Welcome to Episode 89! For our third episode of Spooky Szn 2021, we decided to have on our good friend Reina Scully to school us in the spookiest of Japanese Folklore! This week, we discuss "Kokkuri San", "Hitobashira", "Teke Teke", "Tomino's Hell", and "Kuchisake Onna" in a very special episode of Japanese-themed hauntings. Kokkuri: Kokkuri, or Kokkuri-san, refers to a paranormal game of divination, similar to the American Ouija Board. The word kokkuri refers to the game, the actual physical apparatus, and kokkuri-san refers to the being that is summoned that is considered by the Japanese to be some sort of animal spirit that is a mix between a fox, dog, and raccoon. The game is played by writing characters on a piece of paper (much like a Ouija Board) and moving a coin around the board instead of a planchette. Hitobashira: Hitobashira refers to a cultural practice of human sacrifice used formerly in Japan, in addition to many other eastern and southeastern countries found in Asia, wherein humans were buried alive near large-scale construction projects (such as castles, bridges, and dams) as an offering to the gods to keep the structure safe from harm. Teke Teke: Teke Teke is a Japanese urban legend about the ghost of a schoolgirl whose body was cut in half when she was run over by a train in a mysterious accident. Due to the unfortunate circumstances of her demise, her ghost is doomed to roam urban areas using only her hands and elbows since her lower half no longer exists. The dragging of her torso across the ground makes a “teke teke” noise similar to a skittering or scratching noise. She carries around a large scythe that she uses to chop unsuspecting passers-by in half. Tomino’s Hell: Written by Japanese poet Saijo Yaso at the end of WWI, “Tomino's Hell” is a dark and unsettling poem believed to curse, or even kill, anyone who reads it out loud. Kuchisake Onna: Kuchisake-onna, meaning “Slit-Mouthed Woman”, is a popular urban legend about a malicious spirit who wears a mask to cover her mouth. She stops strangers in the night and asks “Do you think I’m beautiful?” Regardless of the answer (except in rare circumstances), she will tear off her mask, revealing her mutilated mouth, before killing the stranger. Follow Reina Scully! - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/discover/Reina-Scully?lang=en - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reinascully/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ReinaScully - Twitter: https://twitter.com/reinascully?lang=en - Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/reinascully Episode edited by Ryan: https://twitter.com/RyanFarroki Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our stupid show: https://ko-fi.com/dogmomusa Buy Venterra Farms CBD Products: https://www.venterrafarms.com & use code “HAUNTED15” at checkout for 15% off Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com

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Episode 89: Japanese Folklore Feat. Reina Scully

This week Nat leads Aly down a rabbit hole about Ancient Egyptian curses! Even before humans could translate the hieroglyphs on ancient Egyptian tombs, rumors existed that curses were written on the entrance to a Pharaoh's final resting place. The most famous of ancient Egyptian curses was enacted in 1922 after the discovery of King Tutankhamen's 3,300 year old sealed tomb. 9 of the 52 people present at the tomb's opening ended up dying of sudden illness or freak accidents immediately following the opening of the tomb. Join us on this haunted adventure through the past, if you dare! Important Stuff: Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our stupid show: https://ko-fi.com/dogmomusa Donate to our Charity Fundraiser: https://www.bit.ly/LGHCharity21 Buy Venterra Farms CBD Products: https://www.venterrafarms.com & use code “HAUNTED15” at checkout for 15% off Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com *SOURCES* Book: “King Tutankhamen’s Gold”, Strange Stories, Amazing Facts, Reader’s Digest, 1975: Article: “Daily Life in Ancient Egypt”, World History Encyclopedia, Joshua J. Mark, Sep 21. 2016 Website: Heka - Magic or Meaningful Speech - Ancient Egypt thewhitegoddess.co.uk Article: “Invisible Egypt”, New Acropolis, Sabine Leitner, May 17, 2016 Article: “How Does The Sun Work?”Howitworksdaily.com - Article: https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-story-of-the-valley-of-the-kings/ Article: https://www.dw.com/en/conserved-glories-of-egypts-ancient-tutankhamun-tomb-revealed/a-47317793 Article:https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/blog/the-curse-of-king-tuts-tomb-180950898/ Article:https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23321/victims-king-tuts-curse YT Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nut50vmRyVM Article: Egypt's Saqqara Tombs Have Mummy Curses Inscribed on Walls, "Business Insider"

