Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Although I love the stories, and I love the voice, I can’t really listen to them because of the background music. I find it quite distracting and too loud, especially when the story ends and the music gets louder. I’m sure that some people might like it, but consider offering a version with and without the music for those of us who prefer just the voice. Perhaps it is because I have very loud tinnitus and can’t hear the words behind the sound. Just a suggestion.

Great stories, brilliantly written, read by some mysterious British person from the 19th century

Production details are kept so mysterious. No personality. Just the work. Nice.

I love the gently halting pace of the storyteller and how the music continues on after the reading…Zzzzzz

It should be boring but it’s not.

I have serious insomnia but it’s getting better.

Thank you mysterious podcast makers.

The slight droning nature of the narrator’s voice and the ambient background music combined with the excellent writing of stories themselves almost always has me asleep before the narration ends. I particularly like the 19th century style of dialog. And the depictions of England at that time.

I eagerly await every new episode and have relistened to most of the episodes.

A great way to drift off. It’s consistent, rhythmic, even if the pauses seem a little awkward at times. But I use this really frequently to get to sleep

Yes, the voice is very soothing and the music is wonderful. I especially like the way the music continues for a significant amount of time after the narration comes to an end. But who’s the narrator?

We don’t know who it is because he doesn’t exist. Tthe voice is an AI-generated construct. If you listen closely when he says “Mrs. Hudson,” for example, the voice renders “Mrs.” as the last word in the sentence, pauses slightly, and begins a new sentence with the word “Hudson.” There is simply no way an actual human narrator would make this mistake.

Why should it matter? It probably doesn’t, as long as it puts you to sleep. But the producers should be upfront about it — truth in advertising and all that. There’s a place for AI, but it needs to be labeled as such.