2.5 Hours of History's Worst Jobs to Fall Asleep To

2.5 hours of history's worst jobs to fall asleep to: twelve lives told calmly, from Henry VIII's Groom of the Stool to a Victorian chimney sweep. Each life is told in the second person, so for one night you are the person doing the job: • Henry VIII's Groom of the Stool: the man at the king's elbow, even on the toilet. • Byzantine silk worker: eight years old, sold by your family to the silk workshops outside Constantinople. • Viking longship: not a warrior, but the one bailing water so the ship doesn't sink. • Medieval London night watch: patrolling the dark streets alone after curfew. • Black Death rat catcher: the plague is here and the king wants every rat dead. • Ming Dynasty eunuch: the family decision that sends a boy to the Forbidden City. • Tudor gong farmer: the most disgusting job in England, which paid better than most. • Samurai castle servant: the day the castle is attacked, and the long night after. • Ottoman cage: a prince locked away, waiting to be crowned or killed. • Grave robbers, Edinburgh 1826: the surgeons need bodies, and you're twelve. • Child miners, Yorkshire 1838: a little girl alone in the dark, minding a trapdoor. • Victorian chimney sweep: a climbing boy sent up flues as narrow as nine inches. No jump scares, no loud cuts, and a soft music bed under every story: dark history told gently, as bedtime history or history to fall asleep to. This history compilation collects some of history's worst jobs, and every one is also its own full video on Does It Stick. ▶ Every "You Are…" life in order →    • You Are… History's Strangest Lives   Chapters: 0:00 Henry VIII's Groom of the Stool 13:43 Byzantine Silk Worker 28:55 Viking Longship Oarsman 37:02 Medieval London Night Watchman 49:58 Black Death Rat Catcher 1:07:08 Ming Dynasty Eunuch 1:16:14 Tudor Gong Farmer 1:30:34 Samurai Castle Servant 1:42:18 Ottoman Prince in the Cage 1:52:35 Grave Robbers in 1826 Edinburgh 2:03:23 Yorkshire Child Miner, 1838 2:16:48 Victorian Chimney Sweep 2:31:32 Which Life Was Worst? Which of history's worst jobs would you least want? Tell us in the comments. 🔔 Subscribe for more 🔴 Subscribe:    / @doesitstick-x9m   Credits Music: "Dark Times", "Lightless Dawn", "Mesmerize", "Ossuary 1 - A Beginning", "Ossuary 6 - Air" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Lord Shaftesbury portrait: Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Sound effects: CC0 (Freesound). Other archive images: public domain. #history #darkhistory #historyforsleep