Freaky Folklore

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2021/01/22
Latest episode
2026/04/20
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73 min.
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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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Vetala – The Corpse-Possessing Spirits of Hindu Folklore
2026/04/20
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 undead stumbling through graveyards—they were intelligent spirits that possessed corpses, animating dead flesh with terrible purpose.   #Vetala #HinduFolklore #FreakyFolklore #IndianMythology #BuddhistFolklore #SanskritLegends #CremationGrounds #UndeadSpirits #IndianGhosts #CorpsePossession #Folklore #VetalaLegend #BaitalPachisi #HinduMyths #AncientIndia #SpiritPossession #Cremation #SanskritStories #IndianLegends #FolklorePodcast #HorrorFolklore #DarkFolklore #SupernaturalIndia #TantricLore #HinduDemons #CreepyLegends   🎧 EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ 💀 SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon (Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ 🔗 CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ ⭐ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ 🌑 DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ 🛒 THE CRYPT SHOP: https://the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/ ________________________________________ 🎼 MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Serbian Dancing Lady – Internet Horror Made Flesh
2026/04/13
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 movements were wrong. Joints bending at angles that made your stomach turn, limbs jerking like a marionette with cut strings, bare feet slapping pavement with mechanical violence. The videos spread like wildfire, spawning thousands of recreations, alleged sightings, and one of the internet's most disturbing urban legends: the Serbian Dancing Lady. Unlike most creepypasta that admits its fictional origins, this legend lives in an uncomfortable space between digital folklore and street-level terror. People in Belgrade claim to have seen her. Videos purport to show real encounters. And buried in the comment sections, you'll find warnings written in Serbian that translate to the same message: if you see her dancing, run.   freakyfolklore.com carman-carrion.com   #SerbianDancingLady #UrbanLegends #FreakyFolklore #TikTokHorror #Creepypasta #DigitalFolklore #BelgradeHorror #InternetLegends #Folklore #ModernMyths #SerbianFolklore   EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com Destination Terror: ⁠https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror⁠   SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: ⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion⁠   CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/⁠   SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184⁠   Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales!   DISCOVER MORE HORROR: ⁠http://eeriecast.com/⁠   ⁠https://www.carman-carrion.com/⁠   Crypt Shop: ⁠https://the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/⁠   MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Baykok – The Flying Skeleton Warrior of Ojibwe Folklore
2026/04/06
Long before European contact transformed the Great Lakes region, the Ojibwe people told stories about something that hunted from the skies—a skeletal warrior with glowing red eyes that flew on invisible wings, firing arrows no living person could see. The Baykok wasn't a cautionary metaphor or a teaching story for children. It was a predator. A hunter of hunters who targeted the strongest, most skilled warriors and left them dead without a mark. In Ojibwe tradition, the Baykok represents one of the most terrifying possibilities: thatdeath itself can take physical form, stalk you through the forest, and strikeyou down before you even know you're being hunted. This is a creature born froma warrior culture that understood violence intimately, and its legend remindsus that sometimes the most dangerous enemy is the one you never see coming.   freakyfolklore.com   carman-carrion.com   #Baykok #OjibweFolklore #FreakyFolklore #NativeAmericanLegends #FlyingSkeleton #IndigenousFolklore #GreatLakes #SkeletonWarrior #NativeMythology #AnishinaabeCulture #Folklore   EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror   SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion   Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion   CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/   SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184   Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales!   DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/   https://www.carman-carrion.com/   Crypt Shop: https://the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/   MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Monsters of the Jungle - 6 Deadly Creatures
2026/03/30
As winter finally loosens its grip and warmer days call us toward beaches, jungles, and humid nights under foreign stars, I find myself drawn to the monsters that thrive in heat and darkness—the creatures that hunt where the air is thick, where the jungle closes in, and where something ancient waits beneath the canopy. Today we're diving deep into the tropical terrors of Southeast Asia and the Philippines—a collection of six creatures that prove the warmth doesn't keep the monsters away. From the Aswang's detachable torso to the Pontianak's vengeful hunt, from the Tiyanak's false cries to the Manananggal's midnight flight, these are the predators that make you think twice before wandering into the jungle after dark. EPISODES INCLUDED: Pontianak – The Vengeful Spirit of Childbirth Aswang – The Boogeyman of the Philippines Kuntilanak – Beware the White Lady Manananggal – Body Splitting Viscera Sucker Tikbalang – The Trickster Demon Tiyanak – The Abandoned Child's Return freakyfolklore.com carman-carrion.com #TropicalMonsters #SoutheastAsianFolklore #FreakyFolklore #Pontianak #Aswang #Manananggal #PhilippineFolklore #Kuntilanak #Tikbalang #Tiyanak #JungleHorror #FolkloreCompilation #VampiricSpirits #TropicalTerrors #AsianFolklore #Folklore #MonsterCompilation EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales! DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Redcap – The Blood-Soaked Goblin of the Borderlands
