To access all our features

Open the Goodpods app
Close icon

Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

Linda Gould

This weekly podcast of fiction read out loud explores the entire world of ghosts and the supernatural. The stories are touching, scary, gruesome, funny, and heartwarming. New episodes every Wednesday.
Have a story you'd like us to read? Send it to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com
Please help us pay contributors. Donate at https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
Read the stories at our website: https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Follow Kaidankai on Twitter: @GhostJapanese
YouTube: Kaidankai: Ghost & Supernatural Stories
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
 ...more

All episodes

Best episodes

Top 10 Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories Episodes

Best episodes ranked by Goodpods Users most listened

episode art

The Vengeance of Blood by Adam Breckenridge

Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

play

01/04/23 • 9 min

What goes on in the mind of a serial killer? And is there any protection--in this world or another--against them?
Adam Breckenridge is an Overseas Traveling Faculty member of the University of Maryland Global Campus where he travels the world teaching US military stationed overseas and is currently based in Japan. He has thirty-three story publications to his name and has most recently appeared in the Fantastic Other, and Lucent Dreaming and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
You can read "The Vengeance of Blood" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
Follow us on:
Twitter: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese
Mastodon: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Kaidankaighoststories
Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapan
YouTube: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Facebook: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Please donate any amount to the Kaidankai:
Donate $50US and get a t-shirt with the Kaidankai logo
Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
PayPal: https://paypal.me/whiteensokaidankai?country.x=JP&locale.x=en_US
bookmark
share episode
episode art

Lucky by James Rumpel

Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

play

12/28/22 • 13 min

When a pet dies, is its ghost obligated to be loyal to its earth family? Especially if one family member didn't love it?
​James Rumpel is a retired high school math teacher who has greatly enjoyed spending some of his free time turning a few of the odd ideas circling his brain into stories. He lives in Wisconsin with his wonderful wife, Mary.
You can read "Lucky" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
Follow us on:
Twitter: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese
Mastodon: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Kaidankaighoststories
Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapan
YouTube: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Facebook: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Please donate any amount to the Kaidankai:
Donate $50US and get a t-shirt with the Kaidankai logo
Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
PayPal: https://paypal.me/whiteensokaidankai?country.x=JP&locale.x=en_US
bookmark
share episode
episode art
play

12/21/22 • 28 min

Charles Dickens really hates grumpy people during Christmas. Here is another story that helps us understand there is much to love about life.
Charles Dickens was an English writer of the 1800s who created some of the Western World's most famous stories including Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities.
You can read "The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
Follow us on:
Twitter: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese
Mastodon: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Kaidankaighoststories
Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapan
YouTube: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Facebook: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Please donate any amount to the Kaidankai:
Donate $50US and get a t-shirt with the Kaidankai logo
Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kaidankai
PayPal: https://paypal.me/whiteensokaidankai?country.x=JP&locale.x=en_US
bookmark
share episode
episode art

The Ammuntadore by Luis Paredes

Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

play

12/14/22 • 19 min

Even sleep demons have their troubles. Where do they go to solve their problems?
Luis Paredes is a horror, fantasy, and speculative fiction writer living in Westchester, New York. Current work includes Head Hunters, his debut novel featuring 10-foot-tall praying mantis demons; Out On a Limb, the first in a series of magic noir mystery adventures staring private occult investigators Rebecca Suarez and Peyton Marx, and the mob-inspired short story, Forgive Us Our Debts. When not crafting strange tales, you can find Luis tinkering with old typewriters or using pencils, brushes and ink to bring his weird characters to life on paper.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luisparedeswrites/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/luis_writes
Website: https://luisparedeswrites.com
You can read "The Ammuntadore" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
Follow us on:
Twitter: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese
Mastodon: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Kaidankaighoststories
Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapan
YouTube: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Facebook: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Please donate any amount to the Kaidankai:
Donate $50US and get a t-shirt with the Kaidankai logo
Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kaidankai
PayPal: https://paypal.me/whiteensokaidankai?country.x=JP&locale.x=en_US
bookmark
share episode
episode art

Ep. 175 My Darling Zombie by Ronan O'Driscoll

Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

play

12/07/22 • 8 min

A simple story about an evening in the life of a zombie. It's funny and gross, a little weird, and very surprising.
Ronan O’Driscoll is the author of Poor Farm, published by Moose House Press, and Chief O’Neill, published by Somerville Press. Poor Farm is an imagining of what might happen to an autistic young man in nineteenth century Nova Scotia. Chief O’Neill covers the life of Francis O’Neill (1848-1936), another wandering Irishman who ended up in America as Chicago chief of police, remembered today for his collections of Irish tunes. He lives in Nova Scotia with his wife and three children. For more details visit https://ronanodriscoll.com.
You can read "My Darling Zombie" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
Follow us on:
Twitter: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese
Mastodon: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Kaidankaighoststories
Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapan
YouTube: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Facebook: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Please donate any amount to the Kaidankai:
Donate $50US and get a t-shirt with the Kaidankai logo
Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kaidankai
PayPal: https://paypal.me/whiteensokaidankai?country.x=JP&locale.x=en_US
bookmark
share episode
episode art

