Huge thank you to J Nightmares for their translation work and narration in today's stories! Feel free to go support them on their channel here! -- www.youtube.com/@JNightmares
6:18 “..I was confident she wasn’t following us anymore…” I’m not complaining or anything but I think this is the first time I’ve ever heard you make a mistake! Which is impressive if you ask me! I say impressive, I imagine you organize the all the stories that you’ve chosen. Flip the switch Turning on the red light outside of your room. Sit down with Your pet crocodile in your lap, press record on the tape recorder and read away!
That potential r-apist old man scenario would have had me divorcing my husband for not standing up for me and making sure justice was served. That is so traumatizing poor woman
Yeah, I thought that was messed up. I know things are done differently in Japan but I didn't think that men sexually assaulting or raping women would be pretty much swept under the rug. I hope that woman is doing better and that she is no longer married to that man.
That last story by J Nightmare was great man! I love that twist and how he was so convinced he was her "boyfriend" and was protecting her from "the stalker." 😂 I'm off to find his channel now. Thanks so much for including this and giving us all a glimpse at another great YT narrator Joel!
Lmao! The second story -- I keep imagining the people are random pagans meeting up and then getting confused about whether OP was there as part of the group or not 😂
By the end they probably were like are you joining or not you said you weren’t from outta town so are you here for the ritual ?! 😂 it starts in 15 now or never type of thing
It's Japan they would just stop go to the police station and the police will kick them out and do nothing and then they'll be right in front of the stalker and his friends to be assaulted.
@topkek4223 Found the clueless American speaking about that which it foolishly claims knowledge of thanks to its consooming of anime and manga. Try again, lefturd. 🥱
That last story I had to re-hear it 3 times it was so unhinged so well written and the narration was awesome ❤❤❤ love this channel I've binge watch the moment I've joined
I hope everyone has a Happy New Year. The story about the old man trying to assault the lady, her husband is terrible. I mean if my husband, was more worried and concerned about some perverts reputation than me. I would be divorcing him that's terrible, I definitely, wouldn't waste anymore of my life with this guy.
@@PsychGirlRaven Obviously he was arrested because he was stalking the women, and if one of them was actually the girlfriend, don't you think that she would explain it to her friend and the police? I'm not sure what world I live in.
Getting ready for bed on a rainy mountain on the eve before NYE 2023. ❤Love this channel! Sending hugs to Joel for his soothing voice, to the people who took the time to write down their stories and to the fellow listeners. Wherever you are ❤Big hugs ❤
Her car automatically unlocks at a stop while in drive? Wow, that's a carjacker/kidnapper's dream come true! Check your vehicle's owner's manual on how to change the door lock settings so they only unlock when YOU want them to unlock.
Nah I dunno about that one. Cars with auto-unlock only do that when they're shifted to Park. I've worked valet for 20+ years and never drove a car that would unlock while in drive, even if it came to a complete stop. The writer needs to do a bit more research. 😅
Yay ! Was just browsing Let's Read and i got this notification! Imma chill and listen to these stories. I Hope everyone has a great New years 🎉much love from Ireland 🎊🍀🎈
Thanks for all your dedication ,time and hard work ,Let's Read ,bc no matter what ,rain ,sleet or snow ,YOU ALWAYS DeLiVeR 😊!! ...Not to mention A+ quality!! So, thanks to you and your team for making these videos happen ❤
Audibly gasp when I see new uploads since I have tons of chores and cooking to do for New Years. You, along with Southern Cannibal, J Nightmares etc are keeping me company💚 Happy New Year Joel!🎉
Putting aside the holes in the story and the fact that no one would submit something like that if it were true, actual stalkers don't think like that either. It was a very obvious creepypasta written by someone who thinks that's how stalkers' minds work. They know full well that what they're doing is wrong, they just think their actions are justified because they "deserve" their target.
Okay I don't know why, but scary stories from Japan are my absolute favorite. Not a clue why, they just have some awesome stuff happening over there. Stories from Japan and cop stories. Love them! The Mannequin people stories that Lazy Masquerade read were terrifying. Check that video out if you havent!!
You would be surprised how some people r treated just bcs they r important. Guy who owns biggest TV company in my coutry had his son pardoned and put on 1 yr of house arrest after the guy literally ran over a 20 yr old girl with his SUV. Her parents fought tooth and nail to get rich guys son behind the bars, but bcs his dad is important, they couldnt let him “rot in jail”
@@mojojojo560 I think that Japan is often portrayed in a spooky way, maybe that's the reason. Movies often show Japanese with nearly unnatural powers or at least extreme skills, I think that could add to it.
