The forest has a historical reputation as a home to yūrei: ghosts of the dead in Japanese mythology. Aokigahara has become associated with suicide, eventually becoming known in English by the nickname "Suicide Forest"
Hoia Baciu, just outside Cluj-Napoca, Romania’s second city in the depths of Transylvania. It has been called the creepiest forest in the world.
The name "Red Forest" comes from the ginger-brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of ionizing radiation as a consequence of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on 26 April 1986.
The Dark Hedges is an avenue of large mature beech trees, which were planted by James Stuart to frame an avenue to his home. These trees are 200 years old and forms a tunnel.