The artifact is 150,000 years old.

It's made of an artificial metal we have been unable to identify.

There is a message scratched on the front.

What does it say?

This is a horror podcast. Consider yourselves warned.

Pseudopod, episode 914, April 5, 2024.

This week's story, Spirit Husband, by Uche Chuku and Waka, narrated by Opea Me Ogan Ogundiran, audio production by Chelsea Davis hosted by Alster Stewart.

Hi everyone, welcome to Sudapod, the weekly horror podcast.

I'm Alistair, your host and this week's story is a Sudapod original that comes to us courtesy

of Uche Chukku Unwaka.

Uchekukku and Waka.

Is an Igbo Medical student at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

His works have appeared in podcast, a skate pod, fusion fragment, fire, omenana, brittle

paper and others, and some of them have been nominated

for the Utopia, B.S.F.A. and Locust Awards.

When he's not writing, he can be found reading manga, streaming TV shows, playing amateur volleyball volleyball or trying to catch up with his endless

schoolwork. If you are in the process of formulating your 2024 locus ballots and remember anyone can vote,

Uchechuku has asked us to remind you that he would very much like his work to be considered.

Your narrator this week is Opea Me Ogandiran, a Nigerian fashion designer, entrepreneur, and part-time narrator based in St. Petersburg,

Russia. She developed a love for African stories and folk tales due to the influence of her parents,

who always told her countless fables as a child. This love for

African folk tales in turn inspired her desire to help others enjoy the tales

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