Teke Teke | Campfire Stories with MrBallen

Summary

MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories
Episode: "Teke Teke | Campfire Stories with MrBallen"
Date: June 12, 2026
Host: John Allen (MrBallen)

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Episode Overview

In this chilling "campfire story," MrBallen recounts the Japanese urban legend of Teke Teke, a vengeful ghost said to haunt railroad tracks. Framed as a tale shared around a crackling fire, the episode combines a dark, atmospheric narrative with the tone of a cautionary folktale. MrBallen immerses listeners in a haunting true-crime-meets-paranormal story, complete with a dire warning: having heard the legend, listeners may only have three days to live—unless they heed instructions revealed at the end.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Stage: A Campfire Tradition

• Host’s Childhood Inspiration: MrBallen recalls childhood camping trips and ghost stories told by his parents, underscoring the power and ambiguity of oral storytelling. (00:00)
• Atmospheric Build-up: Listeners are prepared for an immersive, “genuinely frightening story” said to have life-or-death consequences after hearing. (00:50)

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2. The Story: Teke Teke’s Origin (Japan, 1970s)

The Train Incident

• Introduction of Takashi Ito: Middle-aged train driver in Hokkaido, Japan, accompanied by his assistant on a lonely, snowbound winter night. (06:32)
• Collision: While warming the cabin, they spot a terrified woman on the tracks—too late to stop the train, they strike her. (09:26)
• “They start trying to get the train to stop, but there’s no way. The train’s going way too fast. It’s way too heavy… eventually the train smashes into her.” (MrBallen, 09:54)

The Ghastly Discovery

• Aftermath: Investigating, the men find only the woman’s lower half—the legs remain stuck in the tracks, her upper body has been flung aside. (14:07)
• Horrific Scene: The upper half is found nearby, arms outstretched, eyes open—appearing to glare accusingly at the men.
  • “She was looking right at them. I mean, her arms were outstretched and her eyes were open and her torso almost staring at them.” (MrBallen, 15:29)
• Isolation: With no radios, the assistant must trek for help, leaving Takashi alone with the train and the bodies. (17:40)

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3. The Supernatural Intrusion

Haunting Escalation

• Takashi’s Vigil: Alone in the train’s warmth, haunted by images of the woman. He begins to drift off, only to be disturbed by a metallic, scraping sound approaching from outside. (20:15)
• The Threat Draws Near: The sound intensifies, echoing rhythmically—building dread as something unseen comes ever closer.
  • “It almost sounded metallic, like something was scraping against something else… like a grinding sort of movement…” (MrBallen, 21:08)
• Terror in the Train: The noise crescendos—suddenly the door slides open and Takashi screams at what he sees. (22:12)

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4. Investigation and Bloodshed

The Search for Takashi

• Police Arrive: The assistant returns with officers, who find Takashi missing and the woman’s torso gone. (23:09)
• Bloody Tracks: Boot prints and a smear of blood lead to a utility pole; Takashi’s mutilated body is found draped lifeless atop the platform. (24:29)
• The Legend Awakens: The officers and assistant witness the impossible—the woman’s crawling upper half emerges, “clutching on to Takashi,” then drags herself down toward them.
  • “This figure sort of emerges above Takashi… it was the woman’s torso… she thrust herself over his body and began pulling herself down the pole toward the men.” (MrBallen, 26:23)

The Aftermath

• Fleeing the Scene: The terrified assistant and officers run; only the police escape in their car. The assistant is found later, killed by the entity, his abdomen torn open. (28:54)
• Enduring Mystery: The authorities never locate the woman’s upper half; only her legs remain, eternally stuck in the tracks.

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5. The Legend of Teke Teke

• Origins of the Name: The vengeful spirit is called “Teke Teke” after the distinctive chk chk sound she makes dragging her torso across the ground. (29:50)
  • “The sort of chk-chk sound became Teke Teke.” (MrBallen, 29:50)
• The Deadly Warning: Listeners are told, according to some versions, that after hearing the legend, they have three days before Teke Teke comes for them—unless they answer her riddle correctly:
  • Riddle: “Do you need your legs?”
    Correct answer: “Yes, I need them right now.” (MrBallen, 30:33)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the horror of discovery:
  “Her upper half is just gone… They cross over the tracks… they see a trail of blood across the snow… her arms were outstretched and her eyes were open… she was looking right at them… staring at them.” (MrBallen, 15:19 - 15:29)
• On the legend’s threat:
  “According to some versions of the story, once you hear it, you only have three days left to live unless you follow really specific instructions, which I’ll give you at the end.” (MrBallen, 00:42)
• On the name Teke Teke:
  “The sort of chk-chk sound became Teke Teke.” (MrBallen, 29:50)
• On surviving the curse:
  “The only correct answer, spoken exactly like this is: ‘Yes, I need them right now.’” (MrBallen, 30:33)