2026/03/23
For centuries along the Anglo-Scottish border, crumbling castles and forgotten towers whispered warnings about something far worse than human violence. Redcap doesn't haunt these ruins because they're atmospheric—he lives there because they're perfect hunting grounds, soaked in the blood of centuries of warfare. This malevolent goblin of English and Scottish folklore isn't content to frighten travelers. He murders them, brutally and without hesitation, for one horrifying purpose: to keep his iron-shod boots moving and his distinctive red cap freshly dyed in human blood. In a landscape already stained by border conflicts and ancient brutality, Redcap represents the darkest possibility—that some creatures don't just feed on violence, they require it to survive.   freakyfolklore.com   carman-carrion.com   #Redcap #ScottishFolklore #EnglishFolklore #FreakyFolklore #BorderFolklore #GoblinLore #DarkFairies #CelticMyths #ScottishMyths #Folklore #BloodMagic #RuinedCastles   EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com   Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror   SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion   Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion   CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/   SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184   Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales!   DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/   https://www.carman-carrion.com/   Crypt Shop: https://the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/   MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Aka Manto – The Red-Cloaked Spirit That Haunts the Last Stall
2026/03/16
Born from 1930s Japanese schoolyard whispers and now embedded in global horror culture, Aka Manto represents modern urban legend at its most psychologically visceral. This isn't ancient folklore passed down through centuries—it's a contemporary yokai that emerged from the anxieties of modern life, transforming the mundane vulnerability of a bathroom stall into a trap with no escape. When you answer the wrong question, there's no bargaining, no mercy, only the terrible realization that you've sealed your own fate. Aka Manto reminds us that new monsters are born every generation, shaped by our evolving fears—and sometimes, the most terrifying horrors aren't buried in forgotten forests, but waiting in the places we visit every single day.   freakyfolklore.com   carman-carrion.com   #AkaManto #JapaneseFolklore #FreakyFolklore #UrbanLegends #Yokai #BathroomHorror #ModernMyths #JapaneseUrbanLegends #SchoolHorror #RedCloak #ToshiDensetsu #JapaneseGhosts   EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com   Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror    SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion   Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion   CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/   SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW:   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY   iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184   Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales!   DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/   https://www.carman-carrion.com/   Crypt Shop: https: //the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/   MUSIC CREDITS:   Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Rawhead Rex – The Ancient Pagan God That Hungers Beneath the Fields
2026/03/09
Born from Clive Barker's 1984 horror fiction but rooted in genuine British pagan tradition, Rawhead Rex represents modern folklore at its most visceral. This isn't an ancient legend—it's a contemporary monster that tapped into real fears about buried gods, standing stones, and pre-Christian powers lurking beneath Britain's soil. When a farmer breaks the seal imprisoning this nine-foot creature of muscle and teeth, it brings with it an appetite that hasn't been satisfied in over a thousand years—and a reminder that new folklore emerges when fiction resonates deeply enough with our ancient terrors.   freakyfolklore.com   #RawheadRex #BritishFolklore #FreakyFolklore #PaganGods #RuralHorror #ForgottenDeities #AncientEvil #CliveBarker #EnglishLegends #FieldGods #PreChristianMyths #BritishHorror   EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com  Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror    SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion  Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion   CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/   SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales!   DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/   Crypt Shop: https: //the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/   MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Special Message: The Kill Kit Architect
2026/03/03
A special cross-promotional message from Carman introducing Freaky Folklore and Destination Terror listeners to Deadly Intent through the chilling case of Israel Keyes a serial killer who engineered randomness, buried kill kits across the country years in advance, and remained undetected until a single debit card transaction unraveled his carefully constructed design. Discover why understanding intent matters when facing someone who turned murder into a long-term project. New episodes of Deadly Intent every Tuesday. #DeadlyIntent #IsraelKeyes #TrueCrime #SerialKiller #CriminalPsychology #CrossPromotion #FreakyFolklore #DestinationTerror #TrueCrimePodcast #CriminalIntent #PodcastPromo #Psychology #Investigation #UnsolvedMysteries #FBI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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GASHADOKURO – The Starving Skeletons That Hunt in the Japanese Night
2026/03/02
