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Tara A. Devlin
Toshiden
Exploring Japanese Urban Legends
Toshiden is a biweekly show in which horror author and translator Tara A. Devlin explores various urban legends from Japan. From Kuchisake-onna's long history to the hidden meaning behind convenience store toilet signs, we explore it all and look at how they came about and why they became a legend in the first place.
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Ratings & Reviews
4.9 stars from 121 ratings
YES QUEEN.
This is FANTASTIC. I am completely new to Japanese urban legends and WOW, what a great vein of super creepy stories. Told without bombast, with great background music, attention to detail, great voice and just all around great. I have listened to hundreds of podcasts and this is definitely a new...Read full review »
mysterymach via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/26/24
Episode idea!
You should do a episode I can’t remember the name but it’s about two sisters orphans and one of the sisters eat the other and out of guilt she grows a mouth on the back of her head, it’s the mouth the dead sister
love kaelyn via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 09/09/23
I’m gonna tell a scary urban legend, for my talent show I’ve only watched two episodes in already made my own versions of the stories. I’ve got so much inspiration from I love it. I am totally recommend this and #ILoveScaryStoriesIfYouDon’tBelieveScaryStories, then maybe this podcast will make...Read full review »
ss sus via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/29/23
Recent Episodes
Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Be careful what you wish for. It’s said that words have power. What if urban legends have that same power? What if you created an urban legend, only to find out that it was real… BGM thanks to Myuuji,...
Published 07/09/21
Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! A girl trapped in a school basement over the holidays. The janitor returns to find her corpse and nail marks on the back of the door from her attempts to escape. Did this really happen, and if so,...
Published 06/25/21
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