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Five terrifying tales straight out of Japan the look at what happens when something unknown, something unexplainable, appears in our regular daily lives. What can we even do in such a situation? Come find out.
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Kankandara: The secret behind what lurks in the forest
Noroi, the inescapable Japanese curse
Attack of the yurei
The legend of the Kotoribako
The true terror behind cursed dolls
A curse upon your family and all within it!
Life-changing childhood experiences
Kisaragi Station and other trains of horror
The monsters in our villages
What's haunting Japanese schools?
Sugisawa and other cursed villages
Cursed video tapes & the horrors they hide!
The inaka spectacular & countryside creepies
Kokkuri-san, kakurenbo and other creepy childhood games
Kunekune, exorcists and creepy little ghost boys
New Year's ghosts and goblins
If you're going to kill yourself, why don't you sleep with me first?
True but mostly fictional horror in the Japanese workplace
Terrifying gods, scary demons and horrific yokai
Magagami-sama, haunted tunnels and bridges, oh my!
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