From decades long hauntings to sleep paralysis demons, these terrifying listener stories will have you clutching your blanket and unable to sleep!

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Frankie - @franklinthewoman

Cheyenne - @lostwithlow

Words mentioned/useful words

助けてください tasukete kudasai - please help me

満席 manseki - full (as in there are no spaces left, like in a restaurant or theatre)

怖い話 kowai hanashi - scary story

霊感 reikan - the ability to sense the supernatural 

実家 jikka - family home

中間テスト chukan testo - midterm exams

金縛り kanashibari - sleep paralysis 

お祓い oharai - purification, exorcism 

自販機 jihanki - vending machine

神 kami - god(s)

氈鹿 kamoshika - serow (antelope or goat-like mammal)

祭り matsuri - festival

References/sources:

Review eyed as anger continues for Japan-Africa ‘hometown’ plan

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16031070#:~:text=The%20JICA%20program%20is%20intended,the%20issuance%20of%20special%20visas.

Time stamps

00:00 it’s spooky season

1:46 news - Africa hometown program backlash + update

7:10 story 1 - it lurks in the stairwell

11:28 story 2 - a haunting in Okinawa

28:06 story 3 - an unexpected visitor

31:45 story 4 - what’s hiding in the locked room?

36:07 story 5 - haunted childhood home in Osaka - Tasha’s story

56:23 stories 6-8 fallen torii gate, apt haunting and sleep paralysis - Aerial’s stories