Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to another episode of Kowabana, true Japanese scary stories from around the internet.

Have you picked up your copy of Sumikoa, the haunting of Higambana Heights yet?

It's available now on Amazon and features 12 different stories all loosely based on Japanese

urban legends, ghost stories and creepy pastures, so if you're looking for even more stuff

to make your skin crawl and keep you thinking, go check it out.

And on that note, this week we're looking at various stories that touch upon the supernatural,

stories that don't appear to have any logical explanation.

This first one may conjure up images of Silent Hill or Siren, as it did for me, and it even

takes its title from the ladder.

A group of high school boys are dared to visit an abandoned hospital deep in the mountains,

but they're warned to leave before midnight.

If they don't, well... Find out what happens in Siren. This story takes place in the countryside where I live. I live in a countryside village surrounded by mountains, where at 9, 12, and 6 o'clock every day,

the fire station blairs a siren that's supposed to signify the time.

Those who live in the city probably won't understand it, but for people like me who were

born and grew up there, it was a normal, everyday occurrence.

When I became a high school student, there were no arcades or karaoke places to go and

have fun.

All we had were mountains, rivers, and a dam located on the outskirts of the village.

Yet, even in our embarrassing little village, we had a place that everyone thought of as a terrifying ghost spot.

It was the old Imperial Army Hospital, and according to the rumors, it was a terrifying place to be.

To reach it, you had to pass through a blocked mountain trail that only the locals knew

of, and then ride through the mountains on a bike for about two hours to find it.

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