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 Juni 20min
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 Maj 34min
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 Maj 34min
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 Maj 39min
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
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
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
