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Fukushima Toilet Death | The "Solved" True Crime Case That Everyone Disagrees With

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Red Web

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Detailing the odd Japanese case of the Fukushima Toilet Death and the conspiracy theories that followed, ranging from village and work tensions to a political coverup.Support us directly: https://www.redwebpod.comOn a cold, winter day in Japan, a woman settled into her quarters after a long day of teaching. However, her evening would be anything but peaceful. In her toilet, she would find a floating shoe, one that she would discover belonged to the deceased man trapped inside her septic tank. What unfolded after that led to local unrest and conspiracy theories denying the official story. Today, we’re investigating the Fukushima Toilet Death.Sensitive topics: Mentions of suicide, voyeurismOur sponsors:Factor - Head to http://Factormeals.com/redweb50off and use code redweb50off to get 50% off and free daily greens per box!Rocket Money - Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join at http://rocketmoney.com/REDWEBQuince - Go to http://quince.com/redweb for free shipping and 365-day returns.This show is brought to you by BetterHelp. Sign up and get 10% off at http://BetterHelp.com/redweb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On a cold winter day in Japan, a woman settled into her quarters after a long day of teaching.

0:07.0

However, her evening would be anything but peaceful. In her toilet, she would find a floating shoe,

0:13.0

one that she would discover belonged to the deceased man trapped inside her septic tank.

0:18.0

What unfolded after that led to local unrest and conspiracy theories denying

0:22.4

the official story. Today, we're investigating the Fukushima toilet death. This is Red Web.

0:35.0

Welcome back, Task Force. Before we begin today's episode, Fredo and I just wanted to address

0:42.2

our second Indieversary, which Fredo is this Wednesday, June 3rd.

0:47.3

Absolutely amazing. You started from a scary time.

0:51.3

Dude, yeah. You know, not knowing if the task force would be there to catch us and you guys did.

0:59.3

And now we're years into this being cradled in your soft arms.

1:03.8

Strong arms.

1:05.0

Just really strong, though.

1:06.4

Like possibly vascular, a little too strong.

1:09.0

I might want to get tested for steroids or something like that.

1:12.9

I'm not quite sure about the task force arms right now.

1:15.0

Whatever you're doing, just keep it up.

1:16.5

Because genuinely, I remember those days when you, me and Christian,

1:20.9

were sitting in a room before the shutdown of our previous home.

1:24.3

And we were like, you know, we didn't know where this would go. We were like, let's at least try to finish out the year and go out on our terms or what have you. And now it's two years since we went independent. So task force, we just wanted to say again, thank you so much. If you want to support us now, you can do so at redweb pod.com, but whether you've supported for two years,

1:50.2

five, we're almost at six years, Fredo, or even just like six minutes, we really appreciate you being here, allowing us to stay true to ourselves, explore the unknown, and also just like

1:55.8

have a good time over on the Patreon page. I love Fredo's movie club and break room and

2:00.8

all sorts of stuff going on

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