Episode 88: The Mummy's Curse: Pharaoh Tutankhamun's Gold

SKIP TO 17:00 TO GET TO THE STORY Happy first episode of Spooky Season! This week, Aly tells Nat all about the most blood-soaked building in all of Austria: Moosham Castle. Built into a mountain in the forested countryside of Unternberg, this medieval spur castle has been the site of at least 45 battles between 1191 and 1675, including the infamously brutal German Peasants' War. If the bloodshed from multiple wars wasn't haunted enough for you, Moosham Castle was also the location of the imprisonment, trial, torture, and execution of the victims of the Zaubererjackl Witch Trials of 1681. These witch trials are set apart in history due to the demographic of its victims: 109 villagers were executed in just one year, with the majority being children and men. Following the witch trials, werewolf trials were held in this same area, leading to the execution and torture of even more men. Today, the castle has been preserved by a private buyer and remains open to the public as a piece of historical architecture; the torture room still intact with the original tools and instruments used against the werewolves and witches of Austria. Reports of ghostly apparitions and anguished screams still haunt the castle grounds, are you brave enough to step inside? Important Stuff: Episode edited by Ryan: https://twitter.com/RyanFarroki Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our stupid show: https://ko-fi.com/dogmomusa Donate to our Charity Fundraiser: https://www.bit.ly/LGHCharity21 Buy Venterra Farms CBD Products: https://www.venterrafarms.com & use code “HAUNTED15” at checkout for 15% off Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com Follow us: LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Nat: https://www.instagram.com/seaaminals Aly: https://www.instagram.com/thealterry

Episode 87: The Witches, Ghosts, and Werewolves of Moosham Castle

Danish author Hans Christian Andersen penned some of the most famous fairy tales of all time; however, was there a dark side to his seemingly innocent children’s stories? This week Nat mystifies Aly with several of the REAL inspirations behind the stories we love, including some dark fairytales you have never heard before! Also who knows what elegiac means--shhh, some mysteries aren’t meant to be solved. SOURCES https://listverse.com/2017/12/22/10-obscure-and-deeply-odd-fairy-tales-written-by-hans-christian-andersen/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen https://lithub.com/charles-dickens-really-really-hated-his-fanboy-hans-christian-andersen/ https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2019/12/on-hans-christian-andersen.html https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/579239/hans-christian-andersen-facts https://people.howstuffworks.com/10-dark-fairy-tales.htm http://www.booktryst.com/2012/02/when-charles-dickens-met-hans-christian.html

Episode 86: Hans Christian Andersen's Dark Fairytales

This week, Aly tells Nat all about the supernatural role crossroads play in nearly all cultures around the globe. In Italy, you can use a crossroads to spot deceased loved ones walking in a ghostly procession. In the Highlands of Scotland, you can sit on a three-legged stool in a crossroads to figure out which of your neighbors will die during the next year. In the U.S., you can perform a ritual to conjure the devil himself at a crossroads. In London, the corpses of criminals and those who died by suicide were buried at crossroads, thereby preventing the souls of the deceased from leaving that area. From hellhounds to “money cats” to demons to poltergeists to “humpbacked mannikins”, all manner of supernatural creatures and spirits can be found at a crossroads. Important links: Vote for us in The Podcast Awards: www.podcastawards.com Vote for us in the Paranormality Magazine Awards: www.bit.ly/para21 Buy Our Merch: www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our Charity Fundraiser: www.bit.ly/LGHCharity21 Buy Venterra Farms CBD Products: www.venterrafarms.com use code “HAUNTED15” at checkout for 15% off Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted

