Horror · True crime

Stories Fables Ghostly Tales

by Stories Fables Ghostly Tales PodcastEnglish

  • Horror
  • True crime
  • Folk tales
  • Narrated stories
  • Anthology
  • Audio drama
  • Japanese folklore
  • Supernatural

One candle for every story

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997 stories; each candle stands for a few of them.

An English-language collection of true crime, Japanese folklore, creepypasta, ghost stories, classics, and original horror audio drama, hosted by the Tale Teller.

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HE DIDN'T KNOW THE WORD "FREEZE"

On 17 October 1992, a sixteen-year-old exchange student from Nagoya put on a white suit, picked up a camera…

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  1. Episode 1 - Stories Fables Ghostly Tales - Weird Beginnings13 min

    Title: Weird Beginnings JOIN ME ON TWITTER: Youtube: goo.gl/WwY6jV *WELCOME - Since this first episode I'm…

  2. The Womb That Held a Telephone Handset | Japanese True Crime Series43 min

    G'day Tea Totalling Guardians 🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵 On a cold afternoon in the spring of 1988, a quiet, uniform…

  3. The Locked Room & The Harbour Torso — Malta’s Darkest Archival Voids40 min

    Welcome back to the archive.

  4. EP06 | The Public Health Ghost: The 1948 Teikoku Bank Incident50 min

    Welcome back to the archive, inner circle...

  5. Sada Abe: Japan's Most Infamous Murder & The Ancient Spirit That Never Left | True Crime Japan42 min

    G'day everyone!

  6. 30 People. 90 Minutes. One Village. Japan's Tsuyama Massacre & The Gashadokuro34 min

    G'day Tale Tellers and fans of Japanese True Crime!

  7. The Reeds of Twilight: The North Kanto Serial Murders Japan26 min

    ⚠ CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains detailed descriptions of a real-world serial crime involving…

  8. Japanese Kennel Killers - Turning Their Enemies to Dust (1993)31 min

    ⚠ CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains extensive, highly detailed accounts of real-world serial murder…

  9. 27 Pieces: The Unsolved Horror of Inokashira Park - True Crime Japan33 min

    On the morning of April 23, 1994, a park cleaner in Inokashira Park opened a utility trash container…

  10. The Quiet Boy Who Terrified a Nation: Japan's Darkest Mystery & The Satori37 min

    Turn the lights down low...

  11. Three Waters, Dark Tides: Two Myths, One Truth (Ep01)37 min

    What happens when folklore becomes too terrible to be fiction?

  12. The Kobe Cannibal Got A Food Column44 min

    Japanese true crime and Japanese folklore, one candle at a time.

  13. Denmark's Sleep Paralysis Demon21 min

    Four nights of Nordic folklore.

  14. The Finnish Forest Hides People20 min

    NIGHT TWO — FINLAND Night two: Finland has a word for a person who isn't lost, isn't taken, and cannot be…

  15. The Black Death Was An Old Woman19 min

    Night three of Mørketid is out.

  16. The Horse That Takes Children19 min

    The last night — and the one I nearly didn't write...

  17. The Joker On The Halloween Train31 min

    Halloween Special Part 1 of 4.

  18. Escape: Finger of Doom & The Adaptive Ultimate | Old Time Radio Double Bill55 min

    EARLY DROP: Escape Double Bill: Finger of Doom & The Adaptive Ultimate You're getting this one early…

  19. They Hid The Blood In A Vat Of Miso39 min

    In Japan, if you are sentenced to death, you are not told when.

  20. Who Shot The Gyoza King?39 min

    At a quarter to six on a December morning in 2013, the president of Japan’s best-loved dumpling chain was…

  21. HE DIDN'T KNOW THE WORD "FREEZE"34 min

    On 17 October 1992, a sixteen-year-old exchange student from Nagoya put on a white suit, picked up a camera…

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