Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana, true Japanese scary stories from around the internet.

My latest book, Toshiden Theater, Bight-Sized Japanese Urban Legends, Volume 1, is now

out.

If you've ever wanted a collection of short, bite-sized stories that you can zip through whenever

you have a few minutes spare, then this is the book for you.

Bringing you all sorts of Japanese urban legends you may or may not have heard of before,

these creepy, odd and bizarre

little tales will keep you entertained and no doubt thinking about them for quite some time

to come. Toshidane Theatre is available on Amazon right now, so do check it out and help support

the show at the same time. This week, we're looking at some tales of creepy and potentially

deadly hauntings.

First up, a group of friends enjoys going on regular tests of courage,

but this last one might have ended that for good.

Why?

Find out in...

The Gizzo Statues. statues.

When you're walking alone at night, sometimes you suddenly get scared, right?

What people do after that differs, but there are many who nervously turn around to

check behind them. Now, if you turn around, you tend to look straight back, right?

Meaning, you're expecting to see a person there, so you look straight ahead at normal

human height.

But as for me, well, I do this on purpose, ever since I heard this story.

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