Mysterious & Otherworldly Experiences
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Sometimes things defy explanation, no matter how you look at them. In these five tales straight out of Japan, find out the true terrors that are haunting regular people’s lives.
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| 0:00.0 | Can you spot the twist in today's opening story? |
| 0:15.0 | Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out the answer. |
| 0:20.0 | My younger sister was asleep underneath the heated table downstairs. |
| 0:25.3 | The top half of her body was sticking out from underneath it, |
| 0:29.3 | and, thinking to play a trick on her, |
| 0:32.0 | I leaned down by the other side of the table and reached in to grab her legs. |
| 0:37.4 | As I did, she suddenly sat up. |
| 0:40.3 | Ah, it's time to go! She screamed before running upstairs. I let go of the legs and frowned. |
| 0:53.3 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to another episode of Kowabana, |
| 0:59.8 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 1:03.4 | Welcome to October, the spookiest month of the year. |
| 1:07.6 | For those of us in the West, anyway. |
| 1:11.5 | Did you know that every single day this month, you can get a brand new Koabana episode over at our Patreon? |
| 1:18.7 | For as little as $1, you can get 31 brand new and exclusive stories. |
| 1:24.0 | That's one each and every day for the entire month of October. |
| 1:28.7 | The theme is Scary School Stories. |
| 1:31.5 | So, if you'd like to help support this podcast, as well as get a bunch more stories that |
| 1:36.6 | you can listen to each day, or save up for the equivalent of a brand new episode each week, |
| 1:43.1 | head over to patreon.com slash Tara A Devlin, |
| 1:47.8 | or you can find the link on koabana.net. |
| 1:51.1 | All of my Japanese horror books are also on sale this month, so make sure to check out |
| 1:56.0 | coabana.net to find out which books and when. |
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