Dear Snoozecast listener—hi, it’s Vee.

I wanted to speak directly to you, because many of you have reached out over the past few weeks—some checking in, some offering kind words, and some understandably worried that something was wrong. First, I want to say: we’re okay. And second: we’re so sorry that we haven’t communicated anything sooner.

When N and I slipped into this pause a little over a month ago, it wasn’t planned. Life simply caught up with us, and we thought we’d be able to jump right back in. Instead, we realized that—for the first time in nearly seven years of Snoozecast—we needed a real break to reset ourselves and catch up behind the scenes.

Now that we’ve stepped back, it’s clear that the best thing for the show, and for us, is to continue this pause through the end of December. We’ll be using this time to get organized so that when we return in January, we’ll be in a healthier rhythm to keep Snoozecast going strong.

A Note for Our Premium Listeners

We also want to briefly address our Snoozecast+ and Snoozecast+ Deluxe subscribers.

First, thank you—for your support, your patience, and your understanding during this unexpected pause. Premium has never been about profit; it simply helps us cover the costs of providing an ad-free version of the show.

During this break, we realized that having two different premium tiers has made production more complicated than it needs to be. So beginning in January, we’ll be moving to one unified premium option: Snoozecast+.

Here’s the short version:

• All current Plus and Deluxe subscribers will automatically transition into the new Snoozecast+.
  

• Prices are not increasing—and Deluxe pricing will be coming down to match Snoozecast+.
  

• No action is required on your part for this transition.
  

• Previous Deluxe-only episodes will still be available, although we won’t be producing new monthly Deluxe episodes moving forward.
  

• And for any questions about billing—especially for annual Deluxe subscribers—we’ll send a detailed email once we finalize the technical steps with our premium subscription vendor, Supporting Cast. That email should arrive by early January.
  

And finally: if you choose to cancel your Snoozecast+ subscription—we completely understand. We’ll always be here for you on our freely available public feed.

We started Snoozecast in 2019 with a single microphone in our closet and no idea whether anyone would listen. Seven years and a thousand episodes later, we’re still here because of you—your messages, your stories, your kindness, and the trust you place in us every night.

This pause is our chance to make sure the show can continue into the future without burning out behind the scenes. And we’re genuinely excited to return refreshed, steady, and ready to bring you more stories in the new year.

Thank you—truly—for your patience, your support, and your understanding. We’ll talk again in January.

Until then, we wish you rest, comfort, and warmth through the end of the year.

—Vee

and all of us at Snoozecast

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Tonight, we’ll continue with The Petit Trianon, adapted from An Adventure by Charlotte Anne Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain, first published in 1911. This episode is part of our Spooky Sleep Story series, where we share classic tales of the strange and mysterious. In Part One, the two English academics described an uncanny afternoon walk through the gardens of Versailles in 1901—an experience they could neither explain nor forget.

In this second part, Miss Morison and Miss Lamont revisit the scene and begin to investigate what happened. Their return visits bring no repetition of the strange events, yet each discovery only adds to the puzzle. The vanished paths, missing buildings, and contradictions in the landscape leave them wondering whether they had truly stepped into another century.

What began as a curious outing gradually turns into a quiet obsession. Tonight’s reading follows their continued search for reason amid the unaccountable, and the lingering question of what, exactly, they had walked into that August day.

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Tonight, we’ll read the first half of The Petit Trianon, adapted from An Adventure by Charlotte Anne Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain, first published in 1911. This episode is part of Snoozecast’s 7th annual Spooky Sleep Story series, where we share true and imagined encounters with the strange and unexplained every October. The two English women, both Oxford academics, recorded their uncanny experience while visiting the gardens of Versailles in 1901. What began as an ordinary afternoon outing soon became one of the most famous “time-slip” mysteries in modern folklore.

Their book recounts the event through two separate testimonies, each written without the other’s influence: first that of Miss Morison (Moberly), then Miss Lamont (Jourdain). The pair describe wandering from the lively palace grounds into an oddly still corner of the estate—the Petit Trianon—where they encountered figures, fashions, and a mood belonging to another century. Later, their impressions would be linked to the last days of Queen Marie Antoinette, whose private retreat once stood on the same path.

This episode presents the first half of their written accounts. Next week, in Part Two, we’ll continue with the remainder of their story—and the discoveries that followed, as they began to investigate what truly happened that August afternoon.

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