Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet

Revenge of the Supernatural

29 Jul 2022

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Bizarre Creature Tales

15 Jul 2022

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The Danger of Cursed Objects

01 Jul 2022

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Curiosity Killed the Cat

17 Jun 2022

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Cursed & Haunted Locations

03 Jun 2022

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Perplexing Oddities

20 May 2022

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Step into the Strange World

06 May 2022

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Mystifying Customs & Rituals

22 Apr 2022

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Countryside Locations to Avoid

08 Apr 2022

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Adventures with Alternate Dimensions

25 Mar 2022

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Seal

11 Mar 2022

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Terrifying and Dangerous Countryside Rituals

25 Feb 2022

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Unfortunate Encounters with the Other Side

11 Feb 2022

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Unsettling Human Horrors

28 Jan 2022

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Mystifying Mountain Spirits

14 Jan 2022

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Ominous Encounters With the Other Side

31 Dec 2021

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Supernatural Encounters of the Terrifying Kind

17 Dec 2021

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Don’t Mess With the Sacred

03 Dec 2021

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Hauntings of Unknown Origin

19 Nov 2021

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Unexplainable Mysteries of the Night

05 Nov 2021

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Monstrous Encounters You Should Avoid

22 Oct 2021

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Horrifying Family Secrets

08 Oct 2021

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Bizarre Tales from Unique Characters

24 Sep 2021

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Bizarre & Dangerous Encounters

10 Sep 2021

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Terrifying Mountain Encounters

27 Aug 2021

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Strange Encounters from the Other Side

13 Aug 2021

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Terrifying Tales of Ancient Folklore

30 Jul 2021

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Seaside Tales for Summer

16 Jul 2021

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Unusual Ghostly Hauntings

02 Jul 2021

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Terrifying Old Traditions

18 Jun 2021

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Resort Job

04 Jun 2021

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The True Dangers of the Other Side

21 May 2021

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Tales from the Otherside

07 May 2021

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The Evil Within & Without

23 Apr 2021

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Narrow Escapes from Deadly Curses

09 Apr 2021

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Real

26 Mar 2021

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Places You Shouldn’t Enter

12 Mar 2021

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The Terrors in our Temples and Shrines

26 Feb 2021

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Terrifying Otherworldly Encounters

12 Feb 2021

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Bizarre and Twisted Locations

29 Jan 2021

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Visitations That Defy Belief

15 Jan 2021

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Mysterious Encounters of the Dangerous Kind

01 Jan 2021

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Dangerous Old Customs

18 Dec 2020

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Popular in 2020

04 Dec 2020

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Cursed Items, Cursed Lives

20 Nov 2020

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Unsolved Yurei Hauntings

06 Nov 2020

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The Village That Disappeared

23 Oct 2020

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Jinkan and Other Terrifying Crow Tales

09 Oct 2020

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Summer Creepypasta Classics

25 Sep 2020

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Mark of the Other Side

11 Sep 2020

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Evil Spirit Den

28 Aug 2020

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Terrifying Rural Jaunts & Monsters

14 Aug 2020

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Cursed Countryside

31 Jul 2020

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At Your Own Risk

17 Jul 2020

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The Supernatural, The Unexplainable

03 Jul 2020

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The Annoying Wayside Grass

19 Jun 2020

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Brushes with the Other Side

05 Jun 2020

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The Kunekune Collection

22 May 2020

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Mysterious Mountain Monsters

08 May 2020

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Tales of Real Haunted Places

24 Apr 2020

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Unexplainable, Unfathomable, Unbelievable

10 Apr 2020

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Encounters With Spirits Gone Wrong

27 Mar 2020

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Terrifying Spirits You Should Fear

13 Mar 2020

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Hospital Horrors

28 Feb 2020

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Forbidden Japanese Games That Shouldn’t Be Played

14 Feb 2020

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Brushes With the Afterlife

31 Jan 2020

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What Happened in the Countryside in the Past

17 Jan 2020

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New Year’s Horror in Japan

03 Jan 2020

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Christmas Horror in Japan

20 Dec 2019

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The True Horrors of Japanese Winter

06 Dec 2019

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True Hauntings of Japanese Ghosts

22 Nov 2019

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Uzu Doll

08 Nov 2019

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Human Horrors

25 Oct 2019

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Mysterious & Otherworldly Experiences

11 Oct 2019

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Hitchhike

27 Sep 2019

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The Evil in Our Safe Spaces

13 Sep 2019

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What Lurks in Abandoned Buildings?

30 Aug 2019

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Encounters with the Supernatural

16 Aug 2019

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When Yurei Attack: Ghost Stories From Japan

02 Aug 2019

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Neighbourhood Hauntings

19 Jul 2019

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Kinkisaki -Pandora-

05 Jul 2019

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Haunted Places

21 Jun 2019

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Supernatural stalkers and soul snatchers

07 Jun 2019

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Round Hole in the Basement

24 May 2019

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SPECIAL: Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Sukima-onna

17 May 2019

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Best of Japanese Horror 2018 (Part 2)

10 May 2019

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Best of Japanese Horror 2018 (Part 1)

26 Apr 2019

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Monsters in the shadows

12 Apr 2019

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Visitations of the supernatural

29 Mar 2019

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Mysterious and deadly encounters

15 Mar 2019

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A grandparent’s love

01 Mar 2019

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Redemption and revenge from beyond the grave

15 Feb 2019

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Horrors in the Japanese skies

01 Feb 2019

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The mysterious and unexplainable horrors of Japan

18 Jan 2019

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Cursed boxes

04 Jan 2019

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'True' ghost stories from real haunted locations

21 Dec 2018

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Well in the Basement

07 Dec 2018

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Nightmare on Yume Street: Dreams that kill

23 Nov 2018

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Our entire class fought an evil spirit

09 Nov 2018

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Classic Japanese creepypasta champloo

26 Oct 2018

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