Aokigahara Forest Redux

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

At the base of Mount Fuji in Japan lies a forest that is 14 square miles in size and is referred to by some as the Sea of Trees. The forest's official name is Aokigahara Forest and has a reputation for being very quiet. That should make this area very peaceful, but it is actually pretty notorious. The forest has a reputation as a place people go to die by their own hand. Most people call this wooded area "The Suicide Forest." There are rumors that demons run the place. And the tales of hauntings are numerous.

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Music used in this episode:

Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

The following music was used for this media project:

Japan Koto Folk Background Music by Music_Unlimited from Pixabay
Among the Cherry Blossom by Paul Winter from Pixabay

Transcript

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0:00.0	And the History tells the story of the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:27.0	Broadcasting from the center of Oddity and the Supernatural in Central Florida,
0:39.0	it's the History Goes Bump Podcast.
0:43.0	PUCAST.
0:45.0	Hello you Spoo people,
0:50.0	Welcome to History Goes Bump Reducks.
0:52.0	I am your host Diane and this is Kelly.
0:54.1	Kelly on this Redux we're going back to a Japanese location
0:58.1	Aoki Gahara Forest. This is at the base of Mount Fuji which we just got done talking about with our Mystic Mountains episode
1:04.9	We sure did are you ready to go back. I'm ready The At the base of Mount Fuji in Japan lies a forest that is 14 square miles in size and is referred to by some as a sea of trees.
1:38.0	The forest's official name is Aiokigahara Forest and has a reputation for being very quiet.
1:45.2	That should make this area very peaceful, but it is actually pretty notorious.
1:50.3	The forest has a reputation as a place people go to die by their own hand.
1:54.3	Most people call this wooded area the suicide forest.
1:57.9	There are rumors that demons run the place, and the tales of hauntings are numerous.
2:03.0	Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan and is a dormant volcano with a
2:16.3	legendary reputation as we shared in our Mystic Mountains episode number 500.
2:20.6	Japanese have believed for centuries that this is the place where their deceased ancestors gather.
2:26.0	Perhaps because a Shinto deity makes this his home.
2:29.0	The volcano has not erupted since the 1700s, but through its previous eruptions it formed a bed of volcanic
2:35.2	rock that the Aoki Kahara forest sprang from. This makes the floor of the forest so hard that
2:41.2	it is difficult to use a shovel or pick to dig.
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