Fall Asleep to When Time Broke in Vienna | The Backwards Clock Story

Welcome to Mystic Sleep Tales.

Tonight’s story takes us to Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, a city caught between empire and modernity, where a quiet clockmaker is said to have built a device that counted time backward.

In gas-lit workshops and smoke-filled coffeehouses, scientists, artists, and thinkers began to question the nature of time itself. Some claimed the clock caused moments to reverse. Others believed it altered perception, memory, and consciousness. Even Sigmund Freud would become entangled in the mystery.

This is not a story of machines alone.
It is a story of time, memory, psychology, and the fragile boundary between past and present.

Let this calm, cinematic historical mystery guide you into deep focus or restful sleep as we explore:
– a clock that defied convention
– a city obsessed with time
– and a mystery that vanished without explanation

🕰️ Best experienced in a quiet space, with headphones, as the night settles in.

TIME STAMPS

00:00:00 — Welcome to Mystic Sleep Tales
00:04:32 — Vienna at the Edge of a New Century
00:13:45 — The Clockmaker’s Workshop
00:27:10 — The Clock That Counted Backwards
00:41:55 — What Is Time, Really?
00:58:40 — Freud and the Unconscious Mind
01:16:25 — Coffeehouse Debates and Cultural Shock
01:32:10 — Science vs Mystery
01:47:35 — Personal Stories Touched by the Clock
02:04:20 — The Clock’s Disappearance
02:20:10 — Legacy, Memory, and Time
02:29:30 — Final Reflections and Sleep Transition