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Wicked WritersYzaura Vanegas_How About a Story_May 11, 2021Yzaura Vanegas is a director, producer and trainer of interactive live events for Nickelodeon and the host, producer and writer of the podcast How About A Story. This season on her podcast she wrote her first audio drama where she combined her love for fairy tales and true crime together to create season 4 Following the Big Bad Wolf: A true crime investigation in Fairytale Land.
Make sure to subscribe to her podcast: How About a Story and visit her website at https://www.howaboutastory.com/.
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2021-05-1121 min
How About A StoryEP-407 Little Red Riding Hood: a true crime investigation in Fairytale LandSmall announcement this is our last episode for the season but, we will be back in the summer with all new stories. So make sure you are subscribed so you will always be up to date.
In this episode we talk to Red and hear her side of her encounter with the Big Bad Wolf.
This episode contains disturbing sounds of violence listener discretion is advised.
Music from Epidemic Sound:
Ghost Ship Story - Kikoru
Travels in Time - Experia
Fight Through - Ethan Sloan
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2021-04-0912 minHow About A StoryEP-406 The Three Little Pigs: a true crime investigation in Fairytale LandWhile investigating these crimes in fairytale land it really made me aware of the fact that families were being destroyed and they had no support. It especially hit me when I had a chat with Practical. The following interview may be disturbing, listener discretion is advised.
Resources used in this episode:
https://grief.com/grief-after-a-murder/#
Music from Epidemic Sound
The Thaw: Million Eyes
Off At Once: John Bjork
Danger Lures: Trailer Worx
Document This: Million Eyes
Superior: Silver Maple
2021-04-0212 minHow About A StoryEP-405 The Wolf and The Seven Young Kids: a true crime investigation in Fairytale LandThis story reminds me of a particular serial killer from our land. He was truly horrific and terrorized an entire state for years. He was the type of person who took his time and learned everything he could about his victims before he made his final move. He would go into their homes beforehand and take trinkets as prizes for his unspeakable acts.
Resources for this weeks episode:
The Wolf and Seven Young Kids a Brothers Grimm Fairytale
https://americanliterature.com/author/the-brothers-grimm/fairy-tale/the-wolf-and-the-seven-little-kids
https://www.biography.com/news/michelle-mcnamara-golden-state-killer
2021-03-2615 minHow About A StoryEP-404 The Wolf In Sheep's Clothing: a true crime investigation in Fairytale LandJoin me this week as we dig deeper into the Big Bad Wolf and why I believe he is a serial killer.
In the crime safety security.com site it says: “Serial killers look perfectly normal and may be above average in intelligence. You may very well have met one and found him charming or, if nothing else, forgettable. You may know a killer and never realize it – because he doesn't seem the least bit like a monster. They blend in with the rest of us without arousing the slightest suspicion.”
If you have any inform...
2021-03-1908 minHow About A StoryEP-403 The Wolf and The Fox: a true crime investigation in Fairytale LandI found an article called 5 Myths About Serial Killers and Why Do They Persist and it reads I quote: “The majority of serial killers are not reclusive social misfits who live alone, despite pervasive depictions of them as such in the news and entertainment media. Real-life serial killers are not the isolated monsters of fiction and, frequently, they do not appear to be strange or stand out from the public in any meaningful way.” Upon reading this I began to wonder. Did Zeke, the Big Bad Wolf truly travel alone as I first stated? Or was he truly a lone...
2021-03-1212 minHow About A StoryEP-402 The Crane and The Wolf: a true crime investigation in Fairytale LandWhen I started this journey I sat in front of my computer and stared at the blank screen for what felt like eternity. I was frozen, but I was lost in this run on sentence in my head about Zeke. Only I didn’t know him as Zeke at the time he was The Big Bad Wolf. And I found myself shaking my head from side to side and saying “that's 3 murders. 3 murders so close to each other by the same villain, The Big Bad Wolf.” Then I just shot up in my seat, He's a Serial Killer!!!! Fairytale land has...
