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Strange Familiars

The Samurai Skull

Strange Familiars

SpectreVision Radio

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Terry shares stories of a samurai ghost, ghosts and poltergeist-like activity in a theatre, and more. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25 Strange Familiars merch: https://www.strangefamiliars.com/merch GIVE THE GIFT OF STRANGE FAMILIARS: https://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars/gift Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://lostgrave.etsy.com Follow us on Whatnot: https://whatnot.com/invite/strangefamiliars Episode 523 notes and links: Kiya’s gofundme: https://gofund.me/f2d72fc8 ORDER I Have Never Minded the Loneliness here: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/1846191158 Episode artwork by Timothy: The original illustration can be purchased in our etsy shop: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/1900967145 Strange Familiars Curiosity of the Week #146: Intercourse HEX SIGN coasters This item can be purchased from our etsy shop: https://lostgrave.etsy.com/listing/1900969215 Please support Kiya.Life and their work at Pine Ridge. KIYA.LIFE: https://kiya.life Lancaster Conservancy: https://www.lancasterconservancy.org Protect Cuff’s Run: https://www.lancasterconservancy.org/protect-cuffs-run/ Riverbend Comics: https://www.riverbendcomics.com Riverbend Comics Instagram: @riverbendcomics Timothy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Renner/e/B072X44SD5 Chad’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNB7MSJ2F1SRBPcQsEFLnvg (make sure to subscribe to Chad’s channel, Ruck Rabbit Outdoors.) Chad’s etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RuckRabbitOutdoors To help with the Capuchin Day Center’s work with the homeless you can donate here: https://www.capuchindaycentre.ie and here: https://www.cskdetroit.org Contact us via email at: strangefamiliarspodcast@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars Join the Strange Familiars Gathering group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/strangefamiliars/ instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com Intro and background music by Stone Breath. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com The closing song is To Sleep With Skeletons by Stone Breath from The Night Birds Psalm: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/the-night-birds-psalm Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

And he went down into a little obscure cave and came back out with the human skull.

0:08.4

Somehow the skull ended up in my room.

0:12.3

And I woke up to my top bunk violently shaking up and down.

0:18.7

And I shook my head to try to figure out what was going on. And I looked.

0:25.1

And as I looked, there was what appeared to me to be a samurai warrior standing about halfway

0:34.3

out of my body. He was about from waist up placed about my stomach area

0:41.1

and he had his hand on my chest had his left hand on my chest pushing up and down and his right hand

0:50.2

he was pointing his finger directly at my face.

1:30.3

They claim that our eyes would just be a slight different from what they are. He talked to see him. The The The I'm I'm I'm

1:45.0

The Welcome to Strange Familiers.

2:06.5

How you doing tonight, Alison?

2:08.0

I'm doing well.

2:09.4

Happy to hear it.

2:11.4

On tonight's show, I'm going to be talking with Terry,

2:13.4

who has the story of a samurai ghost,

2:16.2

some ghosts in a theater, and more. But before we get to Terry,

2:21.3

I want to mention again, kaya.life, that's our charity that we're supporting at Pine Ridge Reservation.

2:27.3

It's the people who acted as our guides there. It's also a charity that is right there on the reservation.

2:33.9

kaya.life, k-I-a-a-lif.

2:37.3

If you can afford to give, please do.

2:39.9

Like I said, their residents are doing their work right there on a reservation.

2:43.7

Once again, it's kya.coma.

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