Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
by Tara A. Devlin
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Estimated from 11 chart positions in 11 markets.
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- 🇬🇧GB · Books#9530K to 100K
- 🇺🇸US · Books#1435K to 30K
- 🇮🇳IN · Books#8610K to 30K
- 🇮🇩ID · Books#2100K to 300K
- 🇵🇭PH · Books#4610K to 30K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
86K to 275K🎙 ~2x weekly·229 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
173K to 549K🇮🇩55%🇬🇧18%🇺🇸5%+8 more - Active Followers
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69K to 220K
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Recent episodes
Vicious Voices
Jun 12, 2026
48m 48s
Creepy Crafty Dolls
May 29, 2026
46m 19s
Ghastly Gruesome Ghosts
May 15, 2026
45m 04s
Horrifying Encounters That Can’t Be Explained
May 1, 2026
44m 23s
Bewildering & Bizarre Experiences
Apr 17, 2026
46m 52s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/12/26 |  Vicious Voices✨ | Japanese horrorscary stories+3 | — | MyuujiKevin MacLeod+3 | — | Japanese horrorscary stories+3 | — | 48m 48s | |
| 5/29/26 |  Creepy Crafty Dolls✨ | Japanese horrordolls+3 | — | MyuujiKevin MacLeod+3 | — | Japanese horrorcreepy dolls+3 | — | 46m 19s | |
| 5/15/26 |  Ghastly Gruesome Ghosts✨ | ghost storiesJapanese horror+4 | — | MyuujiKevin MacLeod+3 | — | ghostshorror+6 | — | 45m 04s | |
| 5/1/26 |  Horrifying Encounters That Can’t Be Explained✨ | Japanese horrorunexplained encounters+3 | — | PatreonMyuuji+4 | — | Japanese horrorscary stories+3 | — | 44m 23s | |
| 4/17/26 |  Bewildering & Bizarre Experiences✨ | Japanese horrorghost stories+1 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+3 | Japan | scary storiestales+2 | — | 46m 52s | |
| 4/3/26 |  Bizarre & Ghastly Ghosts✨ | ghost storiesJapanese horror+2 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+4 | Japan | horrortales+2 | — | 47m 22s | |
| 3/20/26 |  Spine-tingling Accounts of the Sea✨ | Japanese horrorghost stories+2 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+2 | Japan | scary storiesocean+2 | — | 46m 14s | |
| 3/6/26 |  Deadly Spiritual Encounters✨ | Japanese horrorspiritual encounters+1 | — | Japanese horror merchandiseCO.AG+2 | Japan | horrortales+2 | — | 44m 47s | |
| 2/20/26 |  Spectral Frights and Bites✨ | Japanese horrorghost stories+2 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+4 | Japan | scary storieshorror+2 | — | 46m 53s | |
| 2/6/26 |  Maddening Mountain Frights✨ | Japanese horrormonsters+3 | — | Japanese horror merchandiseCO.AG+2 | Japan | horrorscary stories+2 | — | 46m 47s | |
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| 1/23/26 |  Hair-raising School Adventures✨ | schoolhorror+2 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+3 | — | classroomsgym+2 | — | 49m 43s | |
| 1/9/26 |  Best of 2025✨ | Japanese horrorbest stories+1 | — | Japanese horror merchandiseCO.AG+2 | — | Patreonmerchandise+3 | — | 56m 10s | |
| 12/26/25 |  Deadly Dreadful Dolls✨ | Japanese dollshorror stories+1 | — | Japanese horror merchandiseCO.AG+3 | — | dreadful dollsJapanese horror+1 | — | 46m 18s | |
| 12/12/25 |  Devilish Dreams✨ | dreamshorror+2 | — | Japanese horror merchandisePatreon+3 | — | nightmaresfear+2 | — | 43m 41s | |
| 11/28/25 |  Encounters of the Twisted | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Eight Japanese horror tales that will not just terrify you, but also make you question what’s really out there, and whether everything can truly be explained. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 11/14/25 |  Spooky Spectral Terrors | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Five terrifying tales of spooky Japanese ghosts who may or may not just be after a little help… If you’re willing to offer it, that is. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 10/31/25 |  Human Horrors for Halloween | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Sometimes it’s not the ghosts or monsters or other supernatural creepies that might be lurking in the dark that you have to fear. Sometimes it’s our fellow man… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 10/17/25 |  2ch Classics Revisited | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Revisit some of the most beloved creepypastas to have ever come out of 2channel, as voted by Japanese readers! BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 10/3/25 |  Tales of Cursed Buildings | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Step inside for 10 terrifying tales of cursed buildings, haunted abodes, and the creepy things that lurk in the darkness of where we live. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 9/19/25 |  Behind the Bizarre | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Ten terrifying tales of the bizarre from Japan that will have you questioning what lurks in the dark, what hides around the next corner, and whether this is even real or not… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 9/5/25 |  Bewildering Countryside Encounters | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Eight tales of horrifying encounters in the countryside. With so much space and so few people, what really lurks out there when you’re all alone? BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 8/22/25 |  Spooky Spectres | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Eight horrifying, bizarre, and even moving tales featuring encounters from the other side. What do these spirits really want from us? BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 8/8/25 |  Seaside Terrors | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Nine terrifying tales of the sea and what lurks in its deep, dark depths. But also a reminder that what lurks out there doesn’t necessarily always stay out there. Nowhere is safe… BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 7/25/25 |  Hair-raising Mountain Tales | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! 10 tales that’ll make you question exploring the mountains… whether its day or night. When far from civilisation, how will you escape…? BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
| 7/11/25 |  Tales from Okinawa | Episode Notes Join our Patreon for early access and bonus episodes and help support the show! Get exclusive Japanese horror merchandise and join the Discord! Take a trip to beautiful Okinawa for 10 terrifying tales you won’t soon forget. What lurks on Japan’s southernmost island? Come find out. BGM thanks to Myuuji, Kevin MacLeod and CO.AG. Sound effects thanks to Free Sound and freeSFX. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Support Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/kowabana | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
16 placements across 11 markets.
Chart Positions
16 placements across 11 markets.