Mythical Monsters

Loviatar is a goddess and reigning queen of the icy, dark Finnish north. But she's also a mother to nine disease-carrying children. And she has no qualms about sending them away from the nest to wreak...

6 Dec 202139min

Poreskoro is a Romani demon with command over the worst diseases known to man: cholera, smallpox, and the plague. It has four dog heads, four cat heads, the body of a bird, and a snake for a tail. It'...

29 Nov 202138min

Jwara is the lord of all diseases. Part Ayurvedic medical concept and part Hindu god, he’s a shapeshifting figure that causes a mysterious fever that has no cure.  Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

15 Nov 202145min

Sopona is one of the most powerful gods of the Yoruba religion. He's the god of the earth, in charge of blessing the crops and grains. But if you anger him, he'll clap back in a fearsome way, infectin...

8 Nov 202143min

Deep in the forests of Germany and Britain lies a creature seemingly made of darkness. It will render you immobile in sleep, then crush your lungs so you can't breathe. This is the Mara, and she's the...

1 Nov 202140min

A beautiful woman transforms at nightfall, sprouting bat wings and severing the lower half of her body. Dragging her entrails, she goes in search of the one thing that will sate her appetite: fetuses....

25 Okt 202135min

A fearsome bat god of the K’iche’ Mayans, the Camazotz is at home in both the underworld and the apocalypse. And it specializes in slicing heads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

18 Okt 202135min

In the Caribbean, a blood-sucking fireball has an insatiable hunger, a terrible grudge, and a secret that will divide a family… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Okt 202144min