Episode 85: Haunted Crossroads Around The World

Voergaard Slot is known as the most haunted place in all of Denmark, but you've never been able to hear all the dirty details in English until now. This week Nat dishes to Aly about a Medieval Danish castle with a dark history of torture beginning with it's fortification in 1481. Several unfortunate murdered souls wander through the castle after meeting their end at Voergaard. One such soul was even a victim of a Medieval torture ritual known as "The Breaking Wheel." Join us on a haunted tour of Denmark featuring bog people, Viking history, and Medieval torture! WATCH THIS EPISODE ON VIDEO: https://youtu.be/UsdAy-WME6Q *Music from this episode by @mikeyblaster* Important links: Vote for us in The Podcast Awards: www.podcastawards.com Vote for us in the Paranormality Magazine Awards: www.bit.ly/para21 Donate to the show and/or buy our merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com https://ko-fi.com/dogmomusa Donate to our Charity Fundraiser: www.bit.ly/LGHCharity21 Buy Venterra Farms CBD Products: www.venterrafarms.com use code “HAUNTED15” at checkout for 15% off Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com Follow us: LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/letsgethaunted Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/letsgethaunted/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/letsgethaunted Twitter: https://twitter.com/letsgethaunted Insta: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaun... Nat: https://www.instagram.com/seaaminals Aly: https://www.instagram.com/thealterry *SOURCES* “Denmark’s most haunted house”, The Copenhagen Post by Jane Graham, October 19th, 2016 https://www.voergaardslot.dk/en/ghosts-and-legends/ https://www.visitbroenderslev.com/voergaard-slot https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/voergaard-castle-2 https://random-times.com/2021/01/13/voergaard-castle-a-danish-castle-supposedly-haunted-by-a-woman-too-independent-to-not-be-a-witch/ Ducksters.com Britannica.com Frommers Denmark

Episode 84: Voergaard Slot - Denmark's Most Haunted Castle

SKIP TO 6:29 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S EPISODE! Welcome to Episode 83 of Let’s Get Haunted: “Indrid Cold: The Grinning Man”. New Jersey in the late 1960s was a hotbed of paranormal activity and UFO sightings. 1966 in particular was a very active year, with many people from all over the state reporting unidentified objects in the sky and on the ground. But New Jersey was not the only state plagued by UFOs during this time. West Virginia famously became the site of Mothman between Nov. 15 to Dec. 15, 1966. But did you know that The Mothman wasn’t the only weird creature sighted during this timeframe? This week, Aly tells Nat all about Indrid Cold, the alleged alien entity who visited earth in 1966 and may still be here today. What was his purpose? Why was he here? We speak to the daughter of Woodrow Derenberger, the first person to interact in a meaningful way with Indrid on November 2, 1966. Tune in now to hear the full story and the interview! Important links: Vote for us in The Podcast Awards: www.podcastawards.com Vote for us in the Paranormality Magazine Awards: www.bit.ly/para21 Buy Our Merch: www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our Charity Fundraiser: www.bit.ly/LGHCharity21 Buy Venterra Farms CBD Products: www.venterrafarms.com use code “HAUNTED15” at checkout for 15% off Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Support Bobby Akers & The Spooky Family podcast: https://spoti.fi/3BTohOH Support Taunia Derenberger by contacting her on Facebook to buy her book: https://www.facebook.com/derenbergertaunia

Episode 83: Indrid Cold, "The Grinning Man" (featuring witness testimony)

