MOST HAUNTED PLACES - Aokigahara Suicide Forest, Japan

Aokigahara Suicide Forest, Japan

So dense is this forest that it is known as The Sea of Trees - and it is exactly that level of cover which makes it a place from which hundreds the bodies of hundreds of suicides are only eventually recovered each year. Its popularity as a suicide spot dates back many years, but even before this, it was used for ‘ubasute’ - A practice of leading an old family member to the woods to die in the elements, so as to lessen the burden on a family. The vengeful spirits of these elderly folk, and the tormented ones of the suiciders, are said to haunt the forest, luring others to similar fates.