How do I get rid of a phantom podcast on my iPhone?

I subscribe to a number of daily podcasts. I regularly discard old episodes that I don't want by connecting the iPhone to my MacBook Pro and deleting them. In one of my subscribed podcasts there is a phantom episode showing on the iPhone screen, dated 23 August, that does not appear in iTunes when I connect the iPhone so I cannot delete it. It does not play when I select it. I have tried deleting the program altogether from my list of podcasts and resubscribing, but it still appears. I would not worry about it except that I suspect it is the cause of some problems I am having playing this particular program in the car. Any suggestions appreciated. Is there some way of deleting podcasts using the iPhone itself, rather than doing it through the computer? (iPhone 3Gs, 32 ghz, 4.3.5)

I had this problem on my iPhone 4S under iOS 6 after trying Apple's Podcasts app. I did not like it so I deleted and all the Podcasts reappeared in my iPhone's Music app. However there was a podcast for a popular show that remained. There was a description, no icon, and no content. I was unable to delete the phantom podcast by swiping left to right (which is normal behavior, but I thought I would try anyway) I tried resubscribing to the podcast with iTunes which just produced a usable file next to the phantom file. I deleted the subscription; the phantom file remained.
Then I came across a tip on another forum: On my iPhone I went into Settings -> General -> Usage -> Music (which is in the Storage list on that page). When you click on Music, it will take awhile for your iOS device to calculate and display everything. Once it displays everything, there is a section for Podcasts. you may need to tap "Show All" to see it, but in my case the phantom miscreant was there. I swiped to delete it successfully and have been phantom podcast free ever since.

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