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Important Timestamps

• Opening & Setting Up the Story: 00:00–02:00
• Train Strikes the Woman: 09:20–10:35
• Discovery of the Bodies: 14:00–16:00
• Assistant Goes for Help: 17:40
• Takashi Alone—Supernatural Approaches: 20:15–22:12
• Police Arrive, Takashi Missing: 23:09
• Grim Climax—Teke Teke’s Attack: 24:29–27:13
• Epilogue: The Fate of the Assistant & Haunting Remains: 28:54–29:50
• Riddle and Survival Instructions: 30:28–31:00

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Tone & Style

MrBallen’s narration maintains his signature blend of intrigue, suspense, and dark folkloric humor—inviting listeners to suspend disbelief and feel the chill of campfire horror.
Quotes and warnings are shared in his accessible, conversational style, deepening the sense of intimacy and urgency.

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Takeaway

This episode delivers much more than a scary story—it links tradition, legend, and survival into a single supernatural warning. Drawing listeners in with vivid details and escalating suspense, MrBallen ensures even skeptics won’t forget Teke Teke—or the correct answer to save themselves.

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“Now, according to some versions of this story, after you’ve heard the legend of Teke Teke like you have now, you only have three days before she shows up to get you.” (MrBallen, 29:59)

Think fast—“Yes, I need them right now.”

