More Terrifying Than Ghosts…
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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They often say that the one thing more terrifying than ghosts is, well, people, and these eight stories will certainly make you wonder if that’s true or not.
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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, |
| 0:15.9 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 0:20.0 | Kai Han, bizarre 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 terrifying |
| 0:29.6 | crimes that have taken place in Japan over the last few decades, then make sure to grab |
| 0:34.6 | your copy now. |
| 0:35.6 | You can find 25 new cases of missing persons, unsolved mysteries, |
| 0:40.6 | and truly bizarre crimes that still confuse people today. |
| 0:44.9 | That's Kaihan, Bizarer Crimes That Shook Japan, Volume 2. Out now. |
| 0:50.8 | This week, we're looking at stories related to perhaps one of the most terrifying things |
| 0:56.1 | of all, humanity. |
| 0:59.0 | Why be afraid of ghosts when you can be afraid of people instead? |
| 1:03.8 | First up, a jewelry store has a rather odd regular customer, but she's a big spender, |
| 1:09.9 | so they do their best to accommodate her. |
| 1:12.6 | But how far would you go, and what would you be willing to put up with, to keep one of your |
| 1:17.8 | store's best customers? Find out in Pink Chan. This happened about six years ago when I was working in a jewelry store. |
| 1:37.4 | My colleague Essan had a wealthy customer in her 70s or so, and those of us at the store all |
| 1:43.6 | referred to her as pink chan. |
| 1:46.8 | We called her this because she was a housewife who always wore all pink. |
| 1:52.1 | Not just her regular clothes, but her tights, her feather hat, her manicure, her pedicure. |
| 2:00.4 | Everything was shockingly scarcely pink. |
| 2:04.8 | And in contrast, her makeup was thick, pure white. |
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