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"The Other Side" is a ghost story I wrote using some of the more common Japanese scary tropes. Put on some headphones and turn out the lights and let me tell you a story.
Uncanny Japan is author Thersa Matsuura. Her other shows are Uncanny Robot Podcast and The Soothing Stories Podcast. Check out her books including The Carp-Faced Boy by clicking on the Amazon link. If you'd like to help support the podcast and have a bedtime story read to you monthly, please visit Patreon.
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CreditsIntro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura
Music: You Only Live Once by Tim Kulig
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/11913-you-only-live-once
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Music: Falling Empire by Phat Sounds
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/11898-falling-empire
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Music: Flight Pack 1 - 4/6 (Segeln) by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/179-flight-pack-1-46-segeln
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Music: Sneaky Detective by John Bartmann
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9486-sneaky-detective
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The Sickle Weasel: Kamaitachi (Ep. 105)
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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)
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