Sandman Stories Presents
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! All of my links can be found here~ https://linktr.ee/Sandmanstoriespresents
Episodes
#japan #ghosts #eggs
In the first story, we learn about a greedy ghost that has some awful eating habbits.
In the second story, we learn about why you don't talk to strange women, crying by the moat.
Source: Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things By Lafcadio Hearn
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Krao - Dark Sakura (Japanese Horror Background Music)
Sound Effects: Fire Burst.wav by SilverIllusionist -- https://freesound...
#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/ -- Li...
#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&quo...
#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
#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 Dus...
#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 engagi...
#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...
#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 (crea...
Last minute episode, sorry, details out tomorrow
#philippines #rice #folktale
In the first story, we see the moon get mad, and the heads begin to roll.
In the second, two brothers have trouble getting enough firewood.
In the third story, we learn why crows and lizards hate each other.
in the final story, we learn about the origins of the rice bird.
Source: Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cook Cole
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Ifugao Hudhud (Chants) - Performed by Lagawe Chanter...
#magic #louisiana #folktales
In the first story, we learn why it is important to keep your ears open. In the second, we learn why you don't want to hang out with giants. And in the third, we learn why sleeves are important.
Source: Louisiana folk-tales: in French dialect and English translation by Fortier, Alcée
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: MEDLEY OF SOUTHERN MELODIES by FRED VAN EPS
Sound Effects: The Stay 5am by Dustin S...
#korea #nolbu #folktales
In today's story, we learn why it is good to be kind to your fine feathered friends.
Source: Korean Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: 포천38 프린지페스타 폐막식 축하공연/강효정 /춘앵전
Sound Effects: 113119__laklop__dewe-at-night on Freesound.org
Podcast Shoutout: For Your Reference is a TV/Film Review & Interview podcast. Tomatometer-Approved publication and APA Award nominated for Best Art...
#japan #goblin #folktales
In the first story, we learn why you always look in the backroom of haunted houses. And in the second story, we learn about why day care is important.
Source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: 月桃節 東京月桃三味線 Ghetto Bushi Tokyo Ghetto Shamisen
Sound Effects: 380749__jackattackeditor__nieu-bethesda-karoo-ambience from Freesound.org
Podcast Shoutout: Scene Snobs
#india #ruby #folktales
In the first story, a wise wife saves the day by thinking quickly.
In the second story, we learn of the three wise sons of king and who stole their ruby.
And in the final story, we learn that fate is out of the hands of even the most powerful.
Source: Simla Village Tales, by Alice Elizabeth Dracott
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Homepage: Sandman Stories Presents
#georgia #cinderella #step-mom
In this story, we learn why it is good to listen to cows, why it is smart to comb granny's hair, and why you should be grateful to be left with a dry throat.
Source: Georgian Folk Tales written down by Marjory Wardrop
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Beqa Joxadze & Jg. Aedoni - SImgera Kinofilmidan "Mxiaruli Romani". Live Ar Daidardo
Sound effects: Rain by Dustin Steichmann
Podcast Shoutout: Derazzled...
#ecuador #president #folktales
In the first story, a cruel plantation owner takes no mercy on a child that eats the forbidden fruit.
In the second story, an old timey guy wants a ride from the taxis, but one driver is hip to his creepy ways.
Source: Thirteen Ecuadorean Legends And A Ghost: Trece Leyendas Ecuatorianas Y Un Fantasma
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Marimba ecuatoriana
Sound Effects: G Hua Hin 430am by Dustin Steichma...
#bengal #poison #storytelling
In this tale, a son is caught in the act of doing something unpleasant to his queen mother. Will his dad stop and listen, or overreact and lose everything?
Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Bangla Baul Murshidi Gaon || Bised Videos 2021 || Hasen paglar gaon
Sound Effects: Kousheyo Bagchi, XC706001. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/706001
Podcast Shoutout: Mamal...
#azores #magic #folktales
Story 1: The laborer outwits his boss.
Story 2: The boyfriend lies to his girlfriend.
Story 3: She can't say "I love you" unless St Brendan and God are the only ones to hear it.
Story 4: Why do peaches look like.....?
Story 5: Perala goes missing. The good lady of the biscuits will help bring her home.
Source: The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores
Narrator: Dust...
#armenia #folktale #widow
In this story, a king wants his daughter married off. The only trouble is that she picked the poor widow's son. Will her father ever come around? Enjoy
Source: The Golden Maiden and other folk tales and fairy stories told in Armenia by A.G. Seklemian
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
Music: Կանչում եմ՝ արի՜, արի՜. Վիգեն Հովսեփյան (Ֆրանսիայի հրապարակ)
Sound Effects: Front Yard by Dustin Steichmann
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