2021-03-0514 minHow About A StoryEP-401 The Wolf and The Dog: a true crime investigation in Fairytale LandI know what you"re thinking... You thought fairytale land was just that a tale. But what if I told you that it is an actual place. And we can go there. In fact we are there now. This is FairyTale Land. Yes, the place where fairy godmothers dance and evil forces play. You’ve read about this place to your kids at night. You’ve bought books about princes and princesses that promote happily ever afters. You’ve shared with your friends which ones of it’s tales were your favorites and why.
But we are here tracki...
2021-02-2610 minHow About A StoryFollowing The Big Bad Wolf: a true crime investigation in FairyTale LandThis season I”m trying something different. You might not know this but I am a murderino, you know a true crime junkie. That’s right my friends on my free time I listen to murder. So much so that when I was first bouncing around ideas to create a podcast I thought I would be doing a true crime podcast and who knows maybe one day I will. So this season I decided to take a stab at it but in my own way. This podcast is me reading you great stories which I love and I will cont...
2021-01-2902 minHow About A StoryA Spooky Christmas Tale: SmeeFor this holiday season let's go on an adventure to a Victorian Christmas of long, long ago. Did you know that during the Victorian era, publishers of newspapers and magazines printed ghost stories during the Christmas season for chilling winter reading by the fireside or candlelight. It was a time of reflection as the days became longer and darker. People would gather and share tales of past winters, of deaths that occurred, of births and rebirths. “Christmas was originally connected to the 'pagan' Winter Solstice celebration and the festival known as Yule. The darkest day of the year was se...
2020-12-2525 minHow About A Story'TwasThe Night Before ChristmasIn the spirit of the holidays I would like to share some Christmas cheer and share a few holiday stories. If you are enjoying these stories please subscribe on your favorite podcast player. I will be sharing one more story tomorrow and it’s a little spooky.
Tonight we have a classic so gather round my friends grab you hot coco or beverage of choice and let’s enter into Clement Clarke Moore’s world of words this is “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
Thank you so much for listening. I wish you all a good night...
2020-12-2405 minHow About A Story'Twas NochebuenaIn the spirit of the holidays I would like to share some Christmas cheer and share a few holiday stories. If you are enjoying these stories please subscribe on your favorite podcast player. I will be sharing three Christmas tales the last being the spookiest.
Today our author shares with us how her latino family celebrates Christmas using the rhythms of a famous Christmas rhyme. So gather round my friends grab you hot coco or beverage of choice and let’s enter into Roseanne Greenfield Thong world of words this is ‘Twas Nochebuena a Christmas Story in Engli...
2020-12-2305 minHow About A StoryPopIn Edition: ThanksgivingAs we enter into this Thanksgiving Day my hope is that we remember the native peoples of this country and the turmoil they face to this day. May we see what they see and hear what they hear. Before I go any further “I want to respectfully acknowledge the Kizh and Tongva People, who have stewarded this land that I currently live on throughout the generations.” Todays I want to share Chief Jake Swamp words with you, this is Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message.
For more information about the stewards of the land you live...
2020-11-2606 minHow About A StoryThe Scary Story of The Mass For The DeadThis week we listen to The Mass For The Dead by the mother of goth Edith Nesbit. Where strange musical interludes bring warnings of things to come.
Don't forget to drop our Instagram page and tell us what stories you would like to hear for next season.
Stay safe out there :)
Music:
AnalogueCabin - Noir Et Blanc Vie
Anitmatter - The Westerlies
Falling Rain - Myuu
O Come All Ye Faithful (Vocals) - Jingle Punks
Phantom - Density & Time
2020-11-0628 minHow About A StoryThe Scary Story of the Forest of BloodshedHappy Halloween ghouls and goblins. This weeks tale is an original piece all the way from Romania. This is The Forest of Bloodshed by: Andrei Zamfir. Always “Remember there are spirits here. There are ways of the world that we don’t understand. There’s a balance to everything in existence, and this land has been looking to regain its spiritual equilibrium for centuries. Enter into this scary story if you dare…..
