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EP 308: Halloween- The Klabautermann; The Ship from Hell (Jürgen Hubert) · Sandman Stories Presents

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  Welcome back listeners to Sandman Stories Presents.
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  We are on the 5th and final installment of the Halloween
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  series with two stories translated by Jurgen Hubert.
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  There's some talk of death and spookiness, so I'd be cautious
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  with the easily spooked. The first story is about a ship
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  fare and goblin with plenty of examples, and the second story
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  is what happens when a bad man is taken away by the devil.
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  OK, let's get spooky. The Klebauterman.
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  Some sailors believe in a ship spirit.
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  The Klebauterman. In English we would call it a
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  goblin of sorts. The following is set of them.
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  If a mother slays her child and buries it beneath an oak tree,
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  and if one of the planks from this tree are used to build a
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  ship, then the soul of the dead child returns to that ship as a
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  gremlin. As long as he knocks, he stays.
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  However, once he starts making rasping noises, he will leave,
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  and that is not a good sign. He is said to appear as a small
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  boy dressed in Gray or blue. According to legend, whoever is
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  born on the 22nd of February at midnight can see the goblin face
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  to face. If a ship departs on a Monday or
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  a Friday, then the ship's spirit has control over all the crew on
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  board and fog, rain and bad weather will accompany the ship
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  on its entire journey. If someone on board is going to
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  die, a bluish light will constantly dance up and down and
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  will appear in the masts and yards a few days prior.
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  Then the boat goblin will soon come and fetch his victim, or so
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  the sailors say. As long as such a ship spirit
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  remains friendly with the crew, the ship will not sink and every
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  journey will succeed. Everything which breaks during
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  the day will be fixed by him during the night.
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  For this reason he is also called Klutermann.
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  He also prepares all sorts of work for the sailors, or even
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  does it for them. If he is in a bad mood, he makes
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  a terrible ruckus, throws around firewood, scrap wood and other
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  things, knocks on the wall of the ship, obstructs the workers,
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  and even gives sailors invisible slaps on their ears.
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  It is said that he is called a goblin after this ruckus.
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  If he makes too much noise, or if he shows himself one night
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  while sitting on the top of the yard next to the mast and sails,
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  then this is a terrible sign, and the sailors fear that their
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  ship will soon come to an end. Shortly before the ship sinks,
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  the goblin appears before the captain, bids him farewell, and
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  then flies away before his eyes. One such goblin once dwelled on
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  a ship. He pranked the sailors in all
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  sorts of ways and disturbed the sailors at night when they
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  rested, but he usually remained invisible.
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  Only once did he appear before the ship's Carpenter.
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  The latter immediately grabbed a piece of firewood and threw it
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  at the spirit. It hit the spirit, which looked
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  like a small fat man, and broke his leg.
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  The next morning, the Carpenter likewise broke his leg in an
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  inexplainable manner, and at the same moment, laughter echoed
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  down from the hold. The goblin had avenged himself.
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  Once a sailing ship was on a long journey in the middle of
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  the ocean. The crew were doing their chores
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  and the captain was in his cabin.
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  Suddenly he emerged on the deck and shouted towards the cabin.
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  Boy, bring me a bottle of wine and two glasses. 2 glasses,
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  Captain. The surprise boy asked.
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  The captain ordered him to go and do as he was told.
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  When the boy entered the cabin with the bottle and the glasses,
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  the ship's spirit was sitting with the captain and they spoke
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  together. The captain poured for him and
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  they drank. The captain furthermore ordered
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  a decent snack. But before the cabin boy went to
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  the cook, he first observed the goblin closely through the
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  keyhole, and when he returned with the requested food, he
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  could not refrain from secretly taking apart for himself.
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  In the evening, he stood in the dark corner of the deck to eat
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  the stolen snacks. Then he received such a powerful
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  slap from an invisible hand that he fell down.
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  When they heard him scream, the sailors ran towards him, found
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  the snacks, and the boy had to confess.
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  Now the crew knew who had taken the slap.
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  Once a cabin boy from Blankanese kept watch from the crow's nest
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  as the ship approached Hilgoland.
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  Suddenly he dropped down from the crow's nest with a lot of
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  screaming and could not utter a single word.
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  When he was questioned about this the next morning, the
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  helmsman sent him up to the rigging.
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  As soon as he was up there, he dropped backwards from the
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  crow's nest and broke a leg. He said that he had seen the
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  white figure of the bow spirit on the previous evening, and the
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  next morning he had seen it again up in the rigging.
