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.

The latest volume of Kowabana, Volume 14, is now

out. Collecting even more of your favorite stories from the show, you can find tales of creepy

monsters, terrifying ghosts, bizarre curses, haunted buildings, and much, much more. That's Kowabana

Volume 14, out now.

This week, we're looking at some tales of terrifying curses.

They can be lurking anywhere, in anything, coming from anyone.

Is it even possible to avoid them, or is it always going to be too late by the time you find out?

First up, a collector of gemstones comes across one with a rather interesting but also deadly history.

Find out why in Nauru Narsu.

This is an ongoing story.

This may be a read-at-your-own-risk story, so please proceed with caution.

Around seven or eight years ago, I was really into gemstones, and I collected all sorts.

I didn't believe they had any special properties or anything like that.

I just thought they were beautiful.

I'm a guy, but I like sparkly things. At the time I'd just started

working, however, so there was no way I could afford expensive jewels. As such, I found myself

collecting cheap gemstones instead. And once I started, I found myself really getting into it, and before I knew it, I had

amassed quite the collection of different stones.

One day I was looking through some online auctions when I found a black stone in the shape

of an egg.

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