Transcript

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So tonight I have a great story to tell you. It sort of reminds me of when I was a kid. I used to go camping with my family once a year out in western Massachusetts, and we would sit around a campfire just like this and my parents would tell me and my sisters ghost stories. And it was sort of unclear how true the stories really were, but they were always terrifying. And this story that I'm going to share with you tonight is from Japan, and It happened about 50 years ago. And over the last 50 years, it's been shared many, many times and there are many versions of the story. So it's sort of up to you to figure out how much you really believe is true here. But it is a genuinely frightening story. Also, according to some versions of the story, once you hear it, you only have three days left to live unless you follow really specific instructions, which I'll give you at the end. 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And the area that they were driving through was this very desolate area. And basically outside, if they looked out their windshield, all they would have seen was just basically snow and ice and just pitch black darkness and the train's headlights pointing straight ahead. That would have been all they could see was whatever was in the headlights. And as they were driving along, they had shut all the windows to the car that they were in. But it was so cold outside and the wind was whipping, and they're driving right into the wind that some of the cold air was coming in one of the windows. And, you know, it's freezing cold out there. It was starting to get really cold inside the cabin. And so, you know, both men are starting to shiver. And so at some point, Tekashi turns to his assistant and he just tells him to, hey, go ahead and open up the heating vent on the floor. So there was just this little vent that you could open up that would basically expose the engine to the main cabin. And so some heat would come up from the engine, but it would get really hot really quickly. And so you couldn't do it for very long. But it was getting pretty cold, so the situation called for it. And so Takashi sort of had one eye half focused out the windshield, sort of roughly following along with the direction they were going. And then the rest of his attention was just on his assistant, who was doing this mundane task of crouching down and sliding open this vent here. And at some point, you know, the assistant managed to open up the heating box. And right as he did, something caught Tekashi's eye outside of the train. Now, remember, it's the middle of the night, it's the dead of winter, there's really nothing out there. And even though, of course, it's Tekashi's job to pay attention to what's out in front of them, there's no expectation he's going to see anything on the tracks at all until he gets to the next stop, which was quite a ways away. And so the fact that anything caught his attention was alarming. And he turns and he looks out the windshield and he can't believe what he sees right in the Middle of the tracks, just several dozen yards ahead of the speeding train, is a woman. She's just standing in the middle of the tracks, looking up at the train and doesn't even appear to be trying to move, but she clearly sees the train barreling down on her. She looks terrified. And Tekashi and the assistant, they look at each other. They start trying to get the train to stop, but there's no way. The train's going way too fast. It's way too heavy. And so it's like they throw the brakes on. They're trying to stop, but there's nothing they can do. And this woman, she's just not moving. And then eventually, the train smashes into her. And, like, Tekashi and the assistant are like, oh, my God, I can't believe it. And the train, it eventually comes to a grinding stop, you know, several hundred yards away. And then finally, when it's actually stopped, it's like Tekashi and the assistant, they know what's happened. They just. They. They've just killed someone. I mean, it's clearly an accident, but, like, the shock of this was unbelievable. And so finally, you know, Tekashi, he looks at the assistant and he's like, we have to go out and see if she's okay. I mean, they both knew there was no chance. Like, there's no chance she's alive after being hit by the train. But out they go. And sort of apprehensively, they begin walking in the snow towards the back of the train. Now, neither of them had a lighting source. They didn't have a flashlight or anything like that. And they're going towards the back of the train. So they don't have the advantage of the headlights shining where they need to go. All they have are the tail lights of the train, which are now flashing red. And so as they're walking through the snow and the wind is whipping and it's pitch black out there, and of course, these two men, they're in shock about what they've just seen. They can't believe, like, what was she doing out here? Like, what happened. They're walking, and all they're seeing out in front of them is darkness and the occasional flash of red light that sort of roughly illuminated the snow out beyond the train and then back to darkness. And they know somewhere out there behind the train is this woman who almost certainly is dead. So it means that there's, like, a dead body out there. And so Takashi and the assistant, they start making their way back towards the back of the cargo train. And then they begin walking beyond where the train was, basically along the tracks they just covered. And sure enough, up ahead, periodically illuminated by these red lights, was this mound on the tracks. It looked very much like a body. And sure enough, as Tekashi got closer, he realized it was, it was the woman. And almost immediately, he could tell one, she was definitely dead. And in some ways, you know, he kind of hoped maybe, you know, there was some miracle that she had survived somehow, you know, maybe, but definitely confirmed that she's dead. And the second thing was he could sort of see what happened here. Her foot appeared to be wedged in the tracks. She must have been stuck in the tracks. And even though it looked like she wasn't trying to move, it might have been because she literally couldn't. And so she was trapped and we hit her and we killed her. But that wasn't all. I mean, this scene was horrible. I mean, her body was destroyed, but more than that, part of her body was missing. All they saw on the tracks were actually just her legs. It was just her lower half. And she had these lace up dance shoes that would have been very difficult to take off. You know, the dance shoes sort of gave away that this was the woman. You know, they look like feminine legs, feminine feet, but again, her upper half is just gone. And so Tekashi and the assistant, they sort of look around in the general vicinity to see if her upper half is nearby. And again, all they have is this periodic red flashing light across the snow. And it's dark, it's cold, the wind is whipping. And sure enough, just a little ways off the tracks, they see another sort of heap on the ground. And there's nothing else out here. So this has got to be the woman's upper body. And so they