August means hot weather and ghost stories to add a little chill to the muggy air. Tonight, on TV Tokyo's "Sunday Big Special" (7 p.m.), host Tsurutaro Kataoka will explore various occultish phenomena for either your terrified delectation or your nonbelieving derision.
Kataoka will visit three places in Tokyo with spooky reputations, including a bridge that has had more than its share of traffic accidents. Some people claim to have seen the spirit of a woman who committed suicide at the site, while one fortunate individual who survived a near-fatal car crash there recalls how he heard bells just before reaching the bridge -- and how his next memories are of waking up in the hospital.
In addition, occult writer Juri Tsunoda will visit a "real" haunted house in Aomori and will accompany someone with "supernatural powers" (ESP, telekinesis, that sort of thing) to a famously haunted spot on the Izu Peninsula. And, of course, there will be lots of photos and videos submitted by viewers showing images of people who weren't there, corporeally at least, when the photos and videos were shot.