Scary School Stories
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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What lies in the empty classrooms, dark halls, and creepy toilets that seemingly haunt schools all around the country? Here’s 12 tales you won’t soon forget.
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| 0:00.0 | When I was in junior high, I was a member of the table tennis club. |
| 0:15.0 | One weekend we had to go to a school in Itabashi ward for a practice match. |
| 0:19.6 | I had heard rumors that that school was haunted, but I didn't |
| 0:23.2 | pay much attention to them. About halfway through my match, the ball rolled over to the edge |
| 0:28.5 | of the gym, so I ran over to pick it up. But as I bent down to grab it, suddenly I felt someone |
| 0:35.5 | put their hand on the scruff of my neck and pushed me forward. |
| 0:40.1 | We were in the middle of a serious game, so I was annoyed and threw my arm back without looking, |
| 0:46.1 | but I hit nothing but air. I turned around to yell, but nobody was there. There wasn't even |
| 0:52.9 | anyone nearby. |
| 0:55.3 | But I had definitely felt a hand and a strong force on my neck. |
| 1:00.2 | It was so weird. |
| 1:05.2 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana, true Japanese scary stories |
| 1:12.5 | from around the internet. Kai Han, Bizarar Crimes That Shook Japan Volume 2 is now out. If you're |
| 1:19.4 | interested in learning more about some of the most bizarre, strange and even terrifying crimes that |
| 1:24.7 | have taken place in Japan over the last few decades, then make |
| 1:27.9 | sure to grab your copy now. |
| 1:30.0 | You can find 25 new cases of missing persons, unsolved mysteries, and truly bizarre crimes |
| 1:36.2 | that still confuse people today. |
| 1:39.1 | That's Kaihan, Bizarer Crimes That Shook Japan, Volume 2. Out now. |
| 1:49.9 | This week, we're heading back to school for a variety of tales to remind you why tests weren't the only things you should fear at school. First up, some kids head to the |
| 1:56.0 | music room, hoping to scare each other with a silly tale of it being haunted. |
| 2:03.6 | But what if it actually is? |
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