In tonight’s dead letter, listener Jeannette shares a deeply atmospheric story from a bike commute across one of the most famous bridges in the world. Enveloped in the freezing, thick San Francisco fog, what starts as a quiet ride she’s done a million times turns into an inexplicable encounter with a solitary figure standing near the edge. After a strangely profound exchange of words, she looks back to find the massive walkway entirely empty. She is convinced that he couldn’t have had time to have taken his life in that brief moment. It opens up a conversation about crisis apparitions, liminal spaces, and the heavy emotional toll anchored to such a monumental location.

REFERENCE LINKS

SFGate: Japanese Taxi Drivers Claim Ghost Passengers Hail Cabs at Site of 2011 Tsunami: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Japanese-taxi-drivers-claim-ghost-passengers-6806980.php

Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Deterrent Net Project: https://www.goldengate.org/district/district-projects/suicide-deterrent-net/

Bridge Rail Foundation: http://www.bridgerail.net/

"Unsolved Mysteries"- Tsunami Spirits: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11107472/

KCRW Unfictional Podcast: https://www.kcrw.com/shows/unfictional/latest

Ghosts of the Tsunami by Richard Lloyd Parry: https://bookshop.org/p/books/ghosts-of-the-tsunami-death-and-life-in-japan-s-disaster-zone-richard-lloyd-parry/4c115c39e1094566?ean=9781250192813&next=t

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