Freaky Folklore
Host Carman Carrion explores myriad myths both modern and ancient to discover what mankind fears - and why we fear it. From monsters old and new as well as unexplained and unsolved cases, this podcast is sure to terrify. Where does our folklore come from, and why is it so freaky?

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Episoder(290)

Whispers from the Ouachitas - Granny Witches, Yarb Doctors & the Old Mountain Ways

Whispers from the Ouachitas - Granny Witches, Yarb Doctors & the Old Mountain Ways

A little something different this week. Carman Carrion just got back from four days in a cabin on the Ouachita River near Hot Springs, Arkansas—and she didn't come home empty-handed. In this special ...

1 Jun 20min

Nure-onna - The Snake Woman Who Steals Children

Nure-onna - The Snake Woman Who Steals Children

Deep in Japanese coastal folklore lurks the Nure-onna, a terrifying yokai that appears as a beautiful woman in a white kimono—until she reveals her serpentine lower body. This "wet woman" haunts beach...

25 Mai 34min

Incubus - The Medieval Sex Demon Still Haunting Bedrooms

Incubus - The Medieval Sex Demon Still Haunting Bedrooms

The male demon that visits women in their dreams, stealing more than just sleep. Handsome, seductive, and deadly—the Incubus is the dark counterpart to the Succubus, and his victims wake up exhausted,...

18 Mai 27min

Mongolian Death Worm - The Acid-Spitting Worm That Hunts Beneath the Gobi Deser

Mongolian Death Worm - The Acid-Spitting Worm That Hunts Beneath the Gobi Deser

The Gobi Desert holds a secret that has terrified Mongolian herders for centuries: the Olgoi-Khorkhoi, or Mongolian Death Worm. This two-to-five-foot creature allegedly kills from a distance—spitting ...

11 Mai 34min

Père Malfait – The Moss-Covered Demon That Crushes You in Its Arms

Père Malfait – The Moss-Covered Demon That Crushes You in Its Arms

Deep in the Louisiana bayou, where Spanish moss hangs like funeral shrouds and cypress trees rise from black water, Cajun parents have been warning their children for generations: don't stay out after...

4 Mai 39min

Aufhocker – The Leaping Demon That Crushes Your Back

Aufhocker – The Leaping Demon That Crushes Your Back

In the dark forests and lonely roads of Germany, travelers learned to fear something worse than bandits or wild animals. The Aufhocker didn't rob you or tear you apart—it jumped onto your back and sta...

27 Apr 30min

Vetala – The Corpse-Possessing Spirits of Hindu Folklore

Vetala – The Corpse-Possessing Spirits of Hindu Folklore

In the cremation grounds outside ancient Indian cities, where funeral pyres burned and the boundary between life and death grew thin, something waited in the darkness. The Vetala weren't mindless unde...

20 Apr 34min

The Serbian Dancing Lady – Internet Horror Made Flesh

The Serbian Dancing Lady – Internet Horror Made Flesh

In the summer of 2019, videos started appearing on TikTok that made viewers sleep with the lights on. A woman in a white dress, dancing alone on empty streets. Nothing that unusual—except her movement...

13 Apr 34min

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