All Episodes

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)

Supernatural Cats: Nekomata (Ep. 97)

The Killing Stone: Sessho Seki (Ep. 96)

The Human-Faced Tumor: Jinmensou (Ep.95)

Introducing the Uncanny Robot Podcast

Story Time: Tango no Hitobashira / The Human Pillar of Tango (Ep. 94)

The Ferocious Oni (Ep. 93)

Chindon-ya: Eccentric Street Musicians (Ep. 92)

Good Luck Superstitions in Japan (Ep. 91)

Mayoiga: The Mysterious House You Find When You’re Lost (Ep. 90)

Sakuragaike: A Tortured Snake-Dragon Loses it Scales, Pt 2 (Ep. 89)

Sakuragaike: A Snake-Dragon Coiled and Waiting, Part 1 (Ep. 88)

Halloween Episode: Kokkuri Spirit Boards and WTF?! (Ep. 87)

Scary Story Time: "Go-Away Monkey" (Ep. 86)

The Most Merciless Yokai: the Korori (Ep.85)

Misemono: Edo Era Freak Shows (Ep. 84)

Ningyo: The Ugly (and Delicious!) Japanese Mermaid (Ep. 83)

Obon Story Time: "At Yaidzu" by Lafcadio Hearn (Ep. 82)

Hitobashira: The Tragic Stories of Human Pillars (Ep. 81)

The Adorably Creepy Tofu Kozo (Ep. 80)

Mushi Okuri: Sending Off the Bugs (Ep. 79)

Utsuro-Bune: The Hollow (Space?) Ship (Ep. 78)

Story Time – "Kaguya Hime: The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Princess" (Ep. 77)

Fuujin & Raijin: The Gods of Thunder and Wind (Ep. 76)

Story Time: The Kappa's Abyss (Ep. 75)

Jigoku Tayuu: The Mysterious Hell Courtesan (Ep. 74)

Rated G Tanuki Buttons: This Unbelievable Story Will Blow Your Mind! (Ep. 73.5)

PG-13 Tanuki Buttons: This Unbelievable Story Will Blow Your Mind! (Ep. 73)

Adorable Tanuki: Fluffy, Shape-Shifting, and Lucky! (Ep. 72)

Kan no Mushi: Adorable Parasites Living Inside Your Spine (Ep. 71)

Sanzaru: Three Wise Monkeys and How They Can Help Extend Your Life (Ep. 70)

Cursed Swords That Want to Murder You (Youtou) (Ep. 69)

Enjoying the Luck of the Seven Lucky Gods (Shichifukujin) (Ep. 68)

Year of the Ox: Save Us All (Ep. 67)

Toshikoshi Soba: Breaking Off the Pain of 2020 with Noodles (Ep. 66)

Baku: The Eater of Dreams (Ep. 65)

Story Time: "The Dream of Akinosuke" by Lafcadio Hearn (Ep. 64)

Shinrei Supotto: Freaky Haunted Areas in Japan (Ep. 63)

Yuurei: Japanese Ghosts from Protective to Wrathful (Ep. 62)

Oiran: The Glamorous and Wretched Life of a High Courtesan (Ep. 61)

Kanreki: Your Auspicious Years, Yakudoushi: Your Calamitous Ones (Ep. 60)

Koumare Ishi: Inexplicable Rocks That Predict the Deaths of Monks (Ep. 59)

Bon Odori: Dancing with the Dead (Ep. 58)

Story Time - The Jellyfish Takes a Journey (plus eel and seppuku!) (Ep. 57)

Food Superstitions and Sayings (Ep. 56)

Star-Crossed Lovers (Tanabata) (Ep.55)

Yokai-Related Sayings (Becoming a Tengu) (Ep. 54)

Creepy Children's Song (Kagome Kagome) (Ep. 53)

Putting a Curse on Your Enemies (Ushi no Koku Mairi) (Ep. 52)

Children's Day Iris Baths and Golden Boys: Japanese Traditions (Ep. 51)

Story Time: Sand Walls, Paper Doors (Ep. 50)

Close Encounter with an Amabie (Ep. 49)

The Kappa's Fart (Ep. 48)

The Guest Room Child (Zashiki Warashi) (Ep. 47)

Kanashibari: Sleep Paralysis and the Pillow Flipper (Ep. 46)

Osechi Ryōri: Lucky New Year Foods in Japan (Ep. 45)

Haunted Artifacts (Tsukumogami) (Ep. 44)

The Great Horned Master (Tsuno Daishi) (Ep. 43)

Story Time: Yotsuya Kaidan (The Ghost of Oiwa) (Ep. 42)

Japanese Superstitions II: Spider Lilies and Ghostly Trees (Ep. 41)

Daruma - He Cut Off His What?! (Ep. 40)

Behind the Curtain: Advice for people coming to Japan (Ep. 39)

Story Time: Cicada by Lafcadio Hearn (Ep. 38)

Oni Kara Denwa: The Ogre App to Discipline Your Child (Ep. 37)

The Rock That Cries at Night (Yonaki Ishi) (Ep. 36)

Nanafushigi: Seven Mysterious Things (Ep. 35)

Hidden by the Gods (Kamikakushi) (Ep. 34)

Story Time: Hoichi The Earless by Lafcadio Hearn (Mimi-nashi Hoichi) (Ep. 33)

Heavenly Dogs and Brilliant Swordsmen (The Tengu) (Ep. 32)

Story Time: Of a Mirror and a Bell (Lafcadio Hearn) (Ep. 31)

Human-Faced Fish (Ep. 30)

The Devils are Coming! (Setsubun) (Ep. 29)

Ebisu, The Leech Boy Who Became a God (Ep. 28)

Ojizo Bound in Ropes Doused in Oil (Ep. 27)

Ojizo. The Little Guy Saving You and Yours From the Torments of Hell (Ep. 26)

Bancho Sarayashiki: Okiku and the Nine Plates (Ep. 25)

A Bedtime Story: Kachi-Kachi Mountain (PG Version) (Ep. 24)

Kuchisake-onna: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (Ep. 23)

Great Screaming and Uninterrupted Pain More Buddhist Hells (Ep. 22)

Screaming and Crushing in Four Buddhist Hells (Ep. 21)

Ship Goddesses, Boat Ghosts, and Sea Monks (Funadama, Funa Yurei, Umi Bozu) (Ep. 20)

The Heavenly Demon (Amanojaku) + Bedtime Story! (Ep. 19)

The God of Smallpox (Housougami) (Ep. 18)

Granny Dumping Mountain (Ubasute Yama) (Ep. 17)

Playing Hide and Seek by Yourself (Hitori Kakurenbo) (Ep. 16)

Inviting a Friend to Die (Rokuyo) (Ep. 15)

Sokushinbutsu: The Corpses of “Living” Buddhas (Ep. 14)

Teachers Running (Shiwasu) (Ep. 13)

Goroawase: Tricky Numbers (Ep. 12)

The Devil’s Gate (Kimon) (Ep. 11)

Gaki: Hungry Ghosts (Ep. 10)

Obon Part Two: Sending Away Fires (Okuribi) (Ep. 9)

Obon Part One: On Cucumber Horses They Ride (Ep. 8)

Senninbari: The Thousand-Stitch Belt (Ep. 7)

Japanese Superstitions Part One (Ep. 6)