Sandman Stories Presents

#meeting #spooky #beyond

In the first story, a couple meets after one of them has already passed.

In the second story, a sister visits her brother and reveals a secret about mom.

Source: True Ghost Stories BY HEREWARD CARRINGTON

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Cinematic Dark Fantasy Piano Eerie Spooky Neoclassical Royalty Free

Sound effects: High Heels on Wooden Floor.wav by 21100306 -- https://freesound.org/s/595442/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0, Zapsplatt

Picture credit: "Bridge over Siuslaw River, Oregon" by Bonnie Moreland (free images) is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.

#halloween #spooky #ghosts

The first story talks about the horror of an incomplete handshake, the second about the troubles of being on the road, and the final story is about messages from beyond the grave.

Sources: True Ghost Stories by Hereward Carrington ; Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories by Ambrose Bierce

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Bring Back My Bonnie To Me Hayden Quartet

Photo credit: "Death Noose" by theglobalpanorama is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sound Effects: R04-39-Trolley Bell by craigsmith -- -- License: Creative Commons 0, horse with old cart by brunoauzet; neighing horse by soundslikewillem; Rain jacket, Horse running, Atmospheric horror swell from Zapsplat

#halloween #spooky #jerseyshore

In this story, we get a good old fashioned ghost sighting that is probably related to a guy stealing money from drowned tourists. Come listen to this first spooky tale of the spooky season.

Source: Twenty-Five Ghost Stories by W. Bob Holland

Sound Effects: Zapsplat, Sonic Sound fx, TSPT (zapsplat.com), Klank Beeld (freesound.org) and Dustin Steichmann

Music: DAMP WEATHER by JONES & COLLINS Astoria Hot Eight; Lee Collins; Sidney Arodin (public domain)

Photo credit: "Marine Gate Mansions (Southport Promenade Hospital) Southport" by mrrobertwade (wadey) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

#devil #magic #azores

In the first story, a man befriends the devil in order to get the woman of his dreams.

In the second story, a pious man is rewarded for his prayers.

In the third story, a woman gets bad advice from tradition.

And in the final story, death gives a man a warning, but he fails to see it.

Source: The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores by Eells

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sounds: Birds by Dustin Steichmann

Music: 🎵 Rogério Jorge - Tudo Isto é Fado (Amália Rodrigues) 🌌 Creative Common Music 156 🇵🇹

Podcast Shoutout: Talk To Me In Korean

Listener Shoutout: Sanaa Yemen

Picture credit: "Two women filling jugs with water, NINO F Scholten Sarona 8 11" by Frank Scholten is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

#magic #mermaid #sacrifice

In the first story, a man has a welcome house guest.

In the second story, all is well after some strategic vomiting.

Source: The Golden Maiden by A. G. Seklemian

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Hay Nare Nare ... Հայ Նարե Նարե ...💚

Sound Effects: G Hua Hin 4:30am by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: The Folklore Podcast- This podcast offers a journey into the fascinating realm of folklore, providing engaging interviews with experts, covering diverse topics ranging from storytelling to film and theater. Additionally, it features a sister show presenting folk tales from around the world, narrated by its listeners.

Listener Shoutout: Sendai, Japan. Sendai is a city in Japan’s Tohoku Region, northeast of Tokyo on Honshu island.

Photo credit: "Golden Fish, Phuket Aquarium" by holidaypointau is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

#panchatantra #india #epic

In the first chapter, we see how the plover can get his eggs back. In the second chapter, we see victor egg rusty and lively into a fight.

Source: The Panchatantra by Arthur W. Ryder

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: 10 min rain by Dustin Steichmann

Music: Amith Nadig - Carnatic Flute - Bilahari Raga

Photo Credit: "Inquisitive Camel" by D-Stanley is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

#turkey #sadness #folktale

In this story we learn why we should know what we are asking for. Also, keep an eye out for strange birds that like to wreck your place of work.

Source: Forty-four Turkish fairy tales by Ignácz Kúnos

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Türk Müzikleri - Yosmam! Tatar Türkçesi! 03 (creative commons)

Sound Effects: Crickers by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Chinese Lore- Classic Chinese Stories, Retold in English A PODCAST BY JOHN ZHU

Listener Shoutout: Papeete, French Polynesia

Picture by William Pogany

#sioux #nativeamerican #folktales

In the first story, we hear why it is bad to put the fox in charge of the hen house. And in the second one, we hear about an all consuming greed personified.

Source: Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold by Eastman and Eastman

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: In The River: A Protest Song - Raye Zaragoza (creative commons)

Sound Effects: nature_fire_burning_crackle_fireplace by Sage Tyrtle (creative commons)

Podcast Shoutout: That Florida Feeling Podcast

Listener shoutout: Hamilton Bermuda

Picture credit: By Gertrude Spaller - Smith, Carrie J. The Easy Road to Reading Third Reader. Chicago: Lyons and Carnahan, 1917. Page 73., Public Domain,

Last minute episode, sorry, details out tomorrow

#canada #tricky #folktale

In this story we learn why buying from rabbit might lead to you being eaten by a fox.

Source: Canadian Fairy Tales by Cyrus MacMillan

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: Wychwood - Un Canadien errant and Red River Valley (creative commons)

Sound Effects: Bird and Rain by Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Smoke and Mirrors podcast

Listener Shoutout: Lilongwe Malawi

Picture credit: Tomah Joseph 1884