48. Hot and Prosperous (Have you seen my beautiful berries?)

Hello, sluts! Welcome to yet another week where Max scares the ever living sh*t out of us! On today's episode, Janey is going to tell us a Japanese tale "The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die," and Max is going to tell us all about the Russian figure, Father Frost.

Alternate episode title: Frost Side Story.

Janey's Sources - The Story of the Man who Did Not Wish to Die

• “Japanese Folktales: Classic Stories from Japan’s Enchanted Past” Complied by Yei Theodora Ozaki 
• National Geographic article about Qin Shi Huangdi 
• “Is ‘Spanish Fly’ really an aphrodisiac?”
• "The First Emperor of China who Died During His Quest Pursuing Immortality" article from Interesting Engineering. 
• Qin Shihuang by Asiaculturaltravel.co.uk 

Max's Sources - Frost

• "Russian Tales: Traditional Stories of Quests and Enchantments," illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova 
• Free text of "Frost" from "Russian Fairy Tales" by William Ralston Shedden-Ralston 
• A clip from Mystery Science Theater 3000's spoof of the film "Morozko"

Chapters

• 10:11 The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die (Janey)
• 41:21 Frost (Max)