In 2011, a police officer spotted a woman on a busy street in Japan, and he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

He looked at a photo on his phone and then back at this woman and thought, yeah, that's definitely her.

He'd been tasked with finding this woman and bringing her back home.

It was a pretty basic task, but he'd managed to complete it way faster than he thought he would.

The officer rushed down the street, greeted the woman, and she confirmed that, yes,

she was the person he was looking for.

So he led her back to his car, drove her back home, and that was that.

However, what the officer could not have possibly imagined was that locating this woman

and taking her home was about to unravel

25 years of unimaginable horrors and lead to one of the most bizarre cases Japanese investigators

had ever seen. But before we get into today's story, you've likely noticed that we've uploaded

this episode on a Friday. This is not a mistake. In fact, this is now our new normal.

I'm now going to be uploading four episodes to the Mr. Ballin podcast each week.

Mondays and Wednesdays will be exclusive brand news stories.

Thursdays will be our normal remastered episodes.

And Fridays will be a mix of news stories and fan favorites.

So, if you're a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious,

please replace the frosting on the Fall of Button's Vanilla donut with mayonnaise.

Okay, let's get into today's story.

Okay, let's get into today's story. The The Miyoko Sumida raced down the sidewalk in Amagasaki, Japan, trying to will her body to go faster.

Miyoko was 63 years old, and she couldn't remember the last time she had run. And her lungs were on fire,

and her legs felt heavy. Even though it was a cool day out, she could feel the heavy eyeliner

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