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Wails Across the World/The Toy Box
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Tonight’s episode is called “Wails Across the World.”
We’re chasing a sound older than memory: a cry that blurs grief and warning, love and fear. You might think of Ireland’s banshee—our home-grown diva of doom—but tonight we’re going global. Because Ireland doesn’t have a monopoly on these sorrowful specters. Turns out, the whole world’s been hearing women scream in the dark for centuries.
RESOURCES & REFERENCES
- McAnally, Patrick. Irish Ghosts and Hauntings: The Banshee and Beyond. Dublin Folklore Press, 1987.
- Iwasaka, Michiko & Toelken, Barre. Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experience in Japanese Death Legends. Utah State University Press, 1994.
- Hearn, Lafcadio. Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Tokyo, 1904.
- Foster, Michael Dylan. Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yōkai. University of California Press, 2009.
- Sugimoto, Yoshio. An Introduction to Japanese Society. Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Japan Times Archives (Okiku’s Well, Himeji Castle); NHK Folklore Features.
- Regional Folklore Forums and Tourism Boards (Himeji, Yotsuya, Kiyotaki Tunnel).
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