Sandman Stories Presents

Sandman Stories Presents

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Sandman Stories Presents episodes

  • EP 40: HALLOWEEN #3 The Ghosts of Red Creek

    This is the story of a hunting party that gets told the reason why Jack will only pass by a haunted house in the daylight.

    A story by S. T. 

    Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

    All sound effects: Zapsplat

    Night sounds care of YouTube Studios

    8 min
  • EP 39: HALLOWEEN #2 The Phantom Toe

    A man who has eaten entirely too much sauerkraut at a party, sits up in his dark unbolted room; and in the moonlight sees a toe by the curtains. is it a ghost? Is it the host come to murder and rob him? Is it just a hallucination created by too much German kimchi?


    Story: The Phantom Toe (no byline)

    Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

    Rain SFX: Dustin Steichmann

    Music: Drops by Whitesand (Creative Commons License) 

    8 min
  • EP 38: HALLOWEEN #1 The Buckstown Inn Ghost

    This is the first in a series of Halloween themed stories. Coming from the book "Twenty-Five Ghost Stories" edited by W. Bob Holland.

    This story is about a haunted room in an Arkansas inn that isn't what it seems to be. Stories of treasure bring people in, but is there really buried treasure on the grounds?

    All sound effects provided by Zapsplat

    Banjo music by Mathieu Bouvier "Deering Goodtime"

    All Sandman Stories links here: https://linktr.ee/Sandmanstoriespresents

    11 min
  • EP 37: Japan- The Tongue Cut Sparrow 舌切り雀

    Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

    Story collected by Lafcadio Hearn

    Illustrator: Kobayashi, Eitaku, 1843-1890

    Music in the story: Ishikari Lore by Kevin MacLeod

    Book available at: https://www.wdl.org/en/item/14461/

    Other Versions: https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/sparrow.html

    All links to Sandman Stories Stuff found here

    4 min
  • EP 36: Korea- Prince Sandalwood the Father of Korea 4/28
    The foundation myth of Korea featuring bears, tigers, and spirits from heaven.
    Author: William Elliot Griffis (1922) 
    Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 
    Music used in the story: [ 서원숙 - 가야금 ] 심상건 풍류_염불도드리~타령(국악음반_레이블소설)
    All other links here: https://linktr.ee/Sandmanstoriespresents
    10 min
  • EP 35: Korea- East Light and the Bridge of Fishes 3/28

    This is the story of one of the founders of Korea: East Light. He created the kingdom of Goguryeo, one of the three kingdoms of Korea during the age of the same name.

    Author: William Elliot Griffis (1922) 

    Narrator: Dustin Steichmann 

    Music in the story: Artist. 박민주 촬영. 박종덕,조은기,김민경,  편집. 신진용, 김성철 presented by PIDA MUSIC   Creative Commons License.

    경기민요. 박민주 촬영. 박종덕, 조은기,김민경@피다뮤직 편집. 신진용, 김성철@피다뮤직 presented by PIDA MUSIC  Facebook : [email protected]

    Story words can be found at my wordpress

    Other links can be found on my Linktree

    9 min
  • EP 32: India- The Loss of friends part 2- The Wedge Pulling Monkey (पञ्चतन्त्र)
    This is the second story in the first book of the Panchatantra, called "The Wedge Pulling Monkey". In this part of the book, the Jackal named Victor decides to make his move and get close to the king, Rusty. He explain to the other Jackal, Cheek, that he is going to become close to Rusty in order to increase his own power.
    The monkey in the story finds a wedge in a partially split tree. He decides to remove the wedge even though his sensitive parts are in between the halves of the tree.
    Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
    Story: Panchatantra book 1- The Loss of Friends-The Wedge Pulling Monkey
    Music: Shahid Parvez -Raag Creative Commons License
    https://sandmanstoriespresents.wordpress.com/
    17 min
  • EP 31: China- The Boy Who Couldn't Lie 童不説謊 10/37

    This is the story of a little boy who cannot tell a lie. No, he did not chop down a cherry tree, instead he accidentally killed his pet bird by boiling it. Yikes! He also declined to lie when being rewarded for peeling fruit quickly. He was truly the boy who couldn't lie.

    Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

    Story by Mary Hayes Davis and Chow-Leung From the book "Chinese Fables and Folk Tales" (1908)

    Music: Yuan Xiao

    All Stories available on youtube Sandman Stories Presents


    The entire book will be published as a patreon gift to any supporters I have.

    Sleep well

    5 min
  • EP 30: India- Panchatantra (पञ्चतन्त्र) The Loss of Friends 1: The Loss of Friends

    This is the first story in the first book of the Panchatantra, called simply "The Loss of Friends". The plot of the book is revealed in the opening line:

    "The forest lion and the bull

    Were linked in friendship, growing, full:

    A jackal then estranged the friends

    For Greedy and malicious ends"


    There is a bull that belongs to a merchant named Increase. As he thinks that his bull has died, he leaves him by the riverside. The bull's roar scares a local lion named Rusty. Sensing fear in the leader, Cheek and Victor, a couple of jackals, plot to make gains for themselves.

    Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

    Story: Panchatantra book 1- The Loss of Friends-The Loss of Friends

    Music: Raag Maru Bihag by Nikhil Banerjee

    Youtube

    https://sandmanstoriespresents.wordpress.com/

    10 min

About Sandman Stories Presents

From the publisher's feed

Tired but can't fall asleep? Here I do my best to find interesting stories from the public domain and read them to you until you fall asleep. The stories are mostly folktales from around the world. Best listened to during work, during commutes, when you are trying to fall asleep, or any time that you need a calm friend to read to you. Enjoy!

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