Horror Baito: Supernatural on the job
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Ever hated your job? Try working at these places. What if the true horror wasn’t the low pay and poor working conditions but the other things lurking nearby? Find out what’s haunting these people at work. It’s not just their boss…
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| 0:00.0 | This is something my friend, a nurse, told me what's happened to her. |
| 0:16.0 | So, apparently, before they die, all of her patients end up being pulled to the ground. |
| 0:24.6 | No matter how much she returns them back to the middle of their beds, they always end up back on the ground. |
| 0:32.2 | When I asked her why, she said, because something is pulling their legs another time she was |
| 0:42.0 | looking at the monitor when an ambulance arrived at the hospital and suddenly |
| 0:46.9 | she saw this person covered in blood looking right at her their face took up |
| 0:54.0 | the whole screen, |
| 0:56.3 | but the camera for that monitor was set so high |
| 1:00.8 | that people couldn't reach it. |
| 1:05.3 | Apparently, the person she saw |
| 1:08.0 | was the patient in the ambulance at that time. |
| 1:12.6 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A Devlin, and welcome to another episode of Kowabana, true |
| 1:31.5 | Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 1:35.8 | Before we get started today, I have a quick announcement. |
| 1:39.2 | If you head over to kohabana.net, you can now download issue zero of Kaidanchi, our new monthly Japanese horror |
| 1:47.2 | magazine for free. Kai Danchi will be available on our Patreon each month for just one dollar, |
| 1:54.6 | and inside you'll find exclusive translations you won't find anywhere else, including on this show, |
| 2:12.6 | as well as brand new translations of old eddo ghost stories, a variety of articles on urban legends, ghost spots, bizarre crimes, and more. You can download Issue Zero for free right now, so head over to coabana.net to grab your copy. |
| 2:20.7 | Now, on this week's episode, we're going to be looking at supernatural experiences in the workplace. |
| 2:28.5 | I thankfully never experienced anything unnatural while I was at work, |
| 2:33.2 | but it's not uncommon to hear of hauntings, |
| 2:36.6 | especially in old buildings, or in companies with a long and occasionally dubious history. |
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