cross over the tracks, they leave behind the lower half, and they see there's a trail of blood across the snow. And when they get to this second mound, it is this woman's upper body. But I mean, the scene, it would have been horrible for anyone to find this. But it was especially so because as they walked up to this woman's clearly, you know, dead upper half, she was looking right at them. I mean, her arms were outstretched and her eyes were open and her torso, it's positioned in such a way that she was almost like staring at them. And they walk up to her in her face. Tekashi would say that it was almost like she was looking at him with a. With an accusatory look, like she was mad at him for not Having stopped the train, couldn't you see I was trapped on the train? Like, that's what Tekashi's thinking. Like, this dead woman is mad at me. She looks like she's furious with me. And so, you know, it was very hard, but they continued walking towards her to, you know, just really confirm that she's definitely dead. This is not like a second person here. But, no, it was clearly just the upper half of this woman, and she was definitely dead. And despite the very unsettling nature of the way her body was positioned, ultimately Takashi and the assistant, you know, just turned around and began walking back towards the train. Now, this is. This is 1970s Japan. They don't have cell phones. In fact, they didn't even have radios. Like, they didn't have a good way to get in touch with anyone. They clearly knew they needed to tell authorities what happened here. But realistically, the only way to do that was to go to the train. And then one of them would have to basically walk to the nearest civilization and get help that way, while the other person stayed with the train and also with the woman. And so the two of them, they get back to the train, they get inside of that front car, inside of the enclosed, warm space, and they shut the doors and. And they sort of just look at each other like, okay, you know, this is obviously horrible, but, like, what are we going to do? And Tekashi, being the more senior of the two, said, well, look, I will. I'll stay here with the train. You, the assistant, go out and get help. You know, I'll be here when you come back. So I've got a road trip coming up, and. 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I mean, this was truly horrific. And so, you know, Tekashi watched as the assistant bundled up in his jacket, and he headed out the side of the car door, and then off into the darkness he went. And then Tekashi was left alone inside of the train with, you know, this woman's body behind them on the tracks. And so shortly after the assistant had gone, Tekashi, you know, he's just sitting inside of this unmoving train car. And remember, they had that heating vent open, and even though the train was not moving, there was still quite a bit of heat that was coming up into the cabin. So. And so it was actually getting quite toasty inside of this train car. And Tekashi is literally just not moving. He's just sitting there waiting, you know, just trying not to let his mind wander to this horrible thing that's happened behind him. And he found himself actually feeling kind of tired. I mean, he had had a really long day. I mean, he'd been up for nearly 24 hours at this point. And so suddenly he was like, man, maybe I ought to just lay down and close my eyes for a minute, because obviously, when they come back here, they'll wake me up, like, no problem. And so Tekashi did eventually get down on the ground right next to that vent. So he was really getting the maximum amount of heat. And he curled up and he closed his eyes. But pretty much immediately, once Takashi closed his eyes and effectively attempted to sleep, all he could see in his mind was that woman standing on the tracks looking up at him before she was struck by. By the train. And then he would try to force himself not to think about that, telling himself it really was an accident, he could not have stopped the train. And also, they rounded a corner before they saw her. It wasn't like they could have seen her. If they hadn't been fiddling around with the heating vent beforehand, they wouldn't have seen her. They had to turn that corner, and then they saw her. There was no way to avoid this. This was an accident. But it's like he couldn't get that image of the woman out of his mind. And then if he managed not to think about her on the tracks, his mind would then jump to seeing her upper half positioned on the snow with her eyes still open, looking at him with this, you know, in his mind, this sort of accusatory look on her face. And so he can't sleep, but, like, he's so exhausted from the day and he's just so worn out. It's so traumatic that eventually, after, you know, 10 minutes or so, he did begin to feel himself sort of allowing himself to drift off to sleep. Like, he did have these horrible thoughts, but he felt himself getting closer to finally being able to get a little bit of sleep. And right at that point, right as he's teetering on actually sleeping, he hears something outside. Now, remember, it's late at night, the wind is whipping. You know, it's the middle of winter. And so there had been this ongoing ambiance of the howling wind and, like, nighttime winter sounds outside. There are animals out there. I mean, there's lots of noises going on here. But whatever the sound was, he just couldn't quite place it. It almost sounded like, metallic, like something was scraping against something else. Like maybe two pieces of metal were grinding together, like. But again, he couldn't quite tell what it was, how far away it was, but it really stood out right away amongst all the other noises he was hearing. And so we just. He's laying there on the ground and he's listening to the sound. He can't quite place how close or far, far away it is. You know, for all he knows, it could be way off in the distance, or it could be right in the cargo train behind him. And so as he hears the sound, which is sort of periodic, he tells himself, like, oh, maybe it's. Maybe it's my assistant. Maybe he's back with help. You know, maybe they've. Maybe he found someone really quickly, you know, because it's only been like 10 minutes since he left. But then he's thinking, like, there's no way. Like, I know we're sort of in the middle of nowhere. We're in this really desolate part, part of Japan. Like, there's no way he would have just magically found help that quickly. So it can't be my assistant. Unless maybe he's turned around for some reason. But, you know, why would he do that? And so he's sort of picturing, like, what were the reasons that it could be the assistant? And as he's doing that, the sound is getting louder, and it's definitely getting closer. And the sound is. Again, it's like a. It's like a grinding sort of like movement, almost like something's coming towards him. And he can tell now that the sound, whatever it is, is definitely near. Like, the cargo train. Like, it's right behind where he is. And the way he's laying his head is towards the front of the train, so his feet are close to the door, the door that led out into the open and then would eventually lead you to the corner cargo train behind. And