What Happened in the Countryside in the Past
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Tiny villages dot Japan and many of them hide secrets from outsiders. Sometimes, for good reason. When the villagers tell you not to go into the woods, they mean it…
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, I'm your host, Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to another episode of Kowabana, |
| 0:16.3 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. Did you know that you can get over 70 bonus episodes of Koobana right now over at our Patreon? |
| 0:26.2 | And there's even more on the way, as I'm already hard at work for a mini marathon of 15 |
| 0:31.1 | daily episodes for all patrons this April. |
| 0:34.7 | Until then, there's plenty to keep you busy, and it's your support that helps |
| 0:38.9 | keep this show going. So head over to patreon.com slash Tara A. Devlin to fill up your podcast player |
| 0:45.9 | right now. For this week's episode, we're taking another dive into an epic, classic creepypasta. |
| 0:58.8 | This story was shared in 2011 and instantly became a hit. |
| 1:00.4 | It has it all. |
| 1:03.2 | An unsettling story from one's youth. |
| 1:04.9 | Creepy villages. |
| 1:07.0 | Abandoned houses. |
| 1:09.4 | Terrifying curses. |
| 1:15.8 | Some things shouldn't be messed with, but who can deny a child's curiosity? |
| 1:22.3 | The protagonist of this story is a man from Tokyo, who often visited his grandparents in the countryside for summers when he was younger. It's during one of these trips that some of the other village kids |
| 1:29.0 | suggested that they go exploring the area that adults have forbidden them to go near. |
| 1:35.3 | This can only end well, right? Make sure you stick around until the end of this one for a nasty |
| 1:42.4 | surprise. This week's story is called |
| 1:46.1 | What Happened in the Countryside in the Past. This is the first time I've told anyone this story, |
| 2:00.0 | but if you're free, please listen. |
| 2:02.9 | It might get a little lengthy and I might not respond, but I'm sorry. I don't have much time. |
| 2:09.8 | You might think I'm joking or this is one big fake, but that's fine. |
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