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You Can’t Make This Up

Tsunami Spirits: Unsolved Mysteries

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.21K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Nearly ten years ago, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded devastated the northeastern coast of Japan. It generated a tsunami that at its peak reached 131 feet high. Close to twenty-thousand lives were lost. Twenty-five hundred more remain missing. Then, in one of the worst-hit cities, people began to experience strange phenomena. Taxi drivers spoke of “ghost passengers.” Some even talked of being possessed by lost spirits. A local Buddhist monk claims the tragedy enabled the people to “see what’s not supposed to be seen.” "Tsunami Spirits" is the fourth episode of Unsolved Mysteries, Volume 2. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, our host Rebecca Lavoie (Crime Writers On...) speaks with another familiar voice, director Clay Jeter. Rebecca will also dive into conversation with her husband Kevin Flynn (Crime Writers On...) as they discuss their own reactions to this episode. Loyal fans of Unsolved Mysteries might remember these words from the late and irreplaceable former host of the show, Robert Stack, “For every mystery, someone somewhere knows the truth. Perhaps that person is someone listening. Perhaps it’s you.” Go to https://unsolved.com/home/ to learn more about the extensive amount of other mysteries covered by the series. Note to listeners: This episode contains spoilers. So make sure to watch the entire episode before listening on. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, our guest was recorded in his home and not in a studio. We appreciate your understanding. Stay tuned for our next episode on Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 2, "Lady in the Lake."

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0:00.0

Welcome to you Can't Make This Up, a companion podcast for Netflix Original True Crime Stories.

0:06.0

I'm Rebecca Lervoy, your host.

0:10.0

Each episode we take a close-up look at a true-crime documentary or series and I talk to the people who made them,

0:16.7

diving deep into the backstories and getting answers to questions raised by what we just watched.

0:21.6

Today we've reached the fourth episode in our six-part

0:25.7

mini season on Unsolved Mysteries, Volume 2, tsunami spirits. This episode will be

0:32.4

visited by another familiar voice, director Clay Jeter.

0:36.0

Clay was a guest on the show during our coverage of the first volume.

0:40.0

I interviewed him about episode 3, House of Terror.

0:44.1

tsunami spirits is the fourth episode that Clay directed for the return of unsolved mysteries.

0:49.3

Nearly 10 years ago, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded devastated the

0:56.7

northeastern coast of Japan.

0:59.3

It generated a tsunami that at its peak reached 131 feet high. Close to 20,000 lives were lost.

1:07.0

2,500 more remain missing.

1:10.0

Then in one of the worst hit cities, people began to experience strange phenomena.

1:16.0

Taxi drivers spoke of ghost passengers.

1:19.0

Some even talked about being possessed by lost spirits.

1:24.5

A note to listeners.

1:25.9

This episode contains spoilers, so make sure to watch the entire episode and then listen on.

1:31.8

Now, before you hear my chat with Clay, take a listen to this discussion I had with

1:36.0

my real life partner in crime, my husband, Kevin Flynn. We break down the episode and

1:41.2

share our reactions to the real life mystery behind it.

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