The Danger of Lingering Spirits

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! August in Japan marks Obon, the Buddhist festival where the spirits of one's ancestors return home and ghosts return to the living plane. Discover six stories of the strange and supernatural that occur during one of the biggest festivals of the year. BGM thanks to Myuuji Intro & Outro BGM thanks to Kevin MacLeod Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

17 Aug 201834min

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Like a good old-fashioned meal of oden, this week comes with a wide variety of short horror tales to scratch all those hard to reach itches and satisfy your hunger for the unnatural. Ghosts, curses, creepy traditions and more, there's a bit of everything. BGM thanks to Myuuji & Kevin MacLeod. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

3 Aug 201831min

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Japanese horror at its finest. Five tales of things that go bump in the night, the yurei hiding in the nooks and crannies of your safe space. Find out what's haunting these houses and never look at your home the same way again. BGM thanks to Myuuji & Kevin MacLeod. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

20 Juli 201832min

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Cryptids in basements, impossibly tall figures, floating severed heads and other things the eye just can't explain. Six tales of the unbelievable and unexplainable fresh from Japanese shores to your ears. This is Japanese horror. BGM thanks to Myuuji & Kevin MacLeod. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

6 Juli 201827min

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Things that go bump in the night. Things that make no logical sense. What is real and what isn't? Discover five tales of the unexplainable from the land of the rising sun. But be careful. Sometimes there's no going back. BGM thanks to Myuuji & Kevin MacLeod. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

22 Juni 201832min

Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! You think you've got it bad? Try going to these Japanese schools of terror. Five terrifying tales of ghosts, haunted classrooms, things that go bump in the night and more scares than you can throw a piece of chalk at. Maybe homework isn't the real horror. BGM thanks to Myuuji Intro & Outro BGM thanks to Kevin MacLeod Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

8 Juni 201827min

Episode Notes BONUS EPISODE Listen to the very first episode of Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends. Go to Kowabana.net for how you can subscribe to this new podcast! "Am I pretty?" she asks before removing her mask, revealing her mouth cut from ear-to-ear. Kuchisake-onna is the Japanese urban legend of urban legends. Find out how she came to be and the truth behind her story right here. More information at Kowabana.net or get early access at Patreon. BGM thanks to Myuuji Intro & Outro BGM thanks to Kevin MacLeod Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

1 Juni 201828min

Episode Notes Japanese horror is full of iconic ghosts and creatures of the night. But have you heard the story of Kankandara? The monster hidden deep in the forest with a curse so terrifying that all who come across her true form are doomed to an excruciating death. BGM thanks to Myuuji Intro & Outro BGM thanks to Kevin MacLeod Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

25 Maj 201857min