How People Survived the Year Without a Summer | History for Sleep

In 1815, a volcano on a faraway island erupted with a force the world had not felt in centuries, and the following year summer simply did not arrive. Snow fell in June, frost came in July and August, and across New England, Europe and beyond, families had to find ways to get through a cold, dim, hungry year. Tonight we follow, slowly and gently, how people lived through 1816: the red skies and the dry fog, the cold farms and the rainy villages, the great journey west, a stormy holiday by a Swiss lake where Frankenstein was born, and the quiet return of the sun. After the story, an hour of calm sleep music continues so you can stay asleep. Chapters 0:00 A Summer That Never Came 9:00 The Mountain on Sumbawa 17:50 A Veil Around the World 26:45 Snow in June 35:23 Getting Through on a Cold Farm 44:12 The Rainy Summer of Europe 53:16 Ghost Stories by the Lake 1:01:43 Going West 1:10:43 A Wheel Without a Horse 1:19:23 The Long Winter 1:27:55 When the Sun Came Back 1:36:59 A Fire in July 1:46:33 Sleep music (no narration) New calm history episodes on Sleep to History every week. #history #sleep #historyforsleep