47-Urban Legends: In the Dark

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2016

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

For this Halloween episode, we are doing something different. Instead of diving into the stories of the past, I’m telling stories of the present. Urban legends are a more modern version of folklore where, instead of telling stories of hydras and butter cats, we tell stories of things that might just exist. In these, people are the true monsters, and the most mundane of situations can be strange, dangerous, and terrifying. Say hi on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jasontheweiser Interested in becoming a member? http://support.mythpodcast.com That article about the woman in the cupboard: http://bit.ly/2eOTYhI Music: “Independent Film” by Steve Combs “A Certain Lightness” by Blue Dot Sessions “Aisatsana” by Graham Bole “Trap” by Jahzzar “Bravado” by Gurdonark “Direct To Video” by Chris Zabriskie

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0:00.0	Today's episode is a scary one, in violent places.
0:04.9	If you listen to this podcast with kids and you want them to sleep tonight, you might
0:09.1	want to skip this week.
0:10.1	I put more details on mythpigast.com.
0:13.3	This week, on the Myths and Legends podcast, it's a Halloween episode.
0:17.2	We're all talking about different urban legends.
0:20.2	The stories are weird and terrifying, and just get ready to not feel safe anywhere.
0:25.4	The creature this week is a creepy one from Japanese urban legends.
0:29.3	And yeah, she's a murderer, but that doesn't mean she can't be polite about it.
0:38.3	This is the Myths and Legends podcast, episode 47, in the dark.
0:47.4	This is a podcast where I tell stories from folklore.
0:50.0	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:54.8	Others are stories you might not have heard, but really should.
0:57.8	When I started this podcast, I did not think I'd do an episode like this.
1:02.0	Urban legends, while scary, seem to just have one note.
1:05.4	And the ones I was familiar with all just seem to be hyper violent cautionary tales.
1:09.6	Also, I'm not a huge fan of horror scary stories.
1:13.0	I've done precisely two and a half scary episodes in this podcast.
1:17.2	As I get more acquainted with myths and legends to a degree that I never thought I would
1:20.3	be, I started to notice something.
1:22.3	The parts of us that led people to believe that a hydro alert in the swamp, that a Viking
1:27.0	might be able to live for 300 years, or that a cat might be stealing their butter, ashtag
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