This week Nat teaches Aly all about a mysterious *unmentionable* play. From the moment it debuted in London one fated afternoon in 1606, this Scottish Play has left nothing but death and misfortune in it's wake. According to the legend, William Shakespeare used a real witch's dark magic incantation as dialogue in Macbeth which enacted a curse upon the play forevermore. Will muttering the title of the play aloud in a theater upset the witch, or is it all just poppycock? Stay tuned to find out (jk, the curse is real). Important links: Vote for us in The Podcast Awards: www.podcastawards.com Vote for us in the Paranormality Magazine Awards: www.bit.ly/para21 Buy Our Merch: www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our Charity Fundraiser: bit.ly/3hxVtUp Buy Venterra Farms CBD Products: www.venterrafarms.com “HAUNTED15” at checkout Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted

Episode 82: The Curse of The Scottish Play

SKIP TO 28:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S EPISODE. It is not clear when the first account of the “Ningen” was reported. Some sources cite the first reported eyewitness of the creatures as taking place in the 1990s, while others claim that the Ningen was first documented all the way back in the late 1950s. While origins are murky, what is not murky is when the creature rose to popularity. In 2002, a post went viral on popular Japanese message board “2Channel” when a user known only as “Part-Timer” posted about her friend’s eye witness account of a white, blubbery, giant humanoid that emerged from the oceans near Antarctica. Important links: Vote for us in The Podcast Awards: www.podcastawards.com Vote for us in the Paranormality Magazine Awards: www.bit.ly/para21 Buy Our Merch: www.letsgethaunted.com Donate to our Charity Fundraiser: https://bit.ly/3hxVtUp Buy Venterra Farms CBD Products: www.venterrafarms.com “HAUNTED15” at checkout Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted

Episode 81: The Ningen

SKIP TO 13:45 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S EPISODE We’re up for two podcasting awards! Click below to vote for us now! People’s Choice Podcast Awards: https://www.podcastawards.com Paranormality Magazine Awards: https://forms.paranormalityradio.com/paranormal-podcast-awards-voting/ Buy our merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Support our charity of the year: https://bit.ly/3hxVtUp This week, Nat & Aly read off your listener stories! Stories included in this week’s episode include a ghost in a former gay club, a possible la llorona sighting, a goth mom with sleep paralysis, discovering a body that came back to life, mysteriously materializing handprints, and a possessed sentient baby doll. (No video episode this week because the studio we were using raised the price to just under $400 per episode and obv that makes no sense and we can’t afford it. For now, we’ll be doing audio only until we can find a new studio! Thank you for your patience.) LGH is sponsored by Venterra Farms CBD Products! Head over to www.VenterraFarms.com now and enter code “HAUNTED15” at checkout for 15% off your purchase of any CBD product.

Episode 80.5: Listener Stories #9

SKIP TO 9:35 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S EPISODE. (If you want to see/hear the longer version of this podcast with the full intro - head to youtube.com/c/letsgethaunted) NOBODY PANIC - Nat is temporarily out sick but will be back next week for Episode 80.5! This week, Aly is joined by special guest James DeAngelis for a rousing episode of some of the internet’s most popular paranormal games. Are you brave enough to play them? We cover the rules and legends surrounding these spooky games to play in the dark: The Reikan Test, The Three Kings Ritual, The Elevator Game, and The 11 Mile Ritual. We will definitely cover more paranormal games in the future, so be on the lookout for Part II! Time stamps for the games: The Reikan Tests: 12:00 The Three Kings Ritual: 33:07 The Elevator Game: 51:30 The 11 Mile Ritual: 1:15:23 Follow James DeAngelis and listen to his podcast at the links below! James’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamesdeangeliz James’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesdeangeliz/ James’ TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdTkxTvK/ Watch Beyond The Pine on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mlgHwnT Listen to Beyond The Pine on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3xl1AAk Listen to Beyond The Pine on iTunes: https://apple.co/3A7Iu2l

