Unbelievable and unexplainable sightings
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Cryptids in basements, impossibly tall figures, floating severed heads and other things the eye just can't explain. Six tales of the unbelievable and unexplainable fresh from Japanese shores to your ears. This is Japanese horror.
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| 0:00.0 | Listen to the end of today's show to find out the hidden twist in our opening story. |
| 0:17.0 | So, we had a party at home for my birthday. |
| 0:22.9 | Everyone gathered around and we took a photo inside the house, but there was something strange |
| 0:29.6 | about it. |
| 0:31.1 | There was a woman, her face white and her eyes red, looking at me from the closet behind us. |
| 0:41.5 | Of course, we were terrified, so I took it to a medium to have her look at it. |
| 0:49.1 | I don't sense any spirit in this picture. |
| 0:53.8 | It's not a ghost photo, she said. Oh, thank God. Don't |
| 1:01.7 | scare me like that. Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to another episode of Kowabana, |
| 1:23.7 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. I'd like to start this episode by saying a big thank you to everyone who has joined our Patreon over the last few weeks. |
| 1:34.3 | Your support helps keep the show going and really means a lot to me. |
| 1:38.3 | Thank you. |
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| 2:26.2 | So, on this week's episode, we're going to be looking at some of the strange and unbelievable |
| 2:32.6 | things people have seen, whether that's cryptids, |
| 2:37.0 | ghosts, or things they just can't explain. |
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