This is a horror story telling podcast. Our tales are dark and disturbing, intended to shake you up.

Listen at your own risk.

You're all around you, and tonight there will be no sleep.

Brace yourself for the No Sleep Podcast.

It's the No Sleep Podcast. I am David Cummings. Thanks for joining us.

On this week's show we have four tales about contemptible cravings, sinister substances, and malicious matrons.

We're excited this week to be featuring a story by our longtime collaborator, author Jimmy Juliano.

Jimmy has provided us with many of our most memorable and popular stories, including why I didn't shower for 21 years, the red light in the warehouse.

Uncle Jerry's Family Fun Zone and the Mary Hillen brand cassette.

Jimmy is an educational technologist at a high school north of Chicago and a Ted Ed Innovative Educator.

Oh, and he's also a damn good writer.

We had the pleasure of meeting Jimmy at our Chicago live show earlier in the year, and you know, normally when I meet someone who is super friendly, talented, handsome, and smart, I get insanely jealous.

But Jimmy is just so darn likable that instead I count myself honored to be able to work with him and have his stories on our show.

On this episode, the full first hour will feature Jimmy's tale called The Story of My Grandfather's Missing Arms.

It features a wonderful score by Brandon and Stellar Production by Phil.

You know, we have such an amazing community in our little no-sleep universe.

In this episode, we feature not only Jimmy, but authors T. Weaver, Michael Marx, and VR Greg, all of whom have contributed multiple stories to our show.

I'm so glad these talented writers trust us to adapt their works to audio and share them with you.

So we thank them, we applaud them, and we wait no further to share their stories with you.

So let's get to it and kick off this week's show.

In our first tale, we meet a man with a story to share about his grandpa.

It comes to us by way of Jimmy Juliano, and in it the man learns what happened in his grandfather's life.

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