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 11, is now out.

This volume has over 80 different stories of creepy ghosts, abandoned buildings, frightening

monsters, haunted locales, and much, much more, so do check it out right now.

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out at kowabana.com. We have shirts, mugs, stickers, masks and much more, so do check it out and

help support the show at the same time. This week, we're looking at some weird and creepy stories to

keep the chills flowing as the new year begins.

I hope you all had a good one.

To start, a woman's friend moves into a new house she was able to rent for cheap because

of its location.

And where would that be?

Right next to a graveyard, of course.

And it's not long until things take a turn for the worse.

Find out why in

House Near the Graveyard.

When I was in my early 20s, one of my friends moved house, and so I went to visit her to celebrate.

It was an old house, and my honest first reaction when I saw it was,

It's really old.

My kids are small now, but I'm sure the house will start to feel smaller in the future.

By then, I hope I can get my own place," she said.

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