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S5 E13: The Hoia-Baciu Forest - Portals, Poltergiests, & The Dead Zone


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In this week’s episode, Woody and Tyler head deep into the heart of Transylvania to explore one of the strangest, most unnerving places on Earth: Hoia-Baciu Forest—a dense, twisted woodland often called the Bermuda Triangle of Romania.

Locals say it’s cursed.
Visitors report ghost sightings, lost time, and physical attacks.
And somewhere in the center? A perfectly circular dead zone where nothing grows... and everything feels wrong.

From disfigured faces in the trees, to UFO sightings, to a little girl who vanished—and reappeared five years later wearing the same clothes—this episode is packed with some of the most chilling high-strangeness we’ve ever covered.

Whether you think it’s haunted, a portal to another realm, or just a glitch in reality, one thing is clear:
Something is very, very wrong with this forest.

In this episode we cover:

  • The legend of the missing shepherd and 200 sheep

  • Poltergeist activity and disembodied voices

  • The mysterious dead zone in the forest’s heart

  • Documented UFO sightings (including footage and photos)

  • Infrasound, magnetic anomalies, and electromagnetic chaos

  • Theories: portals, aliens, Atlantis—and everything in between

Be warned: the forest watches back.


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Recorded At: Midnight Radio Studios

Sound Wizardry: Woody Brown (Sound Design, Editing, & Music) & Tyler Bence (Mixing, Mastering, & Art Design)

Outro Jam: "Ghost Story" by The Modern Society


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