so he's starting to get sort of apprehensive. Like, what is that? Is it like an animal? Like, could it be the wind? Is it, like, somehow whipping against the train in some way, that it's making this strange sound? And all the while, this grinding sort of like rhythmic sound is getting louder and louder and sort of faster and faster. And then finally, as the sound is so loud that it's practically echoing inside of this room he's in, he hears the door to where he is slide open. And he turns, and he looks to see what is coming into the train. And when he sees what it is, he starts to scream. About an hour later, Tekashi's assistant, who had managed to go get help, was in the backseat of a police cruiser, along with two police officers who were driving in the direction of this train. There was actually a road that kind of cut out into this sort of desolate area that overlooked the train tracks. And sure enough, they pulled into this sort of carve out on the road, and the assistant pointed, and there it was. There was the train sort of off in the distance, sort of walking distance from where the car was. And so the cops, they parked, and all three of them, they get out, and the police officers, they had flashlights, and so it was much easier to navigate the sort of barren terrain here. And they walked away from the car and down to the train. Now, remember, obviously, there has been a tragedy here. You know, this woman was struck by the train. And of course, the police know this by this point, and the assistant knows that's what they're walking up to, you know, the scene of this woman being killed. But there really wasn't anything, you know, sort of darker than that. Like, this was a terrible accident. But it's sort of like we just got to follow protocol now. We get to go down there. We got to figure out what happened and sort of, you know, follow process, if you will. And so the three of them, they know what they're walking into. Right. They're gonna meet Tekashi. He's. He's waiting in the train, and they're gonna take it from there. And so they're walking through the darkness, and they're. They're shining their lights, and the. The assistant is behind the two police officers, and they're walking up to the train. And when they get close enough to the train, the assistant begins yelling out for Tekashi to let him know, like, hey, we're here. You know, we're here. Like, come on out. But Tekashi doesn't call back. He doesn't come out of the train. But again, this is not, like, hugely alarming, you know, the assistant's like, okay, you know, maybe he's just. Maybe he fell asleep inside of the. The train car. And so the two police officers and the assistant, they make their way over to the door that leads into the front car of the train, and they slide it open, and they step inside. It's a. It's a very small space, and, you know, Takashi's not in there, and there's no sign of anything bad that's happened. He's just not in here. And so the assistant's like, okay, that's weird. You know, it's sort of odd that he didn't respond to us calling for him. He's not in here, but, you know, maybe he's in the cargo train, you know, the second car, for some reason. And so they leave the front train car and they go into the cargo train car, and Tekashi's not in there either. And so at this point, the cops are. Are looking at the assistant, like, what's going on here? Like, where would Tekashi be? It's the middle of the night. Like, it's just pure, barren wasteland. It's ice and snow everywhere. Why would he leave? And so the assistant's like, you know, maybe he left and he's with the body. You know, maybe he was just standing with the body or something. And so the two police officers and the assistant, they begin walking towards the back of the train and then begin following the tracks towards where the lower half of this woman is, according to the assistant. And so down the tracks they go. And sure enough, eventually, they see up ahead the legs. The legs that are sort of still stuck in the tracks. And as they're shining the light and they're calling out for Takashi, there's no answer, and Takashi is nowhere to be found. And so now the assistant's really getting worried. Like, it didn't make any sense? Where could he have gone? The only other place that made any sense was maybe over near the torso. But the assistant knows, like, of all places that at least he would want to be, it would not be near the upper half. I mean, that was so creepy. The way the body was positioned, the way it was. It was staring at them. And he knew Tekashi had been really unsettled by it, so why would he go over to that? But he told the cops, like, hey, shine the light sort of over there off the tracks. Because the upper half of this woman, that's where she is. Maybe. Maybe he's over there. And so they shine their lights in the direction of where the upper half was. And there's no Tekashi, and there's no upper half. There is no torso. The woman's torso is gone. And where it was very clearly is this huge sort of, like, flattened section of snow with blood everywhere. And it's like this just horrible scene, but there's no upper body. So Tekashi's gone and. And this woman's body, her upper half anyways, is gone. And so now, like, the assistant and the officers, they really don't know what to make of this. But the first thought, at least from the assistant, was maybe a bear came through and was basically taking the woman's body to go eat it or something. And maybe Takashi was out here, and maybe he got chased off by the bear. Or worse, maybe he got attacked by the bear. And this sort of made sense. Like, oh, my God, like, is there a bear nearby? Like, do we need to go in the train just to seek safety here? And so the police officers are sort of scanning their lights around, trying to see if maybe Tekashi's nearby. And at some point, they notice there's actually boot prints that leave where the torso had been. And they sort of took off into the night, sort of away from the train, sort of off into the distance. Now, there didn't appear to be any. And he bear tracks around. But again, they're thinking that's what it could be. But they see these boot prints, and they're like, we gotta go check. We gotta see if maybe these prints will lead us to Tekashi. And so Tekashi and the two officers, they begin following these tracks. And as they do, they see the prints. These boot prints get farther and farther apart. Like, Tekashi was running like his stride was getting longer and longer. And there's blood everywhere. Like this drag mark of the blood all over the snow. And they Follow these prints all the way past the train, way off into the night, where they finally stop in front of this huge utility pole. And at this point, they're looking around like. Like, where's Tekashi? Like, where did he go? Like, there's nothing down here. And then at some point, they hear something above them. And so the police officers with their flashlights, they. They shine up towards the top of this utility pole where at the top there was this fairly large metal platform. And as they shine their lights up, they see Tekashi. And he's draped over the edge of this platform, totally lifeless. 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