As the sunlight fades to darkness and the frightful tails creep into your mind, it's

time to give in to your fear because tonight there will be no sleep.

Brace yourself for the no-sleep podcast.

It's episode 13 of Season 2. Welcome to the show. I'm your host, David Cummings. We have five

tails for you this time featuring mysterious visitors, creepy cemeteries, and tormented youngsters.

This episode's final tale reminds us that Halloween is right around the corner and with it comes

the second annual Halloween episode of the no-sleep podcast. We've got a fully packed bonus

episode for you this year. So make plans to settle in for some spooky stories after the

trick or treaters have gone to bed. The episode will be coming out appropriately enough right on

Halloween Wednesday October 31st. So don't forget to check the website or however you get your

podcasts delivered to you for the Halloween bonus episode. It's my Halloween treat to all our

listeners to celebrate the scariest night of the year. Now on with the show. Our first story is a

quintessential tale for this podcast. It's about a young man who experiences a sleepless night.

Getting no sleep during those long dark hours allows him to have some very strange encounters.

Author Mark Copeland reads his own story about what he experienced when the clock read, 519.

If you were to ask any member of my small family if they believed in ghosts or the supernatural,

any one of them, apart from me, would tell you that there is no such thing. However, all of them,

every single one of them have stories. Stories they cannot rationally explain,

faces looking on them, people who will say powerful things and then vanish.

Their name being called aloud when they were alone. Objects that were long lost or even destroyed

appearing in the most ordinary of places. These are only a few descriptions of the many stories

my family has passed down to me. However, I have stories of my own as well. 519 am.

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