Gashadokuro - Born from the bones of those who died from starvation and left unburied, the Gashadokuro are massive skeletal yokai that tower fifteen to ninety feet tall, hunting humans in the dead of night with an insatiable hunger that can never be satisfied. Their approach is heralded by the sound of rattling bones—gachi gachi gachi—and their victims are crushed, devoured, and sometimes absorbed into the creature's ever-growing skeletal form.   freakyfolklore.com   #Gashadokuro #JapaneseFolklore #Yokai #FreakyFolklore #JapaneseHorror #StarvingSkeletons #BodyHorror CONTENT WARNING This episode of Freaky Folklore contains disturbing content that may not be suitable for all listeners, including: Extreme body horror and gore Graphic descriptions of cannibalism and consumption Descriptions of mass starvation and death Visceral violence and dismemberment Descriptions of mass graves and historical atrocities Listener discretion is strongly advised. This episode is not recommended for children or sensitive listeners. EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:  Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore  Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com   Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com  Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror    SUPPORT THE SHOW:  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion   Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion   CONNECT WITH CARMAN:  Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion  Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/   SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW:  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY  iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales!   DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/   Crypt Shop: https: //the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/   MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nachzehrer – The German Grave Chewer That Devours Its Family from Beyond Death
2026/02/23
Beneath the frozen soil of northern Germany, something is chewing. The Nachzehrer doesn’t rise from the grave—it feeds from inside its coffin, devouring its own burial shroud and flesh, pulling its living relatives into death one by one through the invisible bonds of blood and family. EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:  Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore  Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com   Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com  Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror    SUPPORT THE SHOW:  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion   Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion   CONNECT WITH CARMAN:  Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion  Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/   SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW:  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY  iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales!   DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/   Crypt Shop: https: //the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/   MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe. freakyfolklore.com #Nachzehrer #GermanFolklore #FreakyFolklore #GraveChewer #GermanicMyths #UndeadLegends #VampireFolklore #DarkFolklore #HorrorHistory #MedievalHorror #PlagueMyths #EuropeanFolklore             Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Pontianak - Malaysia’s Deadliest Female Ghost (Terrifying Folklore Explained)
2026/02/16
In the humid jungles of Southeast Asia, where frangipani flowers perfume the night air and the cries of infants echo through kampong villages, she waits—a woman of impossible beauty in flowing white, eternally searching for the baby she lost, ready to drag any soul unlucky enough to cross her path into an endless nightmare of maternal vengeance. freakyfolklore.com #Pontianak #MalaysianFolklore #FreakyFolklore #AsianHorror #GhostStories #SoutheastAsianLegends 🎙️ **EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:** 🔮 Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore 💀 Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com  🔍 Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com 🏚️ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror 📱 **CONNECT WITH CARMAN:** 🌐 Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion 🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/   🔔 **SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW:** 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY 🍎 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales!   🌐 **DISCOVER MORE HORROR:** http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/    **MUSIC CREDITS:** Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe.               Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Appalachian Folklore Legends | A Freaky Folklore Compilation
2026/02/09
This episode is a compilation of previously released Freaky Folklore episodes. Appalachian folklore was never meant to entertain. It was meant to warn. This Appalachian folklore compilation collects over 5½ hours of previously released Freaky Folklore episodes exploring the darkest legends, creatures, and rural night terrors of the Appalachian Mountains. These stories were passed down through generations to explain what happens when people ignore the rules of the woods, follow voices they shouldn’t, or wander too far from home. Inside this Appalachian folklore collection: • Appalachian legends and mountain folk horror • Creatures and night-walking figures of rural America • Deep woods warnings rooted in survival folklore • Stories shaped by isolation, fear, and tradition If you’re searching for Appalachian folklore, Appalachian legends, or true American folk horror, this compilation brings them together in one uninterrupted experience. 