The Isshi Incident
Noble Blood
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.7 • 13.9K Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
During the reign of Empress Kogyoku in 7th century Japan, two clans — the Soga clan and the Nakatomi clan — were rivals for power. But the Nakatomi clan would ally with the Empress's son, Naka no Oe, and together they would plot one of the most influential assassinations in Japanese history.
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| 0:00.0 | On the podcast, Haunted Road, we examine the history of the world's most notoriously haunted |
| 0:05.7 | sites and talk to people who've experienced the supernatural there first-hand. |
| 0:10.3 | Those ghosts are still wandering those halls waiting for someone to come in and talk to them. |
| 0:14.3 | Join me, host Amy Bruney from Television's Kindred Spirits and Ghost Hunters for a tour of |
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| 0:23.4 | Listen to Haunted Road, season four on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever |
| 0:27.8 | you listen to your favorite shows. |
| 0:30.4 | Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of iHeartRadio and Grimm and Mild from Aaron Manky. |
| 0:36.6 | Listener discretion advised. |
| 0:38.0 | Hey, this is Dana Schwartz, host of Noble Blood. |
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| 1:17.5 | One brief content warning before this episode. |
| 1:20.8 | This episode does contain acts of violence and minor descriptions of gore. |
| 1:38.2 | When Empress Kogiyoku woke on the morning of July 10th, 645, she had no reason to suspect |
| 1:46.7 | that anything was wrong. |
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