We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, for the start of our third annual Classic Horror sleep story series, we\u2019ll read the opening to \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d written by Gaston Leroux, published in 1909. Be sure to catch our other snoozy, and a bit creepy, sleep stories every Wednesday this October. To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\n\nThis novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century, and partly by an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton, inspired by a German opera.\n\n\u2014 read by 'V' \u2014\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices