Hello sleepless, coming here, and I'm standing on the stage at the concert hall at the Stanley

Hotel in Estus Park, Colorado.

The hall is empty right now, except for the ghosts which famously haunt the concert hall,

and of course I'm here, fondly recalling the event which was held here on November 4th

and 5th of 2022.

The event was called Dr. sleepless at the Stanley, and it featured the no-sleep podcast

team of myself, Lindsay Russo, Mick Wingert, Nicole Doulin, and Kyle Acres, along with

our myestro, Brandon Boone, providing live music.

Joining us that weekend were Mike Flanagan, screening his director's cut of Dr. Sleep,

the sequel to The Shining, famously written by Stephen King after staying at the very

same Stanley Hotel.

Along with Mike were actors Kate Siegel and Samantha Sloyen, both well known for performing

in many of Mike's excellent horror series, including The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight

Mass.

On Saturday afternoon we were joined on stage by Kate, Sam, and Mike as we performed some

scripts from past no-sleep live shows.

Hi dare say, everyone had a fun and sleepless time at the Stanley.

For this bonus episode, we're going to present some of the performances from that event.

We have three original tales, including a new chapter from the Goat Valley Campground

series, and we have two of the stories performed with our special guests.

Now, as you might imagine, there was a lot of Tom Foolery and shenanigans taking place

on stage in between stories, so in order to, let's say, expedite the story and throws

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