I've written a ton of scary stories over the years, but almost all of them were either fiction or things I'd heard from someone else. I've never written about something I experienced myself. If you ask whether that means I've never had a terrifying experience of my own, though, that's not quite true…
This happened back when I was still in elementary school. At the time, I lived in a certain prefecture in Shikoku. Near the housing project where I lived, there was a middle-aged guy who was infamous …
This is a story from back when I was an expat working in Thailand. Over ten years ago, I was dispatched from Japan to Bangkok as an expat. At my company, serving as a branch manager in Asia before ret…
This is a true story that happened to me several decades ago. Back then, the company I worked for had a factory nicknamed "The Execution Grounds." "Execution" was code for getting …
I have a brother who is three years younger than me. He was an affectionate kid who stuck to my side constantly when we were little. While I thought he was adorable, I also found him a bit annoying. E…
My mother suddenly turned to me and said, "Oh, I think something just got inside me." Right as she said it, she started complaining of a headache and went straight to bed. Starting the very …
*Note: This post is also available in audio format. This happened just a week ago. A little while back, I got really into dating apps. I was constantly drinking and hanging out with different girls, a…
Our NPO rescues dogs scheduled to be euthanized and works to find them adoptive homes. One day, members of our field team rescued several dogs from a shelter. They said if we’d been even a day later, …
Do you know the story of the Sideshow Daruma Woman? It's an urban legend that was popular back in the day: when a guy went on an overseas trip with his girlfriend, she went into a fitting room at a lo…
For the sake of my health, ejaculating (masturbating) is something I make sure never to skip a single day. Sorry for starting with such a crude topic, but I had a pretty creepy experience related to i…
Every year when Obon comes around, I still end up remembering what happened back then. It was in the early Heisei era, back when I was still in elementary school. During Obon, our entire extended fami…
There is an urban legend about the Human-Faced Dog. It was a rumor that spread widely among elementary and middle school students across Japan in the late 1980s, and according to one theory, it was de…
■ CHARACTERS A -> Radio Host B -> Assistant C -> Guest (Comedian) A: Since today is our summer paranormal special, we’ve brought in the comedian C-san! C: Hey, everybody! C here! B: Ahaha! A:…
This is a story from back when I was in high school. Exhausted after a baseball scrimmage, I just wanted to get home and rest as fast as possible, pushing my tired body to pedal hard on my bike. Up ah…
