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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!