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. My latest book, Yamakawa, The Haunting of Mount

Yami, is now out. If you like terrifying mountain stories full of ghosts, monsters, and other

creepies, then do check it out. It's available on Amazon right now. This week, we're looking

at some terrifying happenings that all take place in the darkness of night.

What's really lurking out there?

Sometimes it's best not to know.

First up is a young man who is dared to spend the night in a famous ghost spot by some of his friends.

But what will happen if he really goes through with it? He

surely won't bring anything back with him, will he? Find out in Basement Under the Ghost Spot.

This happened six years ago, when I was still just a teenager.

My friend, two older friends and I, decided to visit a famous local ghost spot late one night.

It felt a little weird to visit a ghost spot with just four dudes, but my friend wasn't

very good with supernatural stuff, so the older guys proposed we visit a place so they could

tease him a little.

The place was a building deep in the mountains, so we drove there.

There were all sorts of rumours about the place,

like ten people had burnt themselves to death in the basement, or that there were the spirits

of fallen warriors roaming out the rear. All sorts of stuff.

Of course we're going to check out the basement, the older guys said, making fun of my friend,

but when we actually got there, they were like, holy crap, this place is scary, and just

stared at the building from inside the car.

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