Aokigahara: Suicide Forest

The Morbid Curiosity Podcast

Hallie Lloyd

Cryptid, Serialkiller, Science, Disease, Medicine, Scary, Skeleton, Historyofmedicine, Social Sciences, Ghost, History, Medical, Anthropology, Monsters, Archeology, Murder, Creepy, Skeptic, Paranormal, Prison

4.8 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

TW: Discussions of suicide

Aokigahara, a dense forest in Japan, is the setting for a surprising number of cases of suicide every year. Why Aokigahara? Some people think that it's due to the high rate of suicide in Japan in general, others believe the forest is host to miserable spirits that draw other unhappy people into its depths. In this episode, we discuss Aokigahara and the history of suicide in Japan.

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1:36.4	Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast. This episode contains discussions about suicide, senocide, colonialism, war, propaganda, and mental illness.
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2:31.1	left families and friends and pets behind them. Many of these families have no
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