In the dark shadows of the Rue Morgue, to the rhythm of the stolen telltale heart, as the black cat swings on the pendulum, and the cast offers its sherry deep and dry.

As you knock at our chamber door, we open and assure you in.

Our sleepless tales for you in store, and the terror shall be lifted. Never more.

Raise yourself for the no-sleep podcast.

Welcome to the no-sleep podcast. I'm your host David Cummings.

You know, back in my day.

I mean, back in the days before social media and the internet, the idea of being ghosted meant something quite different.

Yes, it was still a rather unpleasant experience, but it was, and is, still my favorite of all horror stories on res.

The ghostly haunting.

Whether you believe in them or not, ghosts are the spectral backbone of some of the greatest horror stories of all time.

Countless stories, books, films, plays, and even video games have ghosts to haunt all who draw near.

Imagine how many tales have been shared around campfires on dark nights which feature ghosts to frighten the listeners.

In this episode, we feature tales of places which aren't quite as empty as they seem.

And I'm sure it comes as no surprise that the haunted Edgar Allen Poe wrote about ghosts often in tales and poems.

One poem in particular, allegorical in nature, caught my eye.

In it we learn of a king who rightly fears the doom of his reign and his palace.

Long after it falls, the palace is haunted by phantoms which remain eternal.

Perhaps meant to describe a cursed and haunted mind, the poem makes it clear that the spirits which can inflict themselves upon us will often last far longer than we care to admit.

Allow me to share this poem with you as we begin our ghostly episode.

So come, let's visit the place forever known as the haunted palace.

In the greenest of our valleys by good angels tenanted, once a fair and stately palace, radiant palace, reared its head.

In the monarch's thoughts dominion, it stood there, never serif spread opinion over fabric half so fair.

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