Music:
Beginnings (Intro) - The Tower of Light
Hero's Ascent - Chris Haugen
Tension Nonstop - Myuu
2020-10-3011 minHow About A StoryThe Scary Story of The Three Little PigsThis weeks story was inspired surprisingly by a new show on HBO MAX called Raised by Wolves. No spoilers here but Amanda Collins does a trilling performance of the Three Little Pigs that inspired me to produce this scary version of the tale. Enter at will to this weeks spooky rendition of the classic fairy tale by James Halliwell-Phillipps.
Music:
A Hand In The Dark - Underbelly & Ty Mayer.
Dark Tranquility - Anno Domini Beats
Go to Sleep My Little One - Doug Maxwell_Media Right Productions
H...
2020-10-2313 minHow About A StoryThe Scary Story of The Legend of Sleepy HallowThis we week we have a classic that was recommended by a fellow spooky enthusiast on Instagram. This is the scary tale of The Legend of Sleepy Hallow. If you ever wondered what story the headless horseman comes from then listen to this tale.
Thank you so much for listening. When you get a moment please stop by our Instagram page and say “Boo!” It’s Halloween :)
Until Next time my friends, what stories will you be getting into?
2020-10-1623 minHow About A StoryThe Spooky Tale of the Ebony FrameThis weeks story is a mind bender. We encounter Mr. Divgne who inherits his aunts fortune and among her things he finds a picture of a mysterious woman whom he falls deeply in love with. Enter into this chilling tale of ghostly love.
Music:
A Great Darkness Approaches, Can You Feel It_ - ELPHNT
A Mystical Experience - Unicorn Heads
Dream Escape - The Tides
False Morel - Trevor Garrod
Lurking Shadows - Myuu
Mysterious Place - DarkEerie Music (Creative Commons)
No...
2020-10-0938 minHow About A StoryThe Scary Tale of La LloronaThis is the first story in our Season of Fear celebration of Halloween. Each Friday for the month you will be transported to an old tale with a new twist. An audio adventure of haunting and fright. If you scare easily beware.
Music
An Excuse To Do Less - pAtches
Shadows - Anno Domini Beats
Cowboy Lullaby JHS Pedals
The Awakening _ Patrick Patrikios
2020-10-0211 minHow About A StorySeason of FearWelcome to the Halloween Season of Fear edition. We will be sharing 10 scary stories starting October 2nd.
If you have a scary story that needs to be shared we are taking suggestions at our Instagram page. Please dm me your suggestion if it is in the public domain arena and under 10 pages I’ll perform here. Or if you want to try your hand at writing one I would love the opportunity to bring your creation to life.
Music:
Assembling - Asher Fulero
2020-09-2102 minHow About A StoryPopIn EditionHello friends and welcome to How About A Story the PopIN Edition I'm Yzaura. So I am a big fan of spooky things. I love vampires, wolves and sexy creatures of the night. Fall is coming. So hint, hint on what to expect in the fall. Ok I have a question for you do you have a scary story that just needs to be shared? If so head over to our Instagram page and send us a DM with said story and then I will perform it here during the season of fear. Wouldn't that be fun? I think...
2020-09-1418 minHow About A StoryPopIN EditionHello and Welcome to How About A Story the PopIN Edition, this is Yzaura. I am currently gearing things up for the fall and thought now would be a great time for us to play catch up. If you didn't know How About A Story has made a year on PodBean telling stories. Now this has been a personal project of mine discovering voice over narration and just putting a little bit of myself out into the world. So After a year what have I learned you might ask? A lot! A lot about editing, mixing arranging, executing, marketing...
2020-08-2409 minHow About A StoryAlice's Adventures in Wonderland Chapters11 & 12Hello everybody. This episode we final get the trial of the century. Who will be beheaded by the Queen? Will Alice ever wake up? Well listen in time will tell.
