Unbelievable Small Town Legends
Summary
Host Tara A. Devlin presents two true Japanese scary stories. The first recounts a boy’s fall on Jushichigasaka Slope, where a local legend predicts misfortune at age 17; his friend dies in an accident at 16, and the narrator later senses a supernatural presence on the hill. The second story follows three boys who stumble upon a village festival, only to be forced to carry a heavy shrine by hostile villagers, revealing a dark history of punishing outsiders in a ritual called the Oni-san Festival.
Topics discussed
Intro: The village where lights vanish
Promotions and episode overview
Jushichigasaka Slope: The legend and the dare
The narrator's fall and M-kun's mysterious crash
Aftermath: Injuries and the unexplained push
High school reunion and the growing facial mark
M-kun's fear, death, and the age discrepancy
The failed purification ritual and missing hill
Revisiting the slope and the unseen gaze
Transition to the Oni-san story
Arriving in Itsuki Town and the blank-eyed villagers
Welcomed into the village and given red coats
The festival begins and carrying the heavy shrine
The villagers turn hostile and force the march
Escape from the village and return home
Parents explain the blue roofs and community
The legend of the Oni family and their defeat
The true nature of the Oni-san festival
Outro and promotional links
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