Sandman Stories Presents

In the first story, a boy named Vico doesn't listen to his grandma and plays marble games late into the night. One night, he meets another marble player who has some cool marbles. They play and Vico loses, but he is saved by his grandma. He vows to win and aims for a rematch. Can he beat the imp of the valley?

The second story is a bonus. I wasn't going to release it yet, but it goes so well with Day of the Dead that I wanted to include it. That's why there is minimal sound design. In the story, a playboy seduces a married woman and her husband comes home to challenge them. The husband is killed and the new couple runs away, but every All Soul's Day the husband comes back to haunt the couple. Will they ever find peace?

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Source: Ecuadorian Ghost Stories by Mario Conde Copyright Mario Conde (used with permission)

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Sad Horror Music - "A Family Tragedy" (Slow Strings Composition) By Pianogeist (used with permission)

Sound Effects: Zapsplat.com and Freesound.org

Thank you to Mario Conde for permission to read his stories aloud.

Picture credit: "File:QUERO HUAMBALO - panoramio.jpg" by DIOHER_PAVAL is licensed under CC BY 3.0.

In the first story, Kulloo stays with his master after his master's wife is kidnapped. Later he saves the man from being killed and helps him find his kidnapped wife. And even after all of that, Kulloo still has to make the ultimate sacrifice. Poor Kulloo

In the second story, a Rani tells the Rajah that they will become parents. The Rajah is super excited because this is the only wife without a child. The only trouble is that she isn't pregnant, she only has a pet squirrel. So she convinces a few people that the daughter needs to stay hidden until after marriage. In a great reason to get rid of arranged marriages, Shahzada marries the squirrel. How will it all end?

Source: Simla Village Tales, by Alice Elizabeth Dracott

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Mala Geet Pahari (Mala Song) of Solan District, Himachali Pahari song

Sound Effects: Rainy night by DragonOfDoom on Freesound.org

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Listener Shoutout: Ft Wayne Indiana Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States.

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In this story, the youngest sister marries a horse. Luckily for her, he is a magic horse. Unlucky for her, when she thinks about telling off her two sister because her husband is so cool, he disappears. 

There are tricks, riddles, and some creative hiding on the way home. 

Source: Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignazc Kunos 1913 

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

Music: Kerimoğlu Zeybeği (söke deve güreşi)  

Sound Effects: Turkey - Evening Birds & Nature Ambiance by EpicWizard on Freesound.org 

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Listener Shoutout: Sardinia 

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In the first story, we learn about how the different peoples came to be.

In the second story, we learn all about the adventures of Benito. He has an epic adventure just looking for work for the king. But through his kindness, he gets everything he wants and enough to take care of his parents as well.

In the third story, Juan is sent out to get firewood. Instead of getting any, he meets a magical tree and gets lots of gifts only to lose them on his way home. This story feels a lot like The Sifter story from the Azores. Can he make it up to his family? Boombaya Boombaye!

In the fourth story, Juan is told to gather some guavas. But because he is a jerk, he gets wasps for the guests instead. 

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Source: Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cook Cole 1916

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound FX: Critters in Palawan » Frogs_InHeavyRain.WAV on Freesound.org

Music: Buwan - Kundiman version recorded by Tonsy16

Podcast Shoutout: Sleepy Time Tales Podcast

Listener Shoutout: Cairo, Egypt Cairo Arabic: القاهرة, romanized: al-Qāhirah, is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world. 

"Goiaba, Guaiaba, Guava" by VIc Lic is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Ohia and Awirehu have bad luck. If they didn't have bad luck, they would have no luck at all. Their fortunes seem to change when Ohia meets a friendly farmer who lets him make palm wine, but that leads to more trouble. Will being able to speak to the animals bring some good luck?

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Source: West African folk-tales by WH Barker 1917

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Art of Drumming & Dancing at Akoma Academy in Elmina - Ghana May 2018 Tour Creative Commons

Sound Effects: Ghana Jungle Cacao Plantage.wav on Freesound.org

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Picture: "Safari in Mole" by Stig Nygaard is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Every year, the fire spirit from Gwanak mountain crawls out of his volcano home and burns everything that men build. What is the emperor to do? Can he just keep rebuilding the palace? They hope that a Chinese dragon will keep the fire spirit at bay, but the dragon proves expensive and fickle. Next they try a pond, but the fire spirit figures that out. Finally, a great stone lion is carved. Will it be a match for the great fire spirit? Listen and find out.

