The Woods I knew

Dorftrottel
  • 4.3 (12)
  • Drama
  • Weekly Series

The Woods I Knew is an immersive podcast about the strange pull of wild places, and the people who answer it. Each season takes a different path into the wilderness, using storytelling, memory, documentary, historical voices, and atmospheric sound to explore what draws us beyond the familiar. Season One is a serialized audio drama reconstructing a childhood haunted by the unexplained in the remote Appalachian woods. Season Two turns outward, pairing intimate first-person accounts with artfully reconstructed voices from the past: wanderers, keepers, mystics, and others who found something in the wilderness they could not quite leave behind. Somewhere between oral history, meditation, and the uncanny, The Woods I Knew asks what happens when a landscape stops feeling like scenery and starts to feel like a presence.

Season 1

  1. Episode 1

    Episode 1: The Creek

    In the series premiere, the narrator recalls a childhood in the Appalachian woods, where a family crisis leads to a solitary walk in the woods and an encounter that felt ordinary at the time, except for one detail that has only grown more unsettling with age.

    Episode 1: The Creek

  2. Episode 2

    Episode 2: The Lantern

    In Episode 2, the narrator returns to the woods as a heavy fog settles in, where familiar paths begin to lose their shape and direction. Drawn toward a distant lantern, he finds himself at a place where something does not stay where it should.

    Episode 2: The Lantern

  3. Episode 3

    Episode 3: The MIrror

    In Episode 3, after a quiet erasure at school, the narrator returns to the woods where a still pool of water begins to withhold his reflection. As the absence deepens into something watching from the other side, he is drawn into a place where the boundary between self and world no longer holds.

    Episode 3: The MIrror

  4. Episode 4

    Episode 4: The Mask

    In Episode 4, the narrator returns to the woods and finds a hollow tree that offers a quiet refuge apart from the world. Drawn inward by something that speaks from the dark, he finds himself at a place where the line between what is offered and what is taken begins to blur.

    Episode 4: The Mask

  5. Episode 5

    Episode 5: The Call

    In Episode 5, the narrator returns to the woods seeking quiet, where the wind begins to carry something just beyond understanding. As his attention lingers, he finds himself at a place where listening itself begins to change what is heard.

    Episode 5: The Call

  6. Episode 6

    Episode 6: The Ground Note

    In Episode 6, the final chapter, a fever breaks the boundary between body and memory, pulling the narrator into a last, profound crossing. What waits beyond is not answers, but something older, deeper, and impossible to leave behind.

    Episode 6: The Ground Note
  • 6 Episodes

4.3
out of 5
12 Ratings

About

The Woods I Knew is an immersive podcast about the strange pull of wild places, and the people who answer it. Each season takes a different path into the wilderness, using storytelling, memory, documentary, historical voices, and atmospheric sound to explore what draws us beyond the familiar. Season One is a serialized audio drama reconstructing a childhood haunted by the unexplained in the remote Appalachian woods. Season Two turns outward, pairing intimate first-person accounts with artfully reconstructed voices from the past: wanderers, keepers, mystics, and others who found something in the wilderness they could not quite leave behind. Somewhere between oral history, meditation, and the uncanny, The Woods I Knew asks what happens when a landscape stops feeling like scenery and starts to feel like a presence.

Information

  • Creator
    Dorftrottel
  • Episodes
    6
  • Seasons
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026
  • Show Website
    The Woods I knew