Music for this episode:
Jungle Mission: Cxdy
Moist: Mikos Da Gawd
Mongrei Dance: Dan Bodan
National Express: Dan Bodan
Nite Foul: Noir Et Blanc Vie
Pastoral: Asher Fulero
Orbital Romance: Sir Cubworth
Spacetime Blues: Loopop
Space Rhapsody: DJ Freedem
Laconic Granny by Kevin Mac...
2020-07-3031 minHow About A StoryAlice's Adventures in Wonderland Chapters 9 and 10This week we meet the Mock Turtle, the Griffin and we have an intimate interaction with the Duchess.
This weeks music:
English Country Garden: Aaron Kenny
Joker: Causmic
Lulu Is the Cat I Like Best: paTCHES
National Express: Dan Bodan
Miles to Go: Joey Pecoraro
Bucolic Acrylic: Dan Bodan
Marty Gots a Plan by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500015
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Laconic Granny by...
2020-07-1031 minHow About A StoryCelebrate Juneteenth: Uplifting Josephine BakerIn celebration of Juneteenth and freedom for all I would like to uplift Josephine Baker. She was a remarkable human who fled a world the US that oppressed her and turned her life into a beacon for humanity. Josephine was a remarkable performer she was a civil rights activist and played an essential role for the french during WW2. I have taken her words from the past and created this speech. Her words are powerful and still relevant today. Join me as we enter into Josephine Bakers world of words these are her most famous quotes.
I...
2020-06-2005 min
How About A StorySympathyThese last few days have been intense. The pandemic is still in full effect. We now have civil upheaval entering center stage. We need to be on the side of change. Black Lives Matter. I have turned inward. My brain has been on overload. I have thinking about our history and how things have changed and how they have not. I've been thinking about those who stood up in the past and how they would stand today. How they would be with us now and how they are with us now. So I give my voice in the only...
2020-06-0202 minHow About A StoryAlice's Adventures in Wonderland Chapters 7 and 8This week we meet the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts. Grab your flamingo and let's play croquet together :)
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Thank you to the artist who provide the music via Youtube Audio Library:
Animaux Obscènes: Dan Bodan
Bucolix Acrylic: Dan Bodan
Nation Express: Dan Bodan
Ballerina : Quincas Moreira
Peony Morning: Track Tribe
The Insomniac Parade: The Whole Other
Land of the RetroOnes: Rage Ones
Today’s Plan...
2020-05-3034 minHow About A StoryAlice's Adventures in Wonderland Chapters 5 & 6This week we meet the Caterpillar, The Duchess and the Cheshire Cat. Thanks for joining me on this adventure. Please visit us on our Instagram Page and subscribe to hear new stories as the become available .
Music:
Thinking About It : Jeremy Korpas
Orbital Romance : Sir Cubworth
National Express : Dan Bodan
Percolate: Loopop
2020-05-1535 minHow About A StoryAlice's Adventures in Wonderland Chapters 3 & 4This week we enter into chapters 3 - 4 of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland. Come hear about the Caucus-Race, a Long Tail and a Little Bill.
Stay healthy out there.
Music:
Aurora Borelais Expedition by Asher Fulero
Orbital_Romance by Sir Cubworth
2020-05-0131 minHow About A StoryAlice's Adventures in Wonderland (chapters 1 & 2)Today we enter into Lewis Carrols world of words Alice's Adventures In Wonderland. Join me as we enter into this whimsical world and for a moment explore life as an inquisitive seven year old girl.
Music:
National Express by Dan Bodan
Drifting Sands by JAde Wii
Connection by Wayne Jones
Orbital Romance by Sir Cubworth
Ebby by Lish Grooves
Under The Rug by Density & Time
Thanks for listening :)
2020-04-1731 minHow About A StoryThe RavenDo you remember The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe? Well, revisit it again as we suspend reality and enter into Edgar's dark mysterious world.
Music:
The Two Season by: The Tower of Light
Imagine A New Darker You by: The Tower of Light
Mamas by: Josh Lippi & The Overtimers
She Died Up There You Know by: Dan Bodan
They Can Feel You by: Hainbach
Classic Horror 1- Dark World by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under Creative Commons Attribu...
