A Crescendo of Curses
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Eight terrifying curses straight out of Japan that will make you question just how safe you really think you are, and what lurks around every corner…
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana, |
| 0:16.1 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 0:20.1 | Kai Han, Bizarer Crimes That Shook Japan Volume 2, is now out. |
| 0:24.6 | If you're interested in learning more about some of the most bizarre, strange and even |
| 0:29.1 | terrifying crimes that have taken place in Japan over the last few decades, then make sure |
| 0:33.8 | to grab your copy now. |
| 0:35.7 | You can find 25 new cases of missing persons, unsolved mysteries, |
| 0:40.3 | and truly bizarre crimes that still confuse people today. |
| 0:44.1 | That's Kaihan, Bizarer Crimes That Shook Japan Volume 2. |
| 0:48.1 | Out now. |
| 0:49.7 | This week, we're looking at a variety of terrifying curses |
| 0:53.5 | and the various ways they can |
| 0:55.5 | worm into your life. |
| 0:57.5 | First up, a young girl goes to play at her friend's house, and, while there, runs into her |
| 1:03.5 | sickly older sister. |
| 1:05.6 | Upon returning home that night, she received some devastating news, but what has really been going on all this time? |
| 1:13.7 | Find out in Ti-chan. |
| 1:25.6 | One day, Ti-chan asked me to come over to her house because she had just bought a new |
| 1:31.2 | video game. I hadn't hung out with her for a long time, but I hesitated, wondering about |
| 1:38.3 | her older sister and what the other kids in my class might think if they saw us. But it wasn't like I hated T-chan, so I agreed to go. |
| 1:49.0 | We played her new video game, ate snacks and such, and we had a lot of fun together. |
| 1:56.0 | T-chan, I have to use the toilet, I said at some point. |
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