Sandman Stories Presents

In today's story, a young man sets out to find fear. What in the world will scare this young man? Would a hand coming out of a grave scare you? What about stumbling upon a camp of brigands? Would a spirit slowly strangling you to death make you afraid? or a chef flipping you the bird? Listen to the story and find fear with the young man.

Source: Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignác Kúnos 1914

Music: Asim-Tokel.wav recorded by xserra on freesound.org

Sound Effects: antalya seashore by trouby on freesound.org

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Podcast Shoutout: Tabi-Tabi Podcast by Ethan. A podcast that talks about Philippine folklore, mysteries, paranormal stories, and maybe some foreign myths.

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In this story the favorite queen of the king is having trouble getting pregnant. With the help of a Fahkir, the Suo queen gives birth to an heir. But because of magic, the boy's life is in a necklace inside a fish in the palace pond. Out of jealousy, the Duo queen gets the necklace and kills the boy. However, when she takes off the necklace at night, the boy comes back to life. Can anyone right this wrong?
Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal By the Rev. Lal Behari Day 1912

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound FX: sama66 on Freesound.org "forest-bird (2).WAV"

Music: BR_068_India_Darjeeling.mp3 by Kevin Luce on Freesound.org

Podcast Shoutout: Vocal Fries- We are the Vocal Fries, and we teach you how not to be an asshole about language.

Listener Shoutout: Mecca Province- منطقة مكة The Mecca Province (Arabic: مِنْطَقَة مَكَّة Minṭaqat Makkah), also known as the Mecca Region, is one of the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia. Via Wikipedia

This is the story of a family who lives in the countryside in Bengal. The wife goes to get water from the tank one day and on accident touches a Shakchunni, or female ghost. This ghost stuffs the wife into the trunk of a tree and assumes the woman's life in the family home. Her mother in law notices that things are being done faster and better and is happy with the change. But slowly the husband and mother in law figure out that this isn't the real wife. It is very apparent when the oven starts to have a roasted foot smell. Can they bring back the wife? Listen and find out

Source: Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day (1912) (Project Gutenberg)

Music: Tagore Spring Festival 2017 [Part 9.6] by the Vancouver Tagore Society (Creative Commons) A tribute to the iconic Bengali poet and composer Kazi Nazrul Islam with songs and dance celebrating monsoon and spring, and the beauty of rural Bengal.

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Sound Effects: Light Rain on Car by Dustin Steichmann

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Artwork from the source book.

In story one, we learn why one tribe is called the sons of sticks.
In story two, we learn why women like to grow their hair out, as it wasn’t always that way.
In story three, we hear about why people say “long live the king” after hearing thunder.
In story four, we learn how saving the life of a mouse, saves the life of the king.
And finally in story five, we learn about Iroko trees and why Yoruba people do not use it in furniture.

Source: Yoruba Legands by Ogumefu, M. I.
Music: SON OF THE DRUMMER KING I AAFIN ILU I PALACE OF DRUM by Aarenga TV Creative Commons
Sound Effects: Jungle Atmosphere Night -Youtube Creator Studio
Narrator: Dustin Steichmann
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Cover Art credits: "Sacred Forest of Kpasse. Horned and Phallic Legba Deity in front of Iroko tree" by Linda DV is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

In this classic, an old man has just one joy in life; his sparrow. He lives at home with his wife, but she has long since become a mean and spiteful person. One day she lays out some starch for the wash and the little sparrow eats it up, thinking it is a treat. For that, the old woman punishes the sparrow by cutting out its tongue and sending it on its way. The old man must find his magical friend and make things right. Can the little old man do it?

Source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki 1908

Narrator: Dustin Steichmann

Music: 楚歌 -2019年12月9日サントリーホール by Shun Kuremoto
Sound effects country side soundscape with cicadas by fabiopx on Freesound.org

Podcast Shoutout: Irish History Podcast My Name is Fin Dwyer, I am 39 year old historian, author and podcaster. I studied archaeology and Greek and Roman Civilisation in University College Dublin and completed a masters in archaeology in 2004. After working in archaeology for several years in the Dublin region a combination of recession and ill-health ended my aspirations to become Indiana Jones. In 2010 I created the Irish history podcast. For the first few years the show focused on medieval history.

Listener Shoutout: The city of Tehran has a population of approximately 10 million in 2016. With its cosmopolitan atmosphere, Tehran is home to diverse ethnic and linguistic groups from all over the country. The present-day dominant language of Tehran is the Tehrani variety of the Persian language, and the majority of people in Tehran identify themselves as Persians. However, before, the native language of the Tehran–Ray region was not Persian, which is linguistically Southwest Iranian and originates in Fars, but a now extinct Northwestern Iranian language. Via Wikipedia

"Sparrow" by barryskeates is marked with CC BY 2.0.