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  He had his accident because of this, but this figure had been
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  none other than the Klebauterman.
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  Once a ship having reached its harbour after a long journey in
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  the evening, a sailor was standing on the deck and
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  suddenly heard a delicate voice which was directed to a nearby
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  ship. Did you have a good journey?
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  Asked the voice from the port side.
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  Yes, but I had a lot of work. If I hadn't have been there, the
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  ship would have sunk. But I don't want to stay here.
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  The captain and the sailors described a fast and easy
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  journey to the diligence alone and forgot me.
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  I will leave the ship tonight. The sailor now knew that two
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  goblins had been talking to each other and that good luck would
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  leave his ship the next morning. He left and looked for another
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  ship to join. His old ship left for the ocean
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  sometime later, but it did not reach its destination.
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  Once a sailor from Delve was on the ocean with his ship.
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  His son was standing behind the wheel.
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  Then the goblin appeared at the bow of the ship, walked across
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  the deck and carefully inspected everything.
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  Finally he approached the sun, and without speaking a word, he
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  put his hand on the wheel. Then he walked back across the
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  deck and vanished. The ship sank on that very same
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  night, but the sailor and his son were able to save
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  themselves. Once a sailor from Frederick's
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  home was moored at Rendingsburg with his ship.
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  The crew was on board and everything was ready for
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  departure. Suddenly an enormous ruckus
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  emerged from the hold. This was a terrible omen.
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  It could only come from the club outer man.
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  All sailors except the cook left the ship.
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  The skipper had to hire another crew.
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  Then the ship sailed away. But it sank in Skagrak between
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  Denmark and Sweden with all hands.
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  The N Source. Meyer, GF.
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  Schleswig, Horsting. Sagan, 1929.
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  OK, and story #2 the ship from hell.
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  There have long been complaints that the Chancellor serving the
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  Lords of Ephrasia did not work to the Land's wealth, but to its
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  woe. But the reign of not one of them
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  has ended with such hearty cries of farewell as Chancellor
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  Eustace von Vetter. Vetter was a true plague, a
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  scourge on his subjects. The people of Harland, the
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  stepchildren of the East Frisian Noble House, suffered especially
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  under his rule. Therefore, a heavyweight was
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  lifted from their hearts when they heard the news.
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  The Chancellor's black soul had left his body and gone to where
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  it belonged. However, the following tale is
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  told about the death and his journey to the hereafter.
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  During the night when the chancellor was lying in his
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  deathbed, the devil appeared and demanded from the dying man's
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  family that they should leave, as he alone had the right to
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  receive his soul and lead it to hell.
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  After this was done, the devil snapped the neck of the helpless
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  Chancellor, pulled his soul out of his throat and flew away with
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  it into the air towards the coast, where the ship of Hell
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  was waiting for its departure. At this time nobody in Harlan
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  knew about the death of Vedder, but in the morning sailors from
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  the islands of Langegug and Spikerrug appeared in the
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  harbour of Harlinger Seal and reported with deeply disturbing
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  frowns. During the night we were on the
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  Wadden Sea trawling our Nets and slowly moved towards the coast
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  while fishing. When it was midnight, a
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  completely black ship sailed past us.
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  It had full sails that were black as well, and it sailed
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  directly against the wind while not making any sound.
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  There was a strange activity on board, and even though it was
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  the darkest, we were still able to see the crew clearly.
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  They consisted of many hundreds of devils moving about in their
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  tasks, both on the deck and in the rigging, and behind the
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  wheel. There was a devil who was more
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  terrible incontinence than the others.
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  In his terrible claws he held a white thing, which wind and rise
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  back and forth, and occasionally cried out loud when Satan
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  pinched it. We were terribly afraid when our
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  ships were first tossed to the side and then pinched in place
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  as if bewitched. Then a shrill voice called out
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  to us. Tell your compatriots that the
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  devil has fetched the Chancellor this night.
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  And then the devil's ship was suddenly out and beyond on the
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  high seas, and a mocking laughter arrived with us from a
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  great distance and we hurriedly moved to get away from this
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  haunted place. And there was great joy in the
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  land after hearing the news and even people today say great
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  justice was done to the Chancellor.
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  Source. Sunderman F Sagan UND Sagan
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  Hafta Herzogen AUS UST Freeland, 1869 And a big thank you to
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  Jurgen for translating and publishing these stories.
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  If you want, you can join his Patreon or check out his books.
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  Just look for sunken castles and evil poodles.
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  Thank you. Happy Halloween and goodnight.