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Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse

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Petra's Dark & Dreamy: Gothic Sleep Stories & Macabre Verse

DAY 23 ~ THE CONQUEROR WORM & THE ERL-KING

October 23, 2025 • Petra • Season 1 • Episode 51

~YOU TUBE AUDIO~ ***Trigger warning for the death of a child***

For Day 23 of our HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN we released a video episode on YouTube, be sure to watch there if you like! Dark poetry, today.

THE CONQUEROR WORM, by Edgar Allen Poe

THE ERL-KING, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Countdown this Halloween with creepy, gothic horror sleep stories! Petra's soothing, alluring voice gently guides you through haunting tales designed to lull you to sleep without the nightmares. @PetrasDarkandDreamy on Youtube and anywhere podcasts are played.

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