2020-03-3011 minHow About A StoryDrinking Alone In The MoonlightHere is a poem from one of China's best poets Li Bai. Bai's poetry is known for its clear imagery and conversational tone. In these times of uncertainties please keep yourself healthy physically and mentally. If you need assistance please call the National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
2020-03-2703 minHow About A StoryThe Tell-Tale HeartHonor social distancing with this classic and go down the rabbit hole of insanity with Edgar Allen Poe's Tell-Tale Heart. Stay healthy and snuggle in.
Music:
Dark Toys - SYBS
Joker's Lair - Coyote Hearing
Ma Jolie - Verified Picasso
Collapsing All Around - Amulets
This Is Not Effortless - True Cuckoo
2020-03-2319 min
How About A StoryAmapolaHello, bienvenidos, and welcome to How About A Story. I’m Yzaura. Today's adventure comes from Puerto Rico. When I was younger I would visit my grandparents there and for 2 months I was surround by family, nature and the haunting stories of the islands past. I had a fierce aunt who taught me that if you grab a lizard and are brave enough to rub it’s belly. It will fall asleep and then you can gently open it's mouth and place it on your ear like a earring. She also taught me how to sneak up on butterflies and...
2020-02-0508 minHow About A StoryThe Voice Of DeathHello and welcome to How About A Story. I’m Yzaura. In this adventure we follow a traveler who is looking for a place where no one dies. Now wouldn’t that be wonderful. To find a realm where we never feel the pain of losing those most dear to us.
Andrew Lang a well respected writer and collector of tales takes us on this journey. It is written that in Andrews youth he soaked up the stories of his home Scotland. Drawing upon its rich history and lush land it was said that we would run off...
2020-01-2010 minHow About A StoryThe True History of Little Golden HoodHappy New Year!!! Welcome to How About A Story I am Yzaura. If you are new welcome. This is a podcast where you get to hear fairytales and stories from long ago. Come nestle up and get ready to be taken away on an adventure through the words of your favorite authors. We are starting the New Year with a twist to a classic. Todays journey is brought to you by Andrew Lang. Where he tells us the true story of the classic tale of Little Red Riding hood so let's enter into Andrew Lang’s world of words this...
2020-01-0611 minHow About A StoryThe Last Dream Of The Old OakLet’s enter into Hans Christian Anderson’s world of words this is The Last Dream of the Old Oak.
2019-11-0422 minHow About A StoryHow About A Story: Katie WoodencloakAbsjornsen and Moe take us on a story within a story inception style in this unusual take on a classic that we are all familiar with Cinderella. Join me as we enter in this world of words, this is Katie Woodencloak a Norwegian version of Cinderella. Lightless Dawn a creative commons attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.01) source:http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100655
2019-10-0235 minHow About A StoryHow About A Story: Sing, Little Sack! Canta Saquito!This story take us to Aquadilla Puerto Rico where an evil green man kidnaps a young girl named Marisol. Follow her journey and don't talk to strange malevolent beings by the sea. This is Sing, Little Sack! Canta Saquito a Folktale from Puerto Rico retold and adapted by Nina Jaffe.
Music: Blue Sizzle and Comfortable Mystery 4 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http:creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
2019-08-1213 minHow About A StoryHow About A Story: The Tiger and The RabbitThis story is about the unlikely friendship between a wily rabbit and determined tiger. Set in the wilderness of Puerto Rico this story comes alive with music and the vast array of colorful characters brought to life by Yzaura. Please enjoy The Tiger and The Rabbit by Pura Belpre.
2019-07-2219 minHow About A StoryThe is The Legend of the HummingbirdThis story takes us on journey of how love transforms us.
2019-05-0608 minHow About A StoryLa Hormiguita: The Little AntLa Hormiguita is one of my favorite stories from my childhood. In this episode I will chat about Pura Belpre the author of the story, you'll hear an interview with my mom and then we will dive into the world of La Hormiguita.
2019-04-2914 min