🎧 Best for long drives, late nights, and listeners who know some stories are told for a reason. #AppalachianFolklore #AppalachianLegends #FolkloreCompilation #FolkHorror #AmericanFolklore #ScaryStories #RuralHorror #MountainLegends #CryptidFolklore #DeepWoods #HorrorCompilation #FolklorePodcast   🎙️ **EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:** 🔮 Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore 💀 Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com  🔍 Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com 🏚️ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror   ☕ **SUPPORT THE SHOW:** 🖤 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion  ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion   📱 **CONNECT WITH CARMAN:** 🌐 Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion 🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/   🔔 **SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW:** 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY 🍎 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales!   🌐 **DISCOVER MORE HORROR:** http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/   Crypt Shop: https: //the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/   **MUSIC CREDITS:** Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe.               Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Baobhan Sith – The Vampire Fairy of the Scottish Highlands
2026/02/02
A deadly fairy dances beneath the Highland moon, luring men to their doom as we uncover the chilling folklore of the Baobhan Sith, Scotland’s vampiric woman of the wild. freakyfolklore.com   #BaobhanSith #ScottishFolklore #FreakyFolklore #VampireFairy #CelticMyth #HighlandLegends #DarkFolklore #FairyLore #SupernaturalStories #MythAndLegend 🎙️ **EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:** 🔮 Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore 💀 Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): ttps://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com  🔍 Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com 🏚️ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror   ☕ **SUPPORT THE SHOW:** 🖤 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion  ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion   📱 **CONNECT WITH CARMAN:** 🌐 Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion 🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/   🔔 **SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW:** 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY 🍎 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales!   🌐 **DISCOVER MORE HORROR:** http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/   Crypt Shop: https: //the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/   **MUSIC CREDITS:** Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe.       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The White Lady Ghost: Europe's Most Terrifying Death Omen
2026/01/26
For over seven centuries, pale figures in flowing white have appeared in European castles and manor houses as omens of impending death. The White Lady is folklore's most persistent and terrifying harbinger.   freakyfolklore.com   #FreakyFolklore #WhiteLady #WeisseFrau #DeathOmens #EuropeanFolklore #GermanGhosts #CastleHaunting #DeathHarbinger #Hohenzollern #WinterWatchers 🎙️ **EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:** 🔮 Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore 💀 Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ 🔍 Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ 🏚️ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror   ☕ **SUPPORT THE SHOW:** 🖤 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion  ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion   📱 **CONNECT WITH CARMAN:** 🌐 Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion 🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/   🔔 **SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW:** 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY 🍎 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales!   🌐 **DISCOVER MORE HORROR:** http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/   **MUSIC CREDITS:** Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and 1Soundstripe.       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Winter Storm Special: Stallo, Kushtaka & Strzyga - Northern Predators from Frozen Folklore
2026/01/26
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4.7 out of 5
927 reviews
Dogman10 2026/04/13
Just discovered this podcast
I just discovered this podcast as I started reading the book Creepy Campfire Stories. I’m always up for the Supernatural and the book has been great...
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Lala nala 🏄🏼‍♀️🤸🏼‍♀️💃🏼 2026/03/25
Hello
Hello I am twelve years old and I do t usually like creepy stuff like at all it scares me but my teacher asked about folk lore the other day and I was...
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Crazedcajun 2026/02/05
Louisiana folklore
The Tataille, Feux Follets, The Devil's Toy Box
haunt3d cosm0naut 2026/01/24
Great
One critique may you could be a little less repetitive? You tend to repeat short phrases a bit. Otherwise an incredible creepy podcast!
Horror fon 2026/01/04
Thank you
It gives me something to think about and tell people about
Rbspencer 2025/11/28
Beautifully Creeeepy
I absolutely love everything about this podcast. From your voice, the stories, and the lore being explained in full.
Anonymous 6👈👉7 2025/11/24
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I love this podcast, it’s very entertaining and I learn so much from it, I like how you but so much work into researching folklore. Five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐...
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Salteeham 2025/11/04
Guys, super spooky story gang definitely not an ad
So one time, there was this cave, and there was a music guy, a very big guy, a MINOR, and a guy that had a prosthetic. After getting lost in the cave,...
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Cleo1717🩷Podlover 2025/10/14
I like the podcast
Good podcast 🙂do one about the hide behind criptid please 🙏 '~'
Gamer8568 2025/09/02
Ok
Good but the narrators voice is very weird
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