<description>&lt;h1&gt;Episode Notes&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;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…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BGM thanks to &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;Myuuji&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.incompetech.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kevin MacLeod&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CO.AG&lt;/a&gt;.
Sound effects thanks to &lt;a href="https://freesound.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Free Sound&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.freesfx.co.uk/" rel="nofollow"&gt;freeSFX&lt;/a&gt;.
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S3 Episode 10

Online Transmission

<description>&lt;h1&gt;Episode Notes&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;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, where?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BGM thanks to &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;Myuuji&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.incompetech.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kevin MacLeod&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CO.AG&lt;/a&gt;.
Sound effects thanks to &lt;a href="https://freesound.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Free Sound&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.freesfx.co.uk/" rel="nofollow"&gt;freeSFX&lt;/a&gt;.
Licensed under &lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Creative Commons&lt;/a&gt;: By Attribution 3.0 License&lt;/p&gt;
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S3 Episode 09

Nail Marks

<description>&lt;h1&gt;Episode Notes&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;He’s smaller than the length of a ruler and likes to hang around hidden from plain site. Who is the Tiny Old Man and where does he come from?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BGM thanks to &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;Myuuji&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.incompetech.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kevin MacLeod&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CO.AG&lt;/a&gt;.
Sound effects thanks to &lt;a href="https://freesound.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Free Sound&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.freesfx.co.uk/" rel="nofollow"&gt;freeSFX&lt;/a&gt;.
Licensed under &lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Creative Commons&lt;/a&gt;: By Attribution 3.0 License&lt;/p&gt;
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S3 Episode 08

Tiny Old Man

<description>&lt;h1&gt;Episode Notes&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Legend has it that an interesting secret lies in wait at Tsukuba University. In Japan’s final hour the very campus itself will transform into a giant robot to save the nation! Could such a thing really be possible?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BGM thanks to &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;Myuuji&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.incompetech.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kevin MacLeod&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CO.AG&lt;/a&gt;.
Sound effects thanks to &lt;a href="https://freesound.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Free Sound&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.freesfx.co.uk/" rel="nofollow"&gt;freeSFX&lt;/a&gt;.
Licensed under &lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Creative Commons&lt;/a&gt;: By Attribution 3.0 License&lt;/p&gt;
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S3 Episode 07

Tsukuba Robot

<description>&lt;h1&gt;Episode Notes&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;In a famous commercial for a consumer credit company, women dance around in skimpy clothing. Were they forced into it because they were in debt themselves? Was the commercial an example of what might happen if you too didn’t pay back your debts?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BGM thanks to &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ" rel="nofollow"&gt;Myuuji&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.incompetech.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Kevin MacLeod&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CO.AG&lt;/a&gt;.
Sound effects thanks to &lt;a href="https://freesound.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Free Sound&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.freesfx.co.uk/" rel="nofollow"&gt;freeSFX&lt;/a&gt;.
Licensed under &lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Creative Commons&lt;/a&gt;: By Attribution 3.0 License&lt;/p&gt;
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S3 Episode 06

Takefuji’s Secret

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. 

Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends

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