Source: Korean Fairy Tales W.E. Griffis 1922

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

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SFX: Birds and Thunder by Dustin Steichman

Music: 범패와 작법무(나비춤) Creative Commons

Podcast Shoutout: Tales from the Enchanted Forest

Listener Shoutout: Port-au-Prince Haitian Creole: Pòtoprens, is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894.[2] The metropolitan area is defined by the IHSI as including the communes of Port-au-Prince, Delmas, Cite Soleil, Tabarre, Carrefour and Pétion-Ville.

Photo: "Haetae stands guard in front of the parliament" by robert.molinarius is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

In this story, the Crow hen figures out a way to get rid of the Black Snake that has troubled it for years. Friends are super important in this story.

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Source: The Panchatantra

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: JATINDER SINGH DURHAILAY Evening Raag Récital de dilruba

"Our Crow" by anyjazz65 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Here are three stories from James A Honey's African Folktales book.

In story one, the animals dance until the water comes, but Rabbit doesn't want get his paws dirty. After the animals get water, rabbit swims in the water and makes it all muddy. The animals decide that he should pay for his attitude and rudeness. But who will catch him and who will make him pay?

In the second story, Jackal is caught in a trap while trying to sneak off with some young meat. Monkey thinks this is hilarious, but Jackal convinces him that it is all just a game and that Monkey should come and try. Will he fall for it?

In story three, Lion and Jackal are again hunting together. It goes about as well as it did last time, and Lion ends up getting more than his fair share.

Source: South-African Folk-Tales by James A. Honey 1910

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: From the documentary Mbira- Spirit of the people by Thomas Mapfumo and Oliver Mtukudzi creative commons

Sound Effects: Rain on Camper by Dustin Steichmann

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Listener Shoutout: Stara Zagora (Bulgarian: Област Стара Загора), formerly known as the Stara Zagora okrug, is a province of south-central Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Stara Zagora—the sixth-biggest town in the country. Via Wikipedia

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In the first story, two well known mountains get into a bragging match. One boasts of having magical birds whose feathers are desired by kings. The other responds that people like him better because he is gentle and welcoming. It's an interesting match of power versus grace.

In the second story, a son is just not interested in school. He is a bright boy, but education is no fun. So he runs off to make money in the big city. Will he come back home and take care of his parents? Will this coincide with me coming home to my parents? 

Source: Chinese Fables and Folk Stories

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound FX: Crickets in Seonbu recorded by Dustin Steichmann

Music:《一剪梅》古箏 《Yi Jian Mei》Guzheng (Creative Commons)

Podcast Shoutout: Lurkers at the Threshold: 100 Ghost Tales from German Folklore

Listener Shoutout: Nova Scotia http://www.skratchbastid.com/ Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion

In this story, a boy is kicked out of his kindgom after setting a magic fish free. He then goes on a wild adventure all over town with his new friend, going on adventure after adventure. Will he trust his new friend? Will he give up his princess? Who are Gulambara and Sulambara? Listen and find out!

This is a special episode because it will also be released on the History of Saqartvelo Georgia podcast. It was a cool collaboration with my friend Roberto who runs the show. Since it was a special one, I didn't have any listener shoutout or Podcast Shoutout. Instead, just go listen to the History of Georgia Saqartvelo podcast and enjoy learning about all the cool history of a very small but determined country. Enjoy!

Source: Georgian Folk Tales Translated by Marjory Wardrop 1894

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: ძველი მთიები - მეგრული სახუმარო, მაყრული, ლილე by Merab Topouria Creative Commons

Sound FX: Dawn chorus - Makvaneti by porporino on Freesound.org

Picture: "Two baked Adjarian khachapuri on a wooden kitchen board, top view" by wuestenigel is licensed under CC BY 2.0.