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Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders (GT Mini)

Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal

Ghost Town

True Crime, Unknown, Paranormal, Weird History, Social Sciences, History, Science

3.7928 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A restaurant in Japan raises awareness by getting your orders intentionally wrong. More Ghost Town: https://www.ghosttownpod.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod (7 Day Free Trial!) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod Sources: https://bit.ly/47yqfnH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Delive a rule because anything goes this Christmas.

0:06.0

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0:10.0

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0:15.2

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0:21.4

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0:25.0

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0:30.4

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0:50.0

A delicious mistake. I'm Jason Horton, I'm Rebecca Leib. And this is Ghost Town. According to the World Health Organization, 35 million people are suffering

1:15.5

from dementia worldwide and that number is expected to increase to 115

1:20.7

million in the next 25 years.

1:23.0

Not to start this episode with a hard to hear,

1:27.0

maybe bummer statistic,

1:29.0

but it really sets the stage

1:31.0

for a profound pop-up by Japanese television director

1:34.3

Shiro Oguni. Part art piece, part place of business, this intriguing and

1:39.6

inspiring social experiment has caught the attention of Japan and now the world.

1:44.0

Today let's talk about the restaurant of mistaken orders.

1:48.0

Organized as a recurring pop-up that initially launched in the end of June 2017 and went through various

1:54.2

incarnations in countries like Japan, Paris, and London, the Restaurant of

1:58.3

Mistaken Orders employs those with dementia as servers in a casual restaurant setting. Like the name suggests,

2:05.2

when you order off the menu which includes items like hamburgers, gioza, soup,

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