Episode 80: Paranormal Games To Play In The Dark, Part I

SKIP TO 18:00 TO GET TO THE STORY "The Boy in the Box" is one of the United States' most infamous true crime mysteries. Sometimes called "America's Unknown Child", our story begins in 1957 when the body of a young child was found in an abandoned cardboard box on the side of a rural road in Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Despite an extensive police investigation spanning many different cities and states and many promising leads, the identity of the boy remains a mystery to this day. Will the mystery finally be solved this year with the help of genetic genealogy?? Tune in to hear us discuss the true crime case that has lived in Aly's head rent free for years. LGH Charity Fundraiser 2021 for the Lupus Foundation of America, click here to join our team and donate: https://bit.ly/3hxVtUp LGH is nominated for 3 podcasting awards, click here to vote for us now: https://podcastawards.com/app/signup Send us mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com Donate to the show and/or buy our merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com https://ko-fi.com/dogmomusa Follow us: LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/letsgethaunted Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/letsgethaunted/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/letsgethaunted Twitter: https://twitter.com/letsgethaunted Insta: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted/ Nat: https://www.instagram.com/seaaminals Aly: https://www.instagram.com/thealterry

Episode 79: The Boy In The Box

SKIP TO 15:40 TO GET TO THIS WEEK'S STORY! He is known by many names throughout many different cultures, but just who is the Boogeyman? Is he a real entity, an energy vortex, a metaphor for the evil in humanity, or just a folkloric character used by parents to scare their children into being good? This week, Nat tells Aly the history of the Boogeyman from different cultures around the world. Let us know what you think in the comments below! LGH Charity Fundraiser 2021 for the Lupus Foundation of America, click here to join our team and donate: https://bit.ly/3hxVtUp LGH is nominated for 3 podcasting awards, click here to vote for us now: https://podcastawards.com/app/signup This episode edited by: JAMES ALLEN MCCUNE - Go tell him what a good job he did by tweeting at him - https://twitter.com/JAllenMc Send us mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com Donate to the show and/or buy our merch: www.letsgethaunted.com https://ko-fi.com/dogmomusa Follow us: LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/letsgethaunted Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/letsgethaunted/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/letsgethaunted Twitter: https://twitter.com/letsgethaunted Insta: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted/ Nat: https://www.instagram.com/seaaminals Aly: https://www.instagram.com/thealterry

Episode 78: The Boogeyman

SKIP TO 25:00 TO GET TO THIS WEEK’S STORY! This week, Aly tells Nat the harrowing tale of a 16 year-old boy and his 4 friends who went to explore a shipwreck off the coast of Florida in the 1960s. This seemingly innocent bit of summer fun quickly turned into a nightmare when the boys found themselves miles from shore in the middle of a storm. When all was said and done, 4 boys were dead and only one was still alive. What happened out there on the waters that day? Was it murder? An accident? Or was it something supernatural? You decide. (The intro is long this week because we unbox some items you sent to our PO BOX in addition to roasting one of our listeners.) To see the slightly longer video version of this episode go to youtube.com/c/letsgethaunted! Socials: YouTube: youtube.com/c/letsgethaunted Reddit: r/letsgethaunted FB: facebook.com/letsgethaunted Twitter: @letsgethaunted Insta: @letsgethaunted Hosts Instas: Nat @seaaminals / Aly @thealterry

Episode 77: Edward Brian McCleary's Escape From A Sea Monster

Skip to 13:00 to get to the story. The ancient Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians worshipped what they called "the Anunnaki", but who were the Anunnaki really? According to one conspiracy theory, the Anunnaki were an alien race of refugees escaping their own planet to mine for gold and other precious metals on Earth. Did the Anunnaki enslave humans to build the pyramids and other ancient landmarks? You be the judge. Socials: YouTube: youtube.com/c/letsgethaunted Reddit: r/letsgethaunted FB: facebook.com/letsgethaunted Twitter: @letsgethaunted Insta: @letsgethaunted Hosts Instas: Aly @thealterry / Nat @seaaminals

Episode 76: The Anunnaki Conspiracy

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