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CW for mentions of child death and postpartum mental health issues PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSRCIBE OR WE'LL CRY OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE. It finally happened - we met in person! This is our 5th Halloween episode and the first episode we have EVER recorded in the same room. Strap in for a momentous occasion as we chat about meeting IRL after almost 20 years of online friendship, then do what we do best: chat folklore! This episode continues our Spooktober Urban Legend theme with another iconic lady - The Woman in White. From gothic tragedy to creepy hitchhiker, we track her all around the world before landing in Mexico for her most iconic form: La Llorona. Mexico's Weeping Woman has been terrorising children for generations, but we think there are deeper commentaries on women and motherhood at play. S 0 U R C E S: https://discover.hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/the-woman-in-white-a-legendThe White Lady of Great Britain and Ireland, Jane C. Beck,Folklore, Vol. 81, No. 4 (Winter, 1970, pp. 292-306 (15 pages)Women Hollering: Contemporary Chicana Reinscriptions of La Llorona Mythography, Barbara Simerka Confluencia, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Fall 2000), pp. 49-58 (10 pages)"La Llorona" and Related Themes, Bacil F. Kirtley, Western Folklore Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul., 1960), pp. 155-168 (14 pages)Published By: Western States Folklore Societyhttps://identidadyfuturo.cl/2025/10/19/la-llorona-leyenda-chilena/https://yokai.com/yukionna/srsltid=AfmBOorgC5Nyb_ZVXAsL6cYgQxXhtryZmHHySr2NgQDnU2J3c_cf51Tchttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/religion-and-philosophy/la-llorona-weeping-womanhttps://www.matjiesfontein.com/blog/post/a-matjiesfontein-ghost-story-the-lady-in-white/https://web.archive.org/web/20210610193450/https://aboutphilippines.org/doc-pdf-ppt-etc/White-Lady_Balete-Drive.pdf C R E A T O R S C O L L E C T I V E Featured CC Pod: Do You Dare? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's heeere! This is the concluding part of our Halloween Anthology, featuring a story by us - DEAD last! It was a great excuse to research into the spooky history of the Hellfire Club and for Niamh to lend her voice to the story. Please be sure to check out the other pods on the list and once again, thanks to the CC for having us! 👻👻👻👻👻 Welcome back, When we last left off, our hosts were in a perilous position, coming to you from an abandoned radio station with a Halloween broadcast that had gone awry. Forced to continue the show (and continue enduring some seriously unsettling tales recorded by their friends in the Collective), the entity on the phone has not only started to make those stories a reality, but It has now begun to learn who they are.. All hopes of escaping alive are starting to seem lost after Brandon fails to make a break for it...but will a ghostly host, back from the past, be the one to save this group and end this curse once and for all? Or will things only continue to get worse for our five podcasters from here? It’s time to keep the broadcast going, are you ready to tune back in? Credits: We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who was involved in the making of this episode. This episode was a collaborative effort of the Creators Collective. A special thanks to hosts, Missy, Emily, Valerie, Brandon, Amanda and Niamh and guest hosts Ale and Tom. Episode artwork by Amanda. Script by Missy. Editing by Niamh, Missy and Emily And a huge thank you to all our contributing podcasts, Do You Dare? Podcast Grimly Podcast Canadian Creepies Podcast Terrorific Podcast Down the Crooked Path Podcast Rowan and Pine Podcast Tea, Tales and Talks Podcast Skip or Scream Podcast Creepy Shit Podcast Something Strange Podcast Unknown, Unsolved, Unseen Podcast Death Kissed Traveller Podcast Moon Brews Podcast Macabre Mondays Podcast Not My Ghost, Not My Problem Podcast It Came From The Maritimes Podcast And Thick Thighs Creepy Vibes Podcast If you enjoyed this episode please consider checking out our fellow creators, following them on socials, subscribing, rating and reviewing. *Ad included at the beginning of this episode is for The Creators Collective and you can find them and all of the podcasts involved in the creation of this episode by following the link below: https://linktr.ee/CreatorsCollectivePodcasters And from all of us at the Collective, We wish you a very spooky, very happy Halloween! