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The Wonderful Magic Lantern Show
September 17, 2026·1h 3m
Narrator: Heather Foster 🇺🇸 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️ Sound effects: countryside ambience, crickets, birds 🌾🐦⬛ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be making a journey back to the late 19th century to experience entertainment before the advent of films. In this time, many folks were wowed by travelling lantern showmen. 😴 Includes mentions of: Americana, Children, Family, Parents, Grandparents, Food, Dogs, Nostalgia, History. Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catalogue of stories and meditations by subscribing to our premium feed. Your support means the world to us and makes it possible to keep the show running!