Free cookies! The plot twist to the first story: It was told from the view of the guy that helped her however, it was the “bad ex” that submitted the story Of everything that happened on his end when following them Filling in the gaps when he lost them. It’s all part of a ploy to get her to reply if she ever sees the story believing it’s the friend only to Decide meeting up only for her to be ambushed and never seen again! Dom, dom, dommmmmm!
The only thing scarier than Japanese paranormal horror is actual Japanese mentality toward abuse/rape/stalking. The stupidity and victim blaming has got me too pissed off to sleep.
my gut even tells me when a store is out of something too bad it feels like laziness then so for things like that I still go. For other things it has saved my life.
I'm pretty sure people will still watch even if you don't put "True" in the title. Seeing as the last one is clearly a nosleep level creative writing project.
Seriously...that last story...that "boyfriend" is the stalker. If he is not then I am sure we will be hearing another stalker story this time featuring him as the stalker!! happy new year everyone!!
Huge thank you to J Nightmares for their translation work and narration in today's stories! Feel free to go support them on their channel here! -- www.youtube.com/@JNightmares
6:18 “..I was confident she wasn’t following us anymore…” I’m not complaining or anything but I think this is the first time I’ve ever heard you make a mistake! Which is impressive if you ask me!
I say impressive, I imagine you organize the all the stories that you’ve chosen. Flip the switch Turning on the red light outside of your room. Sit down with Your pet crocodile in your lap, press record on the tape recorder and read away!
Pet cat, Purdeep. @@Dr_Larken
More Asian horror stories!!
@@Dr_Larken c>
That potential r-apist old man scenario would have had me divorcing my husband for not standing up for me and making sure justice was served. That is so traumatizing poor woman
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Its Japan tho
They have differents norms
Yeah, I thought that was messed up. I know things are done differently in Japan but I didn't think that men sexually assaulting or raping women would be pretty much swept under the rug. I hope that woman is doing better and that she is no longer married to that man.
@@Davidonden03 inhuman ones it basically sounds like a Third World country for women.
Men and woman are equal
Stand up for yourself
That last story was very cleverly written 😁
Knew he was the stalker
@@user-mw7qw9sd2g Yeah, it was pretty obvious, lol.
@@kathryncumberlandthis sounds like a creepy pasta
It was super predictable. Not sure why it's in a 'true stories' comp.
Ehhhh... disagree
Bruh that guy in the last story had me thinking he was innocent but in reality bro was the dang stalker!
lmao really? 😅
immediately I was thinking his ass is the stalker 😂
@@felicityjohnston9276 Yeah haha!😅
@@x-tremeslayer7838 ?? Huh bro?
The most dangerous thing any woman can do is be around the opposite gender. 4B Movement.
That last story by J Nightmare was great man! I love that twist and how he was so convinced he was her "boyfriend" and was protecting her from "the stalker." 😂
I'm off to find his channel now. Thanks so much for including this and giving us all a glimpse at another great YT narrator Joel!
Very clever 😂😁😂😁
Was pretty obvious as soon as he said he was going to watch over them
@@Virtuouswoman78 it's an old ass Japanese cliqué
Lmao! The second story -- I keep imagining the people are random pagans meeting up and then getting confused about whether OP was there as part of the group or not 😂
Right!!!
We would have been just as confused as the author. Like is she a part of the ritual or not?
By the end they probably were like are you joining or not you said you weren’t from outta town so are you here for the ritual ?! 😂 it starts in 15 now or never type of thing
Last story....he's the stalker. Great narration as always ❤😊❤
I had to pause it a few times. So intense!
Story 1: Go to a police or fire-station when being followed. Never go home. Never go somewhere isolated.
It's Japan they would just stop go to the police station and the police will kick them out and do nothing and then they'll be right in front of the stalker and his friends to be assaulted.
@topkek4223 Found the clueless American speaking about that which it foolishly claims knowledge of thanks to its consooming of anime and manga. Try again, lefturd. 🥱
That last story I had to re-hear it 3 times it was so unhinged so well written and the narration was awesome ❤❤❤ love this channel I've binge watch the moment I've joined
I hope everyone has a Happy New Year. The story about the old man trying to assault the lady, her husband is terrible. I mean if my husband, was more worried and concerned about some perverts reputation than me. I would be divorcing him that's terrible, I definitely, wouldn't waste anymore of my life with this guy.
That last story has to be one of my most favorite ones in a long time!
10:13 i just love how that sound just lulls and judges you deeper into a sleep-like state if you're listening just before bed
Just in time.. I've had to go 4 years back tonight to try find something I've not played before so thanks for getting this on now ❤
Yep, getting down to the last of the old videos that I haven't viewed.
Same here lol.
Appreciate you! Thank you 🙏… Love all your stories!
Same here!!!
That last story is definitely written BY a creepy stalker.
