Yvette Gentile
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2,097 appearances
23 recordings
4 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 5d ago
Yvette Gentile’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And since punishment extended to their descendants, that meant the whole families could be exiled just by circumstantial evidence alone.
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It's impossible to say how many people were actually using Inugami and how many were wrongfully accused.
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But we now believe these dog spirits were very widespread throughout Japan for at least a millennium.
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from before 1000 CE when they were outlawed up until the mid 1900s.
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In the early to mid-1900s, a Shinto priest named Kingoro Matsunaga was living on Kauai and in Hawaii.
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He had been born and raised in Japan, but had immigrated to Hawaii and became a Shinto priest.
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Matsunaga was very devout and even had a reputation for confronting strange phenomena and dark spirits.
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One day a man, and we're gonna call him Kenji, came to Matsunaga for help.
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Kenji said he was struggling with a serious problem, one only Matsunaga could fix.
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Kenji believed he was possessed by an Inugami.
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Taking Kenji at his word, Matsunaga brought the suffering man into the Shinto temple where other priests and people from the village were worshiping.
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For the next hour, Matsunaga prayed nonstop to cast out the inyugami, but his ritual was interrupted.
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Suddenly, Kenji got on his hands and feet and started barking.
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He crawled around the floor on all fours, and before anyone could stop him, he ran out the door towards a busy street.
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Some of those that were present chased Kenji.
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Thankfully, they managed to catch him before he could cause any harm.
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They brought him back to the temple and Matsunaga picked up the ritual right where he'd left off.
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It's unclear how much longer Matsunaga spent chanting and praying, but eventually
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Kenji closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the Inugami was gone.
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Kenji was free.
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