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223 - Creepy Female Urban Legend Twofer

Don't Look Now

English - May 23, 2023 04:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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We discuss to urban legends that revolve around female monsters.  The first is the Kuchisake-onna, or “slit faced woman”, of Japan.  She confronts lone travelers at night and murders those that no longer find her beautiful after revealing her bloody slit open mouth.  The second is Baba Yaga, the Slavic grandma living in the woods in her chicken-footed home, cooking and eating children.