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Low humming | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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Low humming 79 ：Anonymous 2017/09/09(土)20:57:52 ID:GbL I still live in this house, and it’s supposed to be the safest place in the world—my family has owned the land for generations, no dark history, no creepy rumors. I always figured nothing supernatural would ever happen to me here. Then, a little while ago, I started hearing a woman’s low humming in ...

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The Friend Who Went Missing | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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The Friend Who Went Missing 215 ： Anonymous(鹿児島県) 2009/04/28(火) 12:12:34.06 ID:Fpex95EJ It wasn’t a prank, but when I’d just started kindergarten—maybe first grade—there was a filled‑in fishing pond near my house. A friend and I slipped through a gap in the barbed wire to play inside. The pond had been back‑filled with shirasu*1, and the surface had turned into something ...

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A Mysterious Name on My Cellphone | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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A Mysterious Name on My Cellphone 31 ：Anonymous：2005/06/27(月) 09:45:58 ID:vLg9Gq2N Autumn 2001. I had the chills from a cold, so I grabbed a strap on the Seibu Shinjuku Line *1, heading for a clinic in Ōkubo *2. My head was pounding—I shut my eyes, brow knotted, riding it out. That’s the last thing I remember. When I came to, it was evening. The scenery outside was completely ...

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Underground Well | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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Underground Well 902：Anonymous：2008/01/21(月)00:52:13 ID:wohjQNUp0 If any of my old crew read this, they’ll know exactly who I am. If they learn I’m still alive, they’ll start hunting again—but if I don’t write, that well will stay buried in the dark forever. So here goes. I’m no writer, and it got long. It’s not even a ghost story; read on only if ...

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Convenience stores | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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Convenience stores Source: True Scary Story File 45 I never believed in ghosts—not even a little. But I do now, and this is the story that made me a believer. About two years ago I was working part‑time at a convenience store. The place shut its doors at 11 p.m.—pure countryside style. (Not because business was slow, but because the neighbors complained nonstop.) That night ...

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Things That Float on the Sea | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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Things That Float on the Sea Source: Inexplicable Experiences, Mysteries enigma Part 17 346 ：Anonymous：03/09/23 16:28 This happened quite a while ago. I’d just finished listening to a radio show I’d taped from a friend’s cassette. Hitting stop every time was a pain, so I decided to let the deck run until the tape reached the end and auto-stopped. For ...

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Lord Kuchinā | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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Lord Kuchinā Original author: “Scary Story Submission – HorrorTeller,” by Kaisei (2010/09/30 19:57) Grandpa, who still lives out in the country, is missing the first knuckle bone of his left pinky. If you pinch it, the tip squashes flat and bends freely in any direction. When I was little I thought it was amazing. “Eww, Grandpa, that’s so cool! Why? ...

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Mountain Shrine | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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Mountain Shrine “Got Any Death-Level Terrifying Stories? #294” 255 ／ Part 1 of 7 (2012-05-03 01:44:34 ID: HPNJqzKn0) This is something that happened to me when I was a second-year high-schooler. One day during summer break, my friends A, B, C and I suddenly decided to go camping. C, who loves stream fishing, had once heard from a relative about ...

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Inn Help Wanted | Japanese Horror Stories & Urban Legends

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Inn Help Wanted “Got Any Death-Level Terrifying Stories? #43” This happened about two years ago, when I was hunting for a part-time job so I could travel. Day after sweltering day I flipped through want-ads, sweat dripping, dialing number after number—every place said no, no, no. I finally flopped spread-eagle on my threadbare tatami, cursing while I leafed through a ...

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Japanese Horror Stories and Urban Legends to Keep You Up at Night│Hall-of-Fame Horror Stories

2025/9/25

I’m a hardcore horror fan, so I’ve put together a late-night reading list of Hall-of-Fame Japanese creepypasta (Share-Kowa)—legendary 2ch horror stories that will keep you wide awake. Every tale here is an urban legend born on Japan’s internet message boards. I’ve cherry-picked only the entries that earned “Hall of Fame” status, so trust me: they’re all seriously terrifying. From cursed ...

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