Burned by a Paper Sun |S1| Ep. 18

Burned by a Paper Sun |S1| Ep. 18

From Burned by a Paper Sun by Maeltopia

March 9, 2026 · 25 min · Season 1 · Episode 18

About this episode

The episode explores the eerie events surrounding the abandoned town of New Hollow and the mysterious diary found by urban explorers.

The following was scrawled into a diary found in a house located in New Hollow - one of the towns permanently quarantined since the closure of the Great Darkness of 1999. Often simply known as "weird towns," these places are cordoned off from the public due to their "dangerous conditions." While few concrete details are ever offered, there are often rumors about what strangeness lurks in the abandoned cities. After being closed in 2001, New Hollow was the subject of many such rumors. Some stated that time worked differently in the city, while others claimed consciousness interacted with the town in some bizarre way. In 2007, a group of brave (or stupid) urban explorers trespassed the city's borders. Exploring various places, the adventurers found a strange diary in one of the many houses in the city. While the house seemed to be the same one described in the diary, the small book was found in a child's bedroom full of toys, old clothing, and a small library of children's books. Curiously, all the books were face out except one - "The Hag in the Hut" - which, when flipped over, revealed a haggard looking witch on its cover. Additionally, and…

Topics covered

  • urban exploration
  • quarantine towns
  • supernatural rumors
  • mystery
  • diary findings

Keywords

  • New Hollow
  • urban explorers
  • diary
  • quarantine
  • supernatural
  • mystery
  • Great Darkness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mistoric univers

Books & works: The Hag in the Hut

Places: New Hollow

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