We've all heard the question.

If a tree falls in a forest and there's no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?

But what about if someone dies in the forest and you're not around to witness it?

Does that mean you won't hear the screams?

Today's episode might just answer that second question.

We're counting down the scariest forests in the world.

Beautiful landscapes with killer histories and some ghostly inhabitants.

As we head into the woods with each of these stories, maybe we can determine.

Was it a tree falling we heard?

Or something far more sinister?

Hey all you weirdos, welcome to Crime Countdown, a Spotify original from Podcast.

I'm Ash.

I'm Elena.

Every week we'll highlight ten fascinating stories of history's most engaging and unsettling

crimes all picked by the podcast research gods.

This episode we're counting down the top ten scariest forests.

Okay I love a dark spooky forest, love it, love the aesthetic, I mean there's nothing

man-made that can compare to one.

I think we can all agree.

No definitely not.

But I definitely don't want a camp in one, like I do but I don't.

I don't know.

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