Content Warning: Talks of mutilation, rape, and overall human depravity.

In March of 2014 a group of motorcycle drivers went in search of a missing coworker, what they found shocked the Nigerian city of Ibadan . Bodies were found in a building in the Soka Forest and everything they found in the building and surrounding forest has left a lasting impression on the community that has never been solved.

Sources Used in this episode:

https://punchng.com/reign-of-ritual-killers-police-caught-napping-as-ibadan-communitys-hope-stands-on-hunters-opc/

https://saharareporters.com/2020/08/16/how-ibadan-suspected-serial-killer-murdered-another-woman-shortly-after-escape-police

https://podtail.com/en/podcast/twisted-travel-and-true-crime/forest-of-horror-the-soka-forest-ritual-killings/

https://guardian.ng/news/suspected-ibadan-serial-killer-killed-another-woman-after-escape/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibadan_forest_of_horror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5T7cnfo5kE

https://dailytrust.com/ritual-killings-murder-sleep-in-oyo-village/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26721112

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13293075/amp/How-group-taxi-drivers-went-search-missing-friend-discovered-house-horror-kidnapped-victims-sacrificed-body-parts-sold-black-magic-rituals.html

https://youtu.be/MgrS63Z8IaA?si=0iY748hwEGQ7wFNG

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