Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: RedHanded
Episode: DAY 1: Japan’s Suicide Forest (ShortHand’s 13 Days of Halloween)
Description: In the last 13 days before Halloween, a different ShortHand will rise from the archives for 24 hours only – before disappearing back into the vault. Get exclusive access to every ShortHand episode ad free only on Amazon Music Unlimited.--Few places live up to their reputation like Aokigahara, known in the West as Japan’s ‘Suicide Forest’. Dense woodland, purported magnetic interference and tales of ghostly Yurei make navigating the forest difficult – but finding a secluded place to contemplate your existence is all too easy. Every year, dozens of people travel to Aokigahara to take their...