Excerpt from Ultimate Threads: The Ultra-Terrifying Talisman House
On January 15, 2011, a thread titled Paranormal Hot Spots: Live Updates from Spooky Locations in the Kinki Region appeared on an online forum.
The thread’s original poster (Sergeant Kansai) claimed to live in the Kansai area and left his destination up to the replies.
In the end, he wound up going to the Talisman House in …
The following is a summary of that thread.
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Paranormal Hot Spots: Live Updates from Spooky Locations in the Kinki Region
1: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 01:32:24
ID: H7cKvHk1c
I’m bored and wanna check out haunted spots in Kinki. Where’s good?
I’m a guy in Kansai, and I have wheels.
Anyone wanna come with?
2: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 01:37:01
ID: fJf96cCp4
I’d love to, but I’m in Tokyo…
3: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 01:40:10
ID: gBbp5D2vd
Go to Inunaki Pass.
4: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 01:42:21
ID: c2rY89bq8
You’ve gotta check out the abandoned hotel on Mt. Maya.
7: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 01:42:58
ID: 4yjy8jlc
They say the area around my house is haunted.
9: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 01:50:09
ID: H7cKvHk1c
The replies will decide.
>>15
10: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 01:51:02
ID: Pxrbnij3U
My hometown has a paranormal hot spot.
12: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 01:52:34
ID: nHp7s7K3u
The year’s barely started and you already have too much free time.
15: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 01:54:52
ID: Aylg8wLma
Talisman House in .
18: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 01:55:02
ID: fJf96cCp4
>>15
Where is it?
22: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 02:01:39
ID: gBbp5D2vd
>>18
Is this it?
*Broken link*
24: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 02:04:28
ID: nHp7s7K3u
I’ve seen it online before.
The inside is covered in talismans.
25: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 02:06:31
ID: vp6q6E2nc
My friend is from nearby.
It’s just an abandoned house where some crazy lady used to live.
26: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 02:10:25
ID: gBbp5D2vd
So are you going, Sergeant Kansai?
34: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 02:33:16
ID: H7cKvHk1c
Sorry for the silence. I popped over to the convenience store.
Guess I’m going to Talisman House.
It’s about a two-hour drive from here.
Anyone coming with?
I can pick you up if you’re in Kansai.
35: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 02:35:24
ID: 4yjyf8jlc
I’m going!
jk
36: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 02:36:45
ID: H7cKvHk1c
>>35
How quickly you betray me lol.
39: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 02:40:01
ID: nHp7s7K3u
It’s cold out there. Bundle up.
51: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 05:48:39
ID: fJf96cCp4
Will you give up if no one goes with? It’s already morning.
I was looking forward to this.
60: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 07:33:19
ID: gBbp5D2vd
You dead, Sergeant?
71: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 09:12:58
ID: H7cKvHk1c
Sorry, I fell asleep.
Doesn’t look like anyone is coming, so I’ll just go by myself.
I’ll upload photos.
Heading out now.
72: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 09:29:13
ID: fJf96cCp4
Good luck, Sergeant!
73: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 09:40:39
ID: gBbp5D2vd
Going ghost hunting in the morning? Gotta admit, that sounds pretty cool.
75: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 09:51:27
ID: H7cKvHk1c
I don’t really go to abandoned buildings much. What do I need?
76: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 09:54:33
ID: nHp7s7K3u
Gloves, flashlight, and guts.
78: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 09:55:43
ID: H7cKvHk1c
>>76
OK.
I don’t have a flashlight at home, so I’ll get one.
I’ll be driving, so I’ll check in later.
79: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 09:56:59
ID: gBbp5D2vd
We’ll hold down the fort while you’re gone.
80: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 10:11:01
ID: 4dukJE2cm
Drive safe.
120: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:38:19
ID: H7cKvHk1c
I’m here.
121: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:45:20
ID: nHp7s7K3u
That was quick.
122: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:47:49
ID: fJf96cCp4
Glad you got there okay.
123: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:48:01
ID: gBbp5D2vd
Photos, please!
126: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:52:05
ID: H7cKvHk1c
Here’s the outside.
Can you see it?
*Broken link*
127: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:52:59
ID: gBbp5D2vd
Wow, it just looks like a regular house.
128: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:53:04
ID: niH225uJb
Spooky…
129: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:53:44
ID: k8S24pg6z
I thought it was farther out in the country.
