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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MATINTA PEREIRA – The Shape-Shifting Witch of the Amazon

MATINTA PEREIRA – The Shape-Shifting Witch of the Amazon

When an experienced midwife makes a desperate bargain with the shape-shifting witch Matinta Pereira during her daughter's difficult childbirth, she discovers that some promises extract prices far wors...

29 Sep 202541min

ONRYO - The Ancient Curse That Still Haunts Modern Japan

ONRYO - The Ancient Curse That Still Haunts Modern Japan

Journey into Japan's terrifying world of Onryō – vengeful spirits so powerful they toppled emperors and reshaped civilizations, born from injustices so profound that death itself couldn't contain thei...

22 Sep 202545min

THE SLUAGH - When Death Takes Flight

THE SLUAGH - When Death Takes Flight

In the windswept highlands of Scotland, where ancient stones mark forgotten graves and the mist carries whispers of the dead, something dark rides the winter gales---something that transforms the very...

15 Sep 202536min

THE WYOMING INCIDENT - When Television Becomes Terror

THE WYOMING INCIDENT - When Television Becomes Terror

In the late 1980s, hackers interrupted a Wyoming television broadcast with a video of disembodied human heads performing disturbing poses while high-pitched sounds caused viewers to experience everyth...

8 Sep 202534min

THE ENFIELD HORROR - When Nightmares Walk on Three Legs

THE ENFIELD HORROR - When Nightmares Walk on Three Legs

In the sleepy town of Enfield, Illinois, something stalks the shadows—something that defies every natural law and haunts every dark corner of the human imagination. Discover more TERRIFYING podcast...

1 Sep 202535min

THE HEADLESS NUN – Canada’s Most Persistent Ghost

THE HEADLESS NUN – Canada’s Most Persistent Ghost

Sister Marie Inconnue was a French nun who protected Acadian refugees' treasure during the 1755 expulsion, was brutally murdered and beheaded by sailors seeking the gold, and now her headless ghost et...

25 Aug 202538min

MUL GWISHIN – Korea’s Water Wraiths

MUL GWISHIN – Korea’s Water Wraiths

The Mul Gwishin are Korean water spirits—the faceless, drowned dead who call to the living from dark waters, mimicking the voices of lost loved ones to lure victims into joining their eternal drowning...

18 Aug 202534min

WILL-O’-THE-WISPS – DEADLY Beacons of the Night

WILL-O’-THE-WISPS – DEADLY Beacons of the Night

The Will-o'-the-wisp is a malevolent spirit that manifests as floating lights in marshes and swamps, luring lost travelers deeper into treacherous terrain by mimicking familiar sources of illumination...

11 Aug 202538min

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