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Stories Fables Ghostly Tales

Stories Fables Ghostly Tales

Stories Fables Ghostly Tales Podcast 992 Episodes Oct 8, 2026

Stories Fables Ghostly Tales is a horror and folklore podcast that pairs Japanese true crime cases with myths sharing similar themes, such as Sada Abe and the jorōgumo. It also draws on a large archive of over 900 episodes featuring creepypasta, NoSleep, Let's Not Meet, Old Time Radio, Project Gutenberg, and original audio drama. New episodes are released weekly, with no adverts. The host, known as the Tale Teller, invites listeners to stay curious and a little scared.

Episodes

Escape: Finger of Doom & The Adaptive Ultimate | Old Time Radio Double Bill
Escape: Finger of Doom & The Adaptive Ultimate | Old Time Radio Double Bill Oct 8, 2026 3300 EARLY DROP: Escape Double Bill: Finger of Doom & The Adaptive UltimateYou're getting this one early, because the Tale Teller is packing a bag. I'm heading over east for an event this weekend, so rather than leave you waiting, I've lit the candle a few days ahead of schedule.This week I've been in the restoration workshop with two episodes from Escape, CBS's great high-adventure anthology. Both
The Joker On The Halloween Train
The Joker On The Halloween Train Oct 4, 2026 1865 Halloween Special Part 1 of 4.Japanese true crime and Japanese folklore. On Halloween night 2021, a man in a Joker costume boarded a packed Tokyo train. For eight seconds, nobody moved.On 31 October 2021, a man in a purple suit and a green shirt boarded a crowded Keio Line express heading into Shinjuku. Nobody looked twice. It was the biggest costume night of the year, on a train full of people go
The Horse That Takes Children
The Horse That Takes Children Sep 19, 2026 1169 The last night — and the one I nearly didn't write...Mørketid ends tonight. Sweden.Fair warning on this one...This episode is about children. The bäckahästen drowns them and the Myling is one that was left in the woods to die, and while I've kept the detail out, it's there for the whole half-hour. If that's a hard subject for you, take this one at your own pace or skip it — the series works withou
The Black Death Was An Old Woman
The Black Death Was An Old Woman Sep 12, 2026 1129 Night three of Mørketid is out. Norway.She Carries a Rake...A craft decision I want to explain...The draug should have been the finale. He's the better monster by any obvious measure — a drowned fisherman in oilskins with a mass of seaweed where his head should be, sailing half a boat against the wind, screaming out on the water where there is nobody. That's a closing image.I put him second, and g
The Finnish Forest Hides People
The Finnish Forest Hides People Sep 5, 2026 1216 NIGHT TWO — FINLANDNight two: Finland has a word for a person who isn't lost, isn't taken, and cannot be found — while standing right in front of you.Night two of Mørketid is out. Finland.MetsänpeittoIt translates as "the forest cover," and it describes something Finns believed happened often enough that the language needed a word for it.A person walks into the forest they've known their whole lif
Denmark's Sleep Paralysis Demon
Denmark's Sleep Paralysis Demon Aug 29, 2026 1251 Four nights of Nordic folklore. Night one: Denmark buried things alive under its churches — and some of them are still working.Something different for the next four weeks. No true crime at all.Mørketid — Four Nights North is a mini-series: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, one night each, pure folklore. Night one is out now.The bit that stopped me while I was writing it...The kirkegrim isn't a le
The Kobe Cannibal Got A Food Column
The Kobe Cannibal Got A Food Column Aug 22, 2026 2611 Japanese true crime and Japanese folklore, one candle at a time.In June 1981, a Japanese literature student in Paris asked a Dutch classmate to come to his apartment and help him with his German pronunciation. Renée Hartevelt was twenty-five. She said yes because she was the kind of person who noticed when somebody was sitting on their own.Issei Sagawa confessed within days. He was never convicte
Three Waters, Dark Tides: Two Myths, One Truth (Ep01)
Three Waters, Dark Tides: Two Myths, One Truth (Ep01) Aug 9, 2026 2209 What happens when folklore becomes too terrible to be fiction? Can you listen past the performance and find the true forensic history?Welcome back to Stories Fables Ghostly Tales. In tonight’s interactive special, the Tale Teller presents an impossible challenge: "Three Waters, Dark Tides: Two Myths, One Truth."We have gathered three haunting accounts of Japan's relationship with the dark, cold el
The Quiet Boy Who Terrified a Nation: Japan's Darkest Mystery & The Satori
The Quiet Boy Who Terrified a Nation: Japan's Darkest Mystery & The Satori Aug 2, 2026 2238 Turn the lights down low...It is time for Tall Tales and True Crime...In this episode of Stories Fables Ghostly Tales, we explore one of the most widely discussed and psychologically complex cases in modern Japan: The 1997 Kobe Case, historically known across the nation as the Sakakibara Investigation.In the spring of 1997, the peaceful neighbourhood of Suma Ward in Kobe, Japan was gripped by sudd
27 Pieces: The Unsolved Horror of Inokashira Park - True Crime Japan
27 Pieces: The Unsolved Horror of Inokashira Park - True Crime Japan Jul 26, 2026 2008 On the morning of April 23, 1994, a park cleaner in Inokashira Park opened a utility trash container expecting ordinary market waste, only to find a severed human foot inside a translucent blue plastic bag. Within hours, police recovered twenty-seven separate body parts distributed across twenty-seven public trash bins—each piece meticulously cut to an exact length of twenty centimetres, drained c
Japanese Kennel Killers - Turning Their Enemies to Dust (1993)
Japanese Kennel Killers - Turning Their Enemies to Dust (1993) Jul 19, 2026 1856 ⚠ CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains extensive, highly detailed accounts of real-world serial murder, financial exploitation, the complete thermal destruction of human remains, and themes of animal cruelty. Listener discretion is absolutely mandatory.Welcome back to Stories Fables Ghostly Tales. Tonight, we present The Art of Transparency: The Saitama Dog Lover Murders — Japan, 1993.Deep withi
The Reeds of Twilight: The North Kanto Serial Murders Japan
The Reeds of Twilight: The North Kanto Serial Murders Japan Jul 12, 2026 1546 ⚠ CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains detailed descriptions of a real-world serial crime involving children, systemic judicial failure, and heavy themes of unresolved communal grief. It also contains an extended discussion of traditional Japanese supernatural folklore. Listener discretion is strongly advised.Welcome back to Stories Fables Ghostly Tales. Tonight, we present The Reeds of Twilight

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