His "girlfriend" wouldn't just let the cops arrest him if she cared for him at all.
Let? I’m not sure what world you’re living in but someone’s girlfriend doesn’t have the ability to prevent the cops from arresting someone.
@@PsychGirlRaven Obviously he was arrested because he was stalking the women, and if one of them was actually the girlfriend, don't you think that she would explain it to her friend and the police? I'm not sure what world I live in.
He was the stalker the whole time
My thoughts as well
It’s so obvious that it’s from a creepy non-self-aware person’s POV that I’m inclined to think it’s fictional.
oh heck yeah, i’m at work and just finished catching up on other new scary story videos. this was a godsend 😻
Hey, I peeped your channel because your tag name is interesting, and I gotta ask ... Do those ab workouts in your playlist work?
Getting ready for bed on a rainy mountain on the eve before NYE 2023. ❤Love this channel! Sending hugs to Joel for his soothing voice, to the people who took the time to write down their stories and to the fellow listeners. Wherever you are ❤Big hugs ❤
Her car automatically unlocks at a stop while in drive? Wow, that's a carjacker/kidnapper's dream come true!
Check your vehicle's owner's manual on how to change the door lock settings so they only unlock when YOU want them to unlock.
Nah I dunno about that one. Cars with auto-unlock only do that when they're shifted to Park. I've worked valet for 20+ years and never drove a car that would unlock while in drive, even if it came to a complete stop. The writer needs to do a bit more research. 😅
@@roro2k Yeah, I had to rewind it to make sure I heard right. I figured maybe the lock is glitchy?
Maybe it's one
of those EV cars?
It's one of those plot device cars
@@Ciara1594 EV as in Easy Victim? 🤔😄
Joel you are an amazing narrator and you are the best.
Yay ! Was just browsing Let's Read and i got this notification! Imma chill and listen to these stories. I Hope everyone has a great New years 🎉much love from Ireland 🎊🍀🎈
Happy New Year to you. Let's hope 2024 is a lot less dramatic.
@@ddz1375 Yes! I hear that!🎊🎉
Happy New year from England 🎉
Happy New Year from Nebraska.
@@debbyrhatigan9081 yayy..right back atcha 🎉🎊💚
Japan to me are the masters of horror
Absolutely! I'm with you there
I still get creeped out just thinking of The Grudge, innocent little boy who came back as the evil cat boy
That last story gave me literal chills!! Loved this video 👏🏾
Perfect, just got caught up on your content and needed more for work lol!
Look at all of us so excited for the new video!!
Stories from Japan are my favorites!
Thanks for all your dedication ,time and hard work ,Let's Read ,bc no matter what ,rain ,sleet or snow ,YOU ALWAYS DeLiVeR 😊!! ...Not to mention A+ quality!! So, thanks to you and your team for making these videos happen ❤
"The doors automatically unlock while the car is in drive" Great child safety.
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Thanks for the upload! Happy New Year 2024!
So, I am guessing that the so-called boyfriend in the last story was actually the stalker. It was kind of obvious.
The first story was my favorite thank you for all the amazing bangers
I loved the last story. Ingenious twist to a stalker story. 🤫
Great narration
I enjoy hearing your voice whilst getting lost in your stories ❤ thank you.
👍👍 happy new year to you and yours family
Audibly gasp when I see new uploads since I have tons of chores and cooking to do for New Years.
You, along with Southern Cannibal, J Nightmares etc are keeping me company💚
Happy New Year Joel!🎉
Ya I listen to southern cannibal too!!!!
Thanks again ❤
J Nightmares is one of my very favorites. Awesome to hear him on this video.
Joel, My hero!❤️🥰
I just subbed to J Nightmares ... It's a really cool channel can't believe it's the first I've heard it
Happy new year Joel and the let's read family. Great stories as always🍷🙌🏾🙌🏾
2:34
Your voice acting 👌
Story 1: what type of car unlocks when you stop without putting the car in P?
Happy New Year Everyone :)
Here's to another year for Lets Read! Hoping you reach 2 million and staying real. Love you JoelH
I love Japanese ghost stories
Happy New Year, Joel.
Excellent
Being stalked is serious. But I laughed at alot of the last story. That was so good
Thank you Joel.
The accent change in the last story caught me off guard (in a good way) 👀 Also your voice acting is impeccable 💕
That's a different guy XD
Yay I love J Nightmares' narrations.
I love your stories can you do more Japanese horror stories please
Love your Chanel
That last one had me thinking: "how stupid can someone be?" but then again people in their right mind don't stalk.
Putting aside the holes in the story and the fact that no one would submit something like that if it were true, actual stalkers don't think like that either. It was a very obvious creepypasta written by someone who thinks that's how stalkers' minds work. They know full well that what they're doing is wrong, they just think their actions are justified because they "deserve" their target.
