Latest Superstition Podcast Episodes
Story Time: The Mirror Maiden by Lafcadio Hearn (Ep. 146)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - April 17, 2024 00:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsToday I'll read you Lafcadio Hearn's short story: The Mirror Maiden. [This description contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.] Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Check out her books includin...
Episode 58: Skibidi Toilet
Unspookable - April 16, 2024 04:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsLast fall it felt like every other email, review, or topic recommendation we received mentioned a YouTube series that had captured the imaginations of our listeners and literally BILLIONS of young people around the world. If you haven't heard about these giant, singing, war mongering toilets with...
Ryomen Sukuna: Awesome Saint or Japan-Destroying Demon? (Ep. 145)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - March 30, 2024 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsThe two-faced, eight-limbed giant named Ryomen Sukuna has been around since very early Japan, still is he a Buddhism-protecting hero or a cursed demon who tried to destroy Japan? [This description contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a comm...
Teru Teru Bōzu: Cute, Magical, Unsettling Origins (Ep. 144)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - March 15, 2024 00:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsYou'll often see ghostly-looking dolls strung up in windows in Japan on rainy days. What do they mean and why are they a little creepy? [This description contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.] Unc...
Abe no Seimei & His Mysterious Place Near Me (Ep. 143)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - February 29, 2024 07:14 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsAbe no Seimei was the greatest onmyōji in Japan. While he lived in Kyoto, he visited Shizuoka at some point and performed some magic, giving us another nanafushigi (seven mysterious things). [This description contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may r...
Episode 57: Poppy Playtime and Horror Video Games
Unspookable - February 21, 2024 15:11 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsWe get a lot of amazing suggestions from our listeners of topics to cover on the show, but there's one topic that topples the competition: Video Games. Whether it's Five Nights at Freddy's, Doors, Hello Neighbor, Garten of Banban, or Poppy Playtime, there are tons of first person horror games tha...
Nami-Kozō: The Creepy Little Wave Boy (Ep. 142)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - February 16, 2024 00:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsA nanafushigi (seven mysterious things) and a local yokai, the Nami Kozō or Wave Boy has a number of variations to his story, some involving real historical monks. [This description contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no a...
Episode 56: The Last Kids on Earth with Max Brallier
Unspookable - February 02, 2024 04:10 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsWhat would you do if you woke up one day and giant portals in the sky brought about a monster apocalypse that left your hometown without any rules, grownups, or homework? Well if you’re Jack Sullivan, you’d move into your foster brother's treehouse, play video games and eat junk food, while teami...
The All-powerful Five Elements and You (Ep. 141)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - January 31, 2024 00:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsIn Japan there are two types of Five Elements, the gogyo and the godai and you can find them all throughout Japanese culture-in tea ceremony, martial arts, acupuncture, herbalism, esoteric Buddhism, and even in cemeteries. [This description contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a li...
A Rollicking and Powerful Year of the Dragon 2024 (Ep. 140)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - January 16, 2024 00:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsAkemashite omedetou gozaimasu! Happy New Year! This is Thersa Matsuura and you’re listening to Uncanny Japan, Season 8. We just moved from the year of the Rabbit to the Year of the Dragon and I want to tell you all about it. [This description contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a...
Episode 42: The Backrooms [ENCORE]
Unspookable - January 02, 2024 05:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsHave you ever heard of The Backrooms? Maybe you've come across this strange never-ending series of liminal spaces on TikTok or on YouTube or maybe some games that you've played. The Backrooms are one of our most frequently requested topics and we were curious to explore why their flickering fluor...
01 Babyhood
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - January 02, 2024 00:00 - 14 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
02 Childhood
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - January 01, 2024 00:00 - 10 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
03 Physical Characteristics
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 31, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
04 Projects
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 30, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
05 Halloween and Other Festivals
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 29, 2023 00:00 - 7 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
06 Love and Marriage
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 28, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Joya no Kane: Purify Yourself With This Episode (Ep. 139)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language - December 28, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsJoya no Kane is the Buddhism tradition of ringing out the old year and ringing in the new one. Where did it come from and what does it mean? [This description contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.] ...
07 Wishes
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 27, 2023 00:00 - 6 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
08 Dreams
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 26, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
09 Luck
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 25, 2023 00:00 - 18 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
10 Money
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 24, 2023 00:00 - 4 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Holiday Episode featuring The Yule Cat, Kallikantzari, Christmas Spiders, & more [ENCORE]
Unspookable - December 23, 2023 06:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsThe month of December brings a whole host of traditions for people all across the world. For us on Unspookable, this time of year brings some of the strangest creepy creatures we get to see. After all – it wouldn’t be the holidays for us if we didn’t get to throw in something spooky. So consider ...
11 Visitors
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 23, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
Krampus [ENCORE]
Unspookable - December 22, 2023 17:11 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.5K ratingsFor those of us who have been good all year the holidays are a time for celebration and gifts... but, for for those of us who have been naughty, we may have a half goat, half demon visitor waiting to steal us away. What's that, cheery soul? Not familiar? Well then, let's tell you a little more ab...
12 Cures
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 22, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
13 Warts
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 21, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
14 Weather
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 20, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
15 Moon
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 19, 2023 00:00 - 16 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
16 Sun
Current Superstitions by Fanny Dickerson Bergen - December 18, 2023 00:00 - 5 minutesMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
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