130: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:54:09
ID: fJf96cCp4
The grass is totally overgrown.
133: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:54:29
ID: 46bqFp2m9
How do you get inside?
135: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:55:24
ID: H7cKvHk1c
The front door is all boarded up. I’ll look around for some way in.
139: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:56:12
ID: TurUk&v3
Reported you for trespassing (^ Д ^)
140: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:56:58
ID: gBbp5D2vd
>>139
Stop it.
You’re killing the excitement.
142: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:58:03
ID: H7cKvHk1c
Some old lady is looking at me.
She must think I’m suspicious.
143: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 12:58:40
ID: Pxrbnij3U
Busted already lol.
162: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:10:23
ID: 7oZdFjgsv
Don’t leave us hanging, Sergeant!
165: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:12:01
ID: fJf96cCp4
Hello?
168: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:13:08
ID: H7cKvHk1c
I was talking to the lady.
Here’s a summary. It’ll take a minute because I’m on my phone.
169: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:13:45
ID: gBbp5D2vd
OK! No rush. We’re all waiting for your report.
193: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:32:58
ID: H7cKvHk1c
The old lady was eyeing me while I walked around the house, so I asked her about it.
Me: I’m studying this region for a college course. Is this house abandoned?
Lady: Yep.
Me: For how long?
Lady: Around ten years now, I’d say.
Me: Can you tell me anything about it?
Lady: Okay, but don’t go sneaking in there. Lots of young’uns come out here to scare themselves and whatnot. Haven’t seen many recently, though.
Me: I’ll leave if you tell me the story.
Lady: Everyone ’round here knows it. A mother and her son used to live here. I don’t think she was married. Friendly sort, the mother. She’d wave and say hello to you on the street. But then her kid passed. It was so sad. Apparently, he killed himself. At the time, they said it was ’cause of bullying. Reporters were crawling all over the front yard. They were yapping about it in all the magazines and on TV, but a lot of what they said was nothing but rumors. The mother started acting strange after that. Well, she was a bit of an odd duck even before the thing with her son. First she started talking nonsense. Then she killed herself, right here in this house. It’s such a pity. She really loved her son. Must’ve torn her apart.
194: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:34:28
ID: Pxrbnij3U
You have good people skills for someone who lives online, Sergeant.
195: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:34:33
ID: q55ePRm52
What a development.
196: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:35:16
ID: 3trifSqnv
As expected of the media.
197: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:36:09
ID: gBbp5D2vd
Don’t tell me you’re just gonna leave.
205: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:39:47
ID: H7cKvHk1c
>>197
I’m not going anywhere.
The old lady is gone, so I’m checking the garden for a way in.
206: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:40:29
ID: fJf96cCp4
That’s our Sergeant!
207: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:41:18
ID: gBbp5D2vd
If a bunch of idiots are going there for scares, there’s gotta be some way inside.
208: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:42:09
ID: Aylg8wLma
Window.
209: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:43:01
ID: 3trifSqnv
Break down the door.
215: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:46:18
ID: H7cKvHk1c
Got in through a broken window.
It’s really dusty.
The place is a mess.
216: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:47:04
ID: gBbp5D2vd
Pictures, please.
217: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:47:09
ID: 5tBqe2fQ6
Dying for pictures.
218: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:48:12
ID: fJf96cCp4
So excited.
222: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:51:25
ID: H7cKvHk1c
This seems like the living room.
It’s dark, and I can hardly see anything.
*Broken link*
223: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:52:28
ID: icgCxssO8
There’s still lots of stuff there.
224: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:52:58
ID: fJf96cCp4
Shouldn’t it have talismans?
225: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:53:17
ID: gBbp5D2vd
Where are the talismans?
226: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:53:56
ID: nHp7s7K3u
It’s more vandalized than it is messy.
227: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:54:19
ID: fJf96cCp4
It’s kind of intense knowing someone killed themselves there.
228: Sergeant Kansai: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:55:04
ID: H7cKvHk1c
I don’t see any talismans anywhere.
But there are loads of books and CDs like this.
*Broken link*
229: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:55:12
ID: 5tBqe2fQ6
Wow…
231: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:55:43
ID: e9wcVsbu
She was pretty out there, huh.
234: Anonymous: 01/15/2011 (Sat) 13:56:01
ID: gBbp5D2vd
A total nutjob.