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Freaky Folklore

The Slit-Mouthed Woman - A Creature With a Deadly Smile

Freaky Folklore

Eeriecast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.6840 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The Slit-Mouthed Woman also known as Kuchisake-onna is a deadly spirit from Japanese folklore who has a malevolent hunger for vengeance.  Discover more TERRIFYING podcasts at http://eeriecast.com/ Follow Carman Carrion!  https://www.facebook.com/carman.carrion.9/ 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 has 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://app.soundstripe.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

She was beautiful. She always had been and she knew that. She was also quite vain.

0:08.0

She spent much of her time staring into the mirror at her own reflection.

0:13.0

Going to the market had been the best part of her week because she could share her beauty with others

0:19.0

and revel in the glory of all those who stopped to stare.

0:24.4

But that was then, before her husband's rage had taken her beauty,

0:29.6

which eventually caused her to take her own life.

0:33.8

He was very jealous and lost control when he caught her with another man.

0:39.4

He had pulled his sword and ran it through the young soldier and tossed his limp body onto the floor.

0:46.6

His rage was not appeased until he drew his dagger and sliced her from lips to ears on each cheek.

0:55.2

See if anyone wants to steal my wife now, he snarled.

1:00.8

She wore a scarf around her face to hide the scars,

1:04.5

but her disfigured reputation could not be hidden.

1:08.9

People shunned her and recoiled at the side of her until one night she could take

1:14.2

it no more. Climbing out of bed while her husband slept, she flung herself on the same sword

1:22.2

that had taken her lover. Now she wanders the streets, a phantom seeking revenge, seeking to share her beauty,

1:32.4

and then her pain. Welcome to Freaky Folklore, the podcast where we discover the horrifying

1:41.5

legends across the world and tell terrifying tales of monsters

1:45.6

both ancient and modern. This week we are discussing the slit-mouthed woman, the ghost of a woman

1:51.8

who was mutilated and who has come back to wreak revenge on the world. This show is part of the

1:58.8

Eriecast Podcast Network. Find more terrifying tales at eeriecast.com

2:04.3

and be sure to follow us on Spotify or your favorite podcasting service. You can leave an honest

2:10.8

review on iTunes too. The more we get, the more we grow, and hopefully the more monsters we can explore.

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