EP 104: Bengal- A Ghostly Wife (Lal Behari Day 1912)

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.

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