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Freaky Folklore

NAMAHAGE – The New Year’s Demon

Freaky Folklore

Eeriecast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6840 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Namahage are demon-like figures from Japanese folklore who visit villages during the New Year. They scare children to encourage good behavior and ward off evil spirits. Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/   Follow Carman Carrion!    https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/?hl=en   https://twitter.com/CarmanCarrion   Subscribe to Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY   Please Review Us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184   Music and sound effects used in the Freaky Folklore Podcast have or may have been provided/created by:  CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/ Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/ Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast Soundstripe: https:// Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Only on Netflix. What if the love of your life disappeared without a trace?

0:04.2

I haven't heard from Josh in 11 years.

0:06.6

From Harlan Coben and the creators of film he wants.

0:09.2

The past has returned.

0:11.2

Everyone lied to me.

0:12.6

But the truth is missing.

0:14.6

I need you to help me find Josh.

0:16.4

Maybe it is time to let all the secrets out.

0:18.8

I am telling you, to let it go.

0:22.6

Holland Coben's missing you.

0:24.1

You will never know the choice.

0:27.7

Only on Netflix, streaming New Year's Day.

0:31.4

Every New Year's Eve in the snow-swept villages of Akita,

0:35.7

parents draw their children close and bolt their doors. The ancient

0:39.9

warning echoes. Those who are lazy, those who cry too much, they will come for you when the

0:47.6

year turns. The footprints appear in the fresh snow, too large, too deep to be human.

0:56.3

The sound of iron dragging across wooden walls, ritual chants that shake the foundations of houses,

1:04.2

faces pressed against frosted windows, peering in with eyes that gleam like dying embers.

1:13.9

They say if you listen carefully on that longest night, beneath the howling winter wind, you can hear them checking names off their list.

1:21.3

The lazy ones, the disobedient ones, the ones who will be taken when the old year dies, and the new one is born.

1:30.3

In Japan's Oga Peninsula, they don't need to tell their children to be good.

1:36.3

The children already know what happens to those who aren't.

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