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

By Tara A. Devlin

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Each week on “Kowabana: ‘True’ Japanese scary stories from around the internet,” horror author and translator Tara A. Devlin presents a selection of Japanese horror, creepypastas and urban legends translated from the deepest, darkest parts of the web. Creepy ghosts and vengeful onryo, cursed technology and haunted shrines. Discover horror like only Japan knows how to deliver. Brand new and exclusive stories translated each week. Find out more at http://www.kowabana.net/

Episode Date
Curious But Deadly Encounters
Mar 22, 2024
Terrifying Encounters with the Bizarre
Mar 08, 2024
Deadly Encounters With The Otherworldly
Feb 23, 2024
Revenge of the Other Side
Feb 09, 2024
Heart-stopping Confrontations
Jan 26, 2024
Life Threatening Encounters
Jan 12, 2024
Exploring the Unknown
Dec 29, 2023
Spine-chilling Mysteries
Dec 15, 2023
Dark Encounters
Dec 01, 2023
Dreadful Mysteries
Nov 17, 2023
Mysterious Visitations
Nov 04, 2023
Deadly Yurei Encounters
Oct 20, 2023
Horrifying Encounters with Both Sides
Oct 06, 2023
Cursed Hauntings to Make Your Skin Crawl
Sep 22, 2023
Horrendous Curses
Sep 08, 2023
The True Horror of Man
Aug 25, 2023
Bewildering Curses
Aug 11, 2023
Disturbing Secrets
Jul 28, 2023
Mind-bending Hauntings
Jul 14, 2023
Unfathomable Encounters
Jun 30, 2023
Beyond the Veil
Jun 16, 2023
Darkness & Shadows
Jun 02, 2023
Dangerous Curiosity Part 2
May 19, 2023
Dangerous Curiosity Part 1
May 05, 2023
Creepy Hauntings
Apr 21, 2023
Shinto Scares
Apr 07, 2023
Blurring the Lines of Reality
Mar 24, 2023
Blood-curdling Oddities
Mar 10, 2023
Untold Human Horrors
Feb 24, 2023
What Lurks Around That Corner…?
Feb 10, 2023
Terrifying & Bizarre Encounters
Jan 27, 2023
Weird, Wild, and Wonderful
Jan 13, 2023
The Strange, The Weird, and the Horrifying
Dec 30, 2022
A Very Kowabana Christmas
Dec 16, 2022
Things That Shouldn’t Be
Dec 02, 2022
The Story Continues…
Nov 18, 2022
Mountain Mysteries
Nov 04, 2022
Beware the Unseen
Oct 21, 2022
Bizarre Hauntings
Oct 07, 2022
Dangers of the Unknown
Sep 23, 2022
Flirtations With The Other Side
Sep 09, 2022
Horrifying Ghostly Sightings
Aug 26, 2022
A Haunting Past
Aug 12, 2022
Revenge of the Supernatural
Jul 29, 2022
Bizarre Creature Tales
Jul 15, 2022
The Danger of Cursed Objects
Jul 01, 2022
Curiosity Killed the Cat
Jun 17, 2022
Cursed & Haunted Locations
Jun 03, 2022
Perplexing Oddities
May 20, 2022
Step into the Strange World
May 06, 2022
Mystifying Customs & Rituals
Apr 22, 2022
Countryside Locations to Avoid
Apr 08, 2022
Adventures with Alternate Dimensions
Mar 25, 2022
Seal
Mar 11, 2022
Terrifying and Dangerous Countryside Rituals
Feb 25, 2022
Unfortunate Encounters with the Other Side
Feb 11, 2022
Unsettling Human Horrors
Jan 28, 2022
Mystifying Mountain Spirits
Jan 14, 2022
Ominous Encounters With the Other Side
Dec 31, 2021
Supernatural Encounters of the Terrifying Kind
Dec 17, 2021
Don’t Mess With the Sacred
Dec 03, 2021
Hauntings of Unknown Origin
Nov 19, 2021
Unexplainable Mysteries of the Night
Nov 05, 2021
Monstrous Encounters You Should Avoid
Oct 22, 2021
Horrifying Family Secrets
Oct 08, 2021
Bizarre Tales from Unique Characters
Sep 24, 2021
Bizarre & Dangerous Encounters
Sep 10, 2021
Terrifying Mountain Encounters
Aug 27, 2021
Strange Encounters from the Other Side
Aug 13, 2021
Terrifying Tales of Ancient Folklore
Jul 30, 2021
Seaside Tales for Summer
Jul 16, 2021
Unusual Ghostly Hauntings
Jul 02, 2021
Terrifying Old Traditions
Jun 18, 2021
Resort Job
Jun 04, 2021
The True Dangers of the Other Side
May 21, 2021
Tales from the Otherside
May 07, 2021
The Evil Within & Without
Apr 23, 2021
Narrow Escapes from Deadly Curses
Apr 09, 2021
Real
Mar 26, 2021
Places You Shouldn’t Enter
Mar 12, 2021
The Terrors in our Temples and Shrines
Feb 26, 2021
Terrifying Otherworldly Encounters
Feb 12, 2021
Bizarre and Twisted Locations
Jan 29, 2021
Visitations That Defy Belief
Jan 15, 2021
Mysterious Encounters of the Dangerous Kind
Jan 01, 2021
Dangerous Old Customs
Dec 18, 2020
Popular in 2020
Dec 04, 2020
Cursed Items, Cursed Lives
Nov 20, 2020
Unsolved Yurei Hauntings
Nov 06, 2020
