Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
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On today's episode I'm going to tell you about an affliction that involved a strange growth on some part of your body that had the face of a human and did horrible things.
Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other show is The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy on Amazon. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.
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Intro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura
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Creepy Story Time: Hashihime / The Bridge Maiden (Ep. 111)
Ōkami: Japanese Wolf Part 2 Legends and Lore (Ep. 110)
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Hunting for a Tsuchinoko (Ep. 108)
Your Own Personal Buddha (Ep. 107)
The Unconnected Dead: Muenbotoke (Ep. 106)
The Sickle Weasel: Kamaitachi (Ep. 105)
Another Chilling Children’s Song – Tōryanse (Ep. 104)
Final Listeners' True Spooky Tales - Weeping, Drowning, and Big Wall Blocking (Ep. 103)
Listeners' True Spooky Stories: Forest Phantoms and the Black-Nosed Man (Ep. 102)
Listeners' Absolutely True Japanese Ghost Stories Part 2 (Ep. 101)
Listeners' Absolutely True Ghost Stories: Haunted Houses (Ep. 100)
The Cat Grave, The Rat Grave: Nekozuka, Nezumizuka (Ep. 99)
Toilet Gods: Yes! There are More Than One! (Ep. 98)
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