, is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).#Animation #BlyManor #TheTurnoftheScrew #ASMR #ASMRStorytelling #TheHauntingOfBlyManor #BlyManorOriginsThis episode originally released on YouTube on February 9, 2021.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

To much buzzing in your skull to sleep?! Do you ever wonder what happens during a New Moon? Join me for tonight's travails through the squelchiest, mossiest, most dangerous of bogs! We'll encounter witches, Things, boggles and other creatures of the night as we follow the Moon herself as she tries to make the world a bit safer. This tale, "The Buried Moon," is from a collection of English fairy tales and is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's fairytale!Voice Over Editing ► ADAM NATOR "Magic Forest, Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale is from a compendium of English Fairy Tales, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).This episode originally released on YouTube on September 15, 2020.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Want to dive deeper into the ghost story behind "The Haunting of Bly Manor?" Me too! Follow me into this spooky reading of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw!"Good evening friends, fiends, and night owl supremes! Welcome back for Part 3 of the Story behind "The Haunting of Bly Manor" - "The Turn of the Screw" Part 3 (Chapters 6, 7, and 8!) Tonight we learn so much more about the dead dread spectre, Peter Quint. The governess also has an encounter with a new spectre - Miss Jessel - while playing with little Flora at the pond. She has the startling revelation that both Miles and Flora, despite their attempts to feign ignorance, actually perfectly remember their dealings with the late rascal Peter Quint and the deceased Miss Jessel. (She had been hoping they had magically had their memories of them wiped or something?) and now realizes that the two children are trying to protect her from the ghostly beings as she thinks she is protecting them! Mrs. Grouse is FINALLY more forth-coming with information. Sheesh. Took long enough! Could have saved the governess a lot of heartache and suffering! This tale, Henry James'' "The Turn of the Screw," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's ghost story story!Tonight's Story Behind Bly Manor is from the following chapters:The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 6: 1:33The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 7: 17:45The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 8: 26:45This episode originally released on Youtube on January 8, 2021.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Got too much on your mind? Need a familiar story to just breathe to? Well I'm not sure this is the fairy tale for that, but hey, we're reading it together! Join me for tonight's Sleeping Beauty's Origin Story of sorts - we travel back to Giambattista Basile's tale of "Sun, Moon, and Talia" which is creepy in it's old creepy old man king way. Of course. Why would we expect anything else? Ah well. There is also two little fairy babies (which I'm pretty sure where ah... something else in the original) and a jealous queen who makes her husband and sun eat these children (kinda) after cooking them into so many dishes. A whole lot happens, and while it's not a traditional "Happily Ever After" (or maybe it is because this is a traditional tale?) it's interesting for sure! NOT a Disney Princess Aurora Sleeping Beauty happily ever after. This tale, Giambattista Basile's "Sun, Moon, and Talia" is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's fairytale storytelling!"Magic Forest, Ascending the Vale"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This tale is from a compendium of tales collected by the Giambattista Basile, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).#Animation #Fairytale # GiambattistaBasile #ASMR #asmrreading #asmrstorytelling #asmrfairytale #sunmoonandtalia#disney #sleepingbeautyThis episode originally released on YouTube November 10, 2020. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We continue our dive into the ghost story behind "The Haunting of Bly Manor!" So, get comfy and cozy and follow along with me as I read this classic ghost story, "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James! I'm sure we'll have more than a few shared scares!Tonight, we continue Henry James' chilling ghost story "The Turn of the Screw" (part 2) with the Introduction, Chapters 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5. In this latest installment, the governess has fallen so much more under the spell of her charges (Miles and Flora), and cannot imagine anyone wanting to expel angelic Miles! She sees a mysterious and handsome man on one of the crenelated towers during her evening stroll about the gardens, and gets a shock when she sees him again peering in through the window! Bravely she rushes to confront this peeping intruder, only to see he has vanished. She finally confides in Mrs. Grose who pieces things together, telling her that the handsome man is none other than the valet Peter Quint. Who is dead. What! So, join me for The Turn of the Screw, Part 2! This tale, "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's start into an old ghost story!Tonight's Story Behind Bly Manor is from the following chapters:The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 3: 1:17The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 4: 13:10The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 5: 25:42"Blue Feather, Reaching Out, Parting of the Ways, Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale, "The Turn of the Screw" is by Henry James, and is now in public domain. I have added my voice, thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).#Animation #ASMR #BlyManor #TheHauntingofBlyManor #ASMRStorytelling #HenryJamesThis episode originally released on YouTube on 12/1/2020.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

To much buzzing in your skull to sleep?! Let's get Grimm! Join me for tonight's classic yet seemingly hopeless task of spinning straw into gold! We follow one woman (whose father boasts about her ability to spin straw into gold to the king, who simply MUST "employ" this woman right away to fill his treasury! Of course... she has no such ability. Enter in the mischievous Rumpelstiltskin, always ready to make a bargain! This tale, the Brothers Grimms' "Rumpelstiltskin," is read in a soft voice and set to some light and soft background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's fairy tale!"Ascending the Vale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale is from a compendium of tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, which is now in public domain. I have added my voice, thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).#Animation #Fairytale #Grimm #ASMR #fairytales #asmrreading #asmrsleepThis episode originally released on YouTube on 8/20/2020.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Follow along with me as I read this classic ghost story - I'm sure we'll have more than a few shared scares!Tonight, we begin Henry James' chilling "The Turn of the Screw" with the Introduction, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. We get the whole creepy origin and set-up to infamous Bly, and more than a few hints to it's mystery are already peppered in! We get a frightful amount of set up - Douglass has gathered a curious group around the fire in an old house to tell the story of Bly out of a red gilt manuscript. We (through the beautiful handwriting of the governess) meet Mrs. Grouse and little Flora, and get a grand little tour of the big house… which feels like a ship adrift at sea it seems. We also learn that young Miles has been kicked out of school, and that the previous governess has died. Mysteriously. And that’s about as much as Mrs. Grouse will let on! This tale, "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James is read in a soft voice and set to some light and eerie background music. I do hope you enjoy the this evening's start into an old ghost story!"Blue Feather, Reaching Out, Parting of the Ways" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This tale, "The Turn of the Screw" is by Henry James, and is now in public domain. I have added my voice, my thoughts, and Creative Commons music (above).#Animation #ASMR #BlyManor #TheHauntingofBlyManor #ASMRStorytelling #asmrreading #asmrsleep #GhostStoryThis episode originally released on YouTube on November 11, 2020See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.