The Village That Disappeared
Oct 23, 2020
Jinkan and Other Terrifying Crow Tales
Oct 09, 2020
Summer Creepypasta Classics
Sep 25, 2020
Mark of the Other Side
Sep 11, 2020
Evil Spirit Den
Aug 28, 2020
Terrifying Rural Jaunts & Monsters
Aug 14, 2020
Cursed Countryside
Jul 31, 2020
At Your Own Risk
Jul 17, 2020
The Supernatural, The Unexplainable
Jul 03, 2020
The Annoying Wayside Grass
Jun 19, 2020
Brushes with the Other Side
Jun 05, 2020
The Kunekune Collection
May 22, 2020
Mysterious Mountain Monsters
May 08, 2020
Tales of Real Haunted Places
Apr 24, 2020
Unexplainable, Unfathomable, Unbelievable
Apr 10, 2020
Encounters With Spirits Gone Wrong
Mar 27, 2020
Terrifying Spirits You Should Fear
Mar 13, 2020
Hospital Horrors
Feb 28, 2020
Forbidden Japanese Games That Shouldn’t Be Played
Feb 14, 2020
Brushes With the Afterlife
Jan 31, 2020
What Happened in the Countryside in the Past
Jan 17, 2020
New Year’s Horror in Japan
Jan 03, 2020
Christmas Horror in Japan
Dec 20, 2019
The True Horrors of Japanese Winter
Dec 06, 2019
True Hauntings of Japanese Ghosts
Nov 22, 2019
Uzu Doll
Nov 08, 2019
Human Horrors
Oct 25, 2019
Mysterious & Otherworldly Experiences
Oct 11, 2019
Hitchhike
Sep 27, 2019
The Evil in Our Safe Spaces
Sep 13, 2019
What Lurks in Abandoned Buildings?
Aug 30, 2019
Encounters with the Supernatural
Aug 16, 2019
When Yurei Attack: Ghost Stories From Japan
Aug 02, 2019
Neighbourhood Hauntings
Jul 19, 2019
Kinkisaki -Pandora-
Jul 05, 2019
Haunted Places
Jun 21, 2019
Supernatural stalkers and soul snatchers
Jun 07, 2019
Round Hole in the Basement
May 24, 2019
SPECIAL: Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Sukima-onna
May 17, 2019
Best of Japanese Horror 2018 (Part 2)
May 10, 2019
Best of Japanese Horror 2018 (Part 1)
Apr 26, 2019
Monsters in the shadows
Apr 12, 2019
Visitations of the supernatural
Mar 29, 2019
Mysterious and deadly encounters
Mar 15, 2019
A grandparent’s love
Mar 01, 2019
Redemption and revenge from beyond the grave
Feb 15, 2019
Horrors in the Japanese skies
Feb 01, 2019
The mysterious and unexplainable horrors of Japan
Jan 18, 2019
Cursed boxes
Jan 04, 2019
'True' ghost stories from real haunted locations
Dec 21, 2018
Well in the Basement
Dec 07, 2018
Nightmare on Yume Street: Dreams that kill
Nov 23, 2018
Our entire class fought an evil spirit
Nov 09, 2018
Classic Japanese creepypasta champloo
Oct 26, 2018
Mysterious and deadly objects
Oct 12, 2018
Origins: the best of early Japanese horror
Sep 28, 2018
Horror Baito: Supernatural on the job
Sep 14, 2018
Obake Yashiki: Home sweet haunted home
Aug 31, 2018
Obon special: horror from the afterlife
Aug 17, 2018
Oden Special: A hodgepodge of horror
Aug 03, 2018
Haunted Japanese houses of horror
Jul 20, 2018
Unbelievable and unexplainable sightings
Jul 06, 2018
The truth is out there... experiences in the supernatural
Jun 22, 2018
Gakkou Kaidan, ghost stories from Japanese schools
Jun 08, 2018
SPECIAL: Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Kuchisake-onna
Jun 01, 2018
Kankandara: The secret behind what lurks in the forest
May 25, 2018
Noroi, the inescapable Japanese curse
May 11, 2018
Attack of the yurei
Apr 27, 2018
The legend of the Kotoribako
Apr 14, 2018
The true terror behind cursed dolls
Mar 30, 2018
A curse upon your family and all within it!
Mar 16, 2018
Life-changing childhood experiences
Mar 02, 2018
Kisaragi Station and other trains of horror
Feb 23, 2018
The monsters in our villages
Feb 16, 2018
What's haunting Japanese schools?
Feb 09, 2018
Sugisawa and other cursed villages
Feb 02, 2018
Cursed video tapes & the horrors they hide!
Jan 26, 2018
The inaka spectacular & countryside creepies
Jan 19, 2018
Kokkuri-san, kakurenbo and other creepy childhood games
Jan 12, 2018
Kunekune, exorcists and creepy little ghost boys
Jan 05, 2018
New Year's ghosts and goblins
Dec 29, 2017
If you're going to kill yourself, why don't you sleep with me first?
Dec 22, 2017
True but mostly fictional horror in the Japanese workplace
Dec 15, 2017
Terrifying gods, scary demons and horrific yokai
Dec 08, 2017
Magagami-sama, haunted tunnels and bridges, oh my!
Dec 01, 2017
Hasshaku-sama, dark country roads and abandoned buildings
Nov 24, 2017