Jack Sensei by LP Ring

Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

play

11/30/22 • 20 min

The term 'sensei' is an honorific title bestowed on teachers and experts, and there is a certain amount of clout that comes with the title. In "Jack Sensei"the title refers to an artist who made his name in Japan painting portraits of beautiful women. How can that possibly go wrong?
L.P. Ring is the author of four Seoul-based crime novels and a neo-noir thriller which are all available on Amazon and other platforms. He's had work published with lifestyle magazines in Japan and South Korea and crime fiction published with the UK-based Close To The Bone. He currently lives in Japan with his wife and a cat who’s always around at mealtimes.
twitter: @l_p_ring
You can read "Jack Sensei" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
Follow us on:
Twitter: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese
Mastodon: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Kaidankaighoststories
Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapan
YouTube: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Facebook: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Please donate any amount to the Kaidankai:
Donate $50US and get a t-shirt with the Kaidankai logo
Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kaidankai
PayPal: https://paypal.me/whiteensokaidankai?country.x=JP&locale.x=en_US
bookmark
share episode
episode art

The Difference by E. F. Crabtree

Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

play

11/23/22 • 7 min

Japan is known for being a safe country. You still have to watch out, though, for unexpected dangers.
E.F. Crabtree is an artist and writer based in Buffalo, NY, but used to work in Japan. She co-founded Kyoto Cryptids, a literature and arts magazine about Kyoto, Japan, with her friends. The magazine, along with more of her work, can be found at: https://kyotocryptids.gumroad.com/
You can read "The Difference" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
Follow us on:
Twitter: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese
Mastodon: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Kaidankaighoststories
Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapan
YouTube: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Facebook: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Help me pay the contributors for their work. Donate to the Kaidankai through Ko-Fi. Thank you! https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
bookmark
share episode
episode art

The Burning Police Car by Anne Hansell

Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

play

11/16/22 • 15 min

A samurai places a curse on his enemy: whoever hurts his family will be maimed or die a horrible death. A curse on one family is a blessing spell to the other family. But are curses effective against people who don’t believe in them?
Deaf since birth, Anne Hansell is a third generation Japanese-American and distant relative to Mitsunari Ishida, who lost the Battle of Sekigahara to Tokugawa. During a visit to Japan, her Japanese family encouraged her to learn about her samurai heritage by reading Japanese history books, where she learned that some people believe a samurai’s curse could be very powerful. This prompted her to write “The Burning Police Car.” She is now living with her husband, a New England gentleman, in Southern California.
You can read "The Burning Police Car" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
You can hear Steven Lester's Carr story "The Betrothed" here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/45976776
Follow us on:
Twitter at: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese
Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapan
YouTube: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Facebook: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Help me pay the contributors for their work. Donate to the Kaidankai through Ko-Fi. Thank you! https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
bookmark
share episode
episode art

Rover by Melissa Miles

Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

play

11/09/22 • 23 min

Melissa Miles explores the concept of anthropomorphism and wonders how a car would interact with its family if it had thoughts and feelings.
Melissa Miles was born in the US but resides in New Zealand. She has had many professional iterations--acting, teaching, film-making--but is now focused on her writing and caring for her aging menagerie.
You can read "Rover" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
Follow us on:
Twitter at: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese
Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapan
YouTube: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Facebook: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Help me pay the contributors for their work. Donate to the Kaidankai through Ko-Fi. Thank you! https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
bookmark
share episode
episode art

Ep. 180: Treacle Blood by Joyce Chng

Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories

play

01/11/23 • 13 min

Artists often have to be creative to make ends meet. What lengths would you go to to have your art read/seen/listened to? Is it possible to stop once you've established a "fan" base?
Joyce Chng's fiction has appeared in The Apex Book of World SF II, We See A Different Frontier, Cranky Ladies of History, Accessing The Future, The Future Fire and Anathema Magazine. Joyce also co-edited THE SEA IS OURS: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia with Jaymee Goh. Fire Heart, a YA fantasy under Scholastic Asia, is published in 2022. (Pronouns: she/her, they/their)
You can read "Treacle Blood" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.
Follow us on:
Twitter: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese
Mastodon: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Kaidankaighoststories
Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapan
YouTube: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Facebook: Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories
Please donate any amount to the Kaidankai:
Donate $50US and get a t-shirt with the Kaidankai logo
Ko-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories
PayPal: https://paypal.me/whiteensokaidankai?country.x=JP&locale.x=en_US
bookmark
share episode

Show more

Toggle view more icon
























































Comments

0.0

out of 5

Star filled grey IconStar filled grey IconStar filled grey IconStar filled grey IconStar filled grey Icon
Star filled grey IconStar filled grey IconStar filled grey IconStar filled grey Icon
Star filled grey IconStar filled grey IconStar filled grey Icon
Star filled grey IconStar filled grey Icon
Star filled grey Icon

Rating

Star iconStar iconStar iconStar iconStar icon

Review or comment on this podcast...

Post

Generate a badge

Get a badge for your website that links back to this

Select type & size
Open dropdown icon

Copy