@@ElFreakinCidion bruh Japanese men are a different level of insanity & delusion lmao
Free cookies!
And Um FIRST!
Three seconds, I would’ve gotten away with it IF it wasn’t for that Dog and those meddling kids!
❤happy new year joel❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
Listening from Japan ✌🏼
That twist in the last story O_O
These are great. The " are you traveling through here," thing was weird as heck.
They were on the middle of a ceremony.
thank you joel and everybody else for wishing me a happy birthday love you all 🫶🏼🫶🏼
That last one was such a good twist
Yay🎉
Okay I don't know why, but scary stories from Japan are my absolute favorite. Not a clue why, they just have some awesome stuff happening over there.
Stories from Japan and cop stories. Love them!
The Mannequin people stories that Lazy Masquerade read were terrifying.
Check that video out if you havent!!
I am gradually enjoying Lazy.
Just because someone is important in a community doesn't give them the right to break into someone else's home and try to rape whoever s in the house
You would be surprised how some people r treated just bcs they r important. Guy who owns biggest TV company in my coutry had his son pardoned and put on 1 yr of house arrest after the guy literally ran over a 20 yr old girl with his SUV. Her parents fought tooth and nail to get rich guys son behind the bars, but bcs his dad is important, they couldnt let him “rot in jail”
One of my favorite endings in a video ever😂😂
I love the video story
Love you UA-camJoel! 👍🤘Thank you! Thank you! ❤💚❤🎄❤💚❤
The stalker story was excellent 😂
Yessssssss
Phwoar, Japan is unmatched in the potency and impact of it’s ghost horror in my opinion. I cannot wait to be traumatised by this.
What happened there? Is that where that so called suicide forest is?
Yeah but generally I just find Japanese ghost stories to be particularly scary. I've never really thought too much about why. @@Alltagundso
@@mojojojo560 I think that Japan is often portrayed in a spooky way, maybe that's the reason. Movies often show Japanese with nearly unnatural powers or at least extreme skills, I think that could add to it.
Free cookies!
The plot twist to the first story: It was told from the view of the guy that helped her however, it was the “bad ex” that submitted the story Of everything that happened on his end when following them Filling in the gaps when he lost them. It’s all part of a ploy to get her to reply if she ever sees the story believing it’s the friend only to Decide meeting up only for her to be ambushed and never seen again!
Dom, dom, dommmmmm!
I miss this series
Nice channel 🎉
The last story is SICK 🤣🤣🤣
Dude the last one I was like okay I'm with this guy up until the end when it all clicked lmao
Story four, leave your husband and get away from that family. That’s messed up that they just wanted to sweep it under the rug.
Last one killed me, boyfriend IS the stalker.
The only thing scarier than Japanese paranormal horror is actual Japanese mentality toward abuse/rape/stalking. The stupidity and victim blaming has got me too pissed off to sleep.
Absolutely amazing as always but why don’t upload them to Apple Podcasts as well? You only post there once a week?
my gut even tells me when a store is out of something too bad it feels like laziness then so for things like that I still go. For other things it has saved my life.
I'm pretty sure people will still watch even if you don't put "True" in the title. Seeing as the last one is clearly a nosleep level creative writing project.
The second story is one of the creepiest I’ve ever heard. I really wonder what those guys were up to.
Fitting the only resolution I have is to go to Japan this summer, and hopefully stay at the Godzilla hotel
OH MY GOODNESS OH WOW!!!! YIKES
Yasss !!! My country!!!🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
Japan has Tons of Scary Stories that deserve recognition. Especially for Fans of famed Mangaka Junji Ito.
That last guy is actually the stalker 🤦🏾♂️
Bro was not the stalker for real 🔥🔥🔥
That last story sounded eerily similar to something that happened to one of my dorm mates in college.
just in time for my night house-cleaning session lol
So it's not just me! 😅
the last story was genius
27:09 girl needs rid of her inlaws
Seriously...that last story...that "boyfriend" is the stalker. If he is not then I am sure we will be hearing another stalker story this time featuring him as the stalker!! happy new year everyone!!
"True scary stories"
>Last story is literally a parody story from the stalkers PoV.
It’s so sad how Japan doesn’t help w SA situations and stalkers. They just sweep those type of things under the rug
The LAST story....wow! So we'll written.
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41:05 what in the anime antagonist, That has to be a fictitious story because there is no way. 😭😭💀
Listened 2:09am 1/1/24 🇬🇧
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The stalker in story 7 sounds like an anime Antagonist xD
The 2nd story is kinda funny in some way. I mean a random person peeking into your tent?😂😂😂 Like imagine the scenario.
59:13 interesting perspective