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Hosted by Linda Gould · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 389 episodes
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The Kaidankai is a short fiction podcast featuring strange, supernatural, and dark stories across horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the uncanny. The Kaidankai presents original short stories from experienced and emerging authors that explore the unsettling edges of human experience. These tales can be touching, scary, gruesome, funny, and even heartwarming. From ghostly encounters and supernatural revenge to speculative futures and uncanny moments, the stories span genres while sharing a common atmosphere of mystery and unease. The Kaidankai is narrated with a focus on mood, pacing, and immersion. Whether a story leans toward horror, fantasy, science fiction, or something harder to define, each episode invites listeners to step into a world just slightly off-kilter.
Linda Gould hosts Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short Fiction, a fiction show with 389 episodes published.
After the sudden death of her husband, a woman tries to rebuild her life and create a new future for herself and her young daughter. But as strange events begin to occur, she is forced to confront the possibility that so
When a local teenager receives a personal invitation from the mayor's influential family, he assumes he's simply been singled out for a special occasion. But as the gathering unfolds, small details begin to feel increasi
A woman out for an early morning run encounters something unexpected on a remote hill at the edge of the woods. Inspired by Japanese folklore surrounding the Ubume, this chilling tale blends modern life with ancient fear
A woman out for an early morning run encounters something unexpected on a remote hill at the edge of the woods. Inspired by Japanese folklore surrounding the Ubume, this chilling tale blends modern life with ancient fear
Oliver arrives at a casino looking for excitement and distraction. What he finds is a mysterious woman. His obsessive personality soon presents an option. Can he stop his obsession with her, or is he willing to take one
Oliver arrives at a casino looking for excitement and distraction. What he finds is a mysterious woman. His obsessive personality soon presents an option. Can he stop his obsession with her, or is he willing to take one
When Julia answers an ad offering cash to spend the night in one of England’s most haunted hotels, she expects cheap scares and staged ghost stories. Instead, she finds herself trapped inside a place where reflections li
When Julia answers an ad offering cash to spend the night in one of England’s most haunted hotels, she expects cheap scares and staged ghost stories. Instead, she finds herself trapped inside a place where reflections li
Set high on Mount Everest, HEAT is an atmospheric survival horror story about isolation, ambition, and the dangers that await in the frozen darkness. As a climber reflects on the choices that brought her to the world's h
Set high on Mount Everest, HEAT is an atmospheric survival horror story about isolation, ambition, and the dangers that await in the frozen darkness. As a climber reflects on the choices that brought her to the world's h
In a small town built around a mysterious carousel attraction, visitors line up for the chance to relive a moment from their past. Some leave shaken. Some never recover from what they discover. As the ride’s popularity g
A quiet high school student drifts through life unnoticed—until a hidden room in her school begins calling to her. Inside, she discovers strange messages layered beneath decades of forgotten posters, and a place that see
In the trenches of war, soldiers face more than just the enemy. When something unnatural begins to move across the battlefield, they must confront a horror that feeds on death itself. A bleak, atmospheric tale of war and
In the trenches of war, soldiers face more than just the enemy. When something unnatural begins to move across the battlefield, they must confront a horror that feeds on death itself. A bleak, atmospheric tale of war and
A woman narrowly escapes death during a violent raid—thanks to her guardian angel… who just happens to be her deceased twin sister. But as the two navigate the aftermath, reality begins to fracture, and the truth behind
A man obsessed with cleanliness and control begins to notice something wrong—flies appearing where they shouldn’t, and a smell he cannot escape. As reality unravels, he must confront a terrifying truth about decay, memor
A night janitor working at a blood bank encounters something impossible—a floating bedsheet that appears first in mirrors, then in reality. But this is no ghostly illusion. It wants something. It needs something. And whe
A strange ship is spotted drifting along the English coast—appearing and disappearing, sometimes engulfed in flames, sometimes perfectly intact. A naval officer is tasked with investigating the vessel and bringing it bac
A question survivors hear far too often: Why didn’t you just leave? In this powerful and unsettling story by Shannon Massey, one woman reflects on her past while trying to rebuild her life in a new home. But as strange a
Long after humanity has vanished, machines inherit the universe—and a question they cannot answer: where did their creators go? Curiosity turns into obsession and debate as artificial minds push beyond science to find wh
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Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short Fiction is hosted by Linda Gould. The show is categorised under fiction (arts) and has published 389 episodes.
Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short Fiction has published 389 episodes.
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