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Long before they were everyday fixtures, mirrors were viewed not as simple reflective glass, but as windows into the unseen. In medieval Europe, the practice of catoptromancy (divination using reflections) was closely tied to witchcraft and the belief that a mirror reveals the future rather than the present. Ancient traditions said that a mirror reflected a person's very soul: a distorted image signalled a corrupted spirit, while soulless entities like vampires cast no reflection at all... S O U R C E S https://www.museumoftheweird.com/2015/09/11/haunted-mirrors/https://yokai.com/ungaikyou/?srsltid=AfmBOoqwRQL-80SWOE8FeTJsJDLoRIqZ8Kvx2C8wuDCTEtY9Q-GdT1Fbhttps://www.theoi.com/Heros/Narkissos.htmlhttps://www.jahernandez.com/posts/mirrors-superstition-mythology-psychology-sanity C O N T A C T [email protected] https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine CREATORS COLLECTIVE Featured CC Podcast: Something Strange Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON, WITCHES! Niamh got to try out some voice acting for this very special horror anthology with our pals at Creators Collective as one of the Five Doomed Hosts trapped in an abandoned radio station. Our story contribution will show up in Part 2, but you need to get the lore before that. Be sure to check out the pods in the LinkTree below and don't say we never do anything nice for ya! 👻👻👻👻👻 Welcome, Tonight we come to you from an abandoned radio station for a very special Halloween two-part series to broadcast some of the scariest stories, urban legends and real events live on air. Five friends have broken in with the plan to create something spectacularly and unforgettably spooky but their night is about to take a twisted turn when something sinister that was lurking within the confines of the building begins to take the forms of the stories they tell… They are only given one rule - Don’t stop the broadcast if you want to get out alive. Will they finish their show? Will they figure out what’s causing all of this? Will they make it through the terrifying stories recorded by their friends in the Collective unscathed? There’s only one way to find out and that is to tune in with them… Credits: We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who was involved in the making of this episode. This episode was a collaborative effort of the Creators Collective. A special thanks to hosts, Missy, Emily, Valerie, Brandon, Amanda and Niamh. Episode artwork by Amanda. Script by Missy. Editing by Niamh, Missy and Emily And a huge thank you to all our contributing podcasts, Do You Dare? PodcastGrimly PodcastCanadian Creepies PodcastTerrorific PodcastDown the Crooked Path PodcastRowan and Pine PodcastTea, Tales and Talks PodcastSkip or Scream PodcastCreepy Shit PodcastSomething Strange PodcastUnknown, Unsolved, Unseen PodcastDeath Kissed Traveller PodcastMoon Brews PodcastMacabre Mondays PodcastNot My Ghost, Not My Problem PodcastIt Came From The Maritimes PodcastAnd Thick Thighs Creepy Vibes Podcast If you enjoyed this episode please consider checking out our fellow creators, following them on socials, subscribing, rating and reviewing. *Ad included at the beginning of this episode is for The Creators Collective and you can find them and all of the podcasts involved in the creation of this episode by following the link below: https://linktr.ee/CreatorsCollectivePodcasters Don’t forget to tune back in next week for part 2! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE OR we'll show up in unlikely places. Spooktober continues, Fiends! We are back for the second part of our Bloody Mary episode. Em of the Back Away Slowly Podcast has done an insane deep dive into urban legends and Mary herself, so it was only fitting that we summon her for this one. This second part gets into international variations of Mary, what the legend tells us, and our favourite portrayals in media. Don't forget to watch out for our Mirror Folklore Pine Cones later in the month! Check out Em on Socials. S O U R C E S: American children's folklore by Bronner, Simon JBloody Mary in the Mirror: A Ritual Reflection of Pre-Pubescent Anxiety Alan Dundes, Western Folklore Vol. 57, No. 2/3 (Spring - Summer, 1998)Cognitive Evolution and the Transmission of Popular Narratives: A Literature Review and Application to Urban Legends - Joe Stubbersfield, Emma Flynn, Jamshid Tehrani Psychology (PSY)https://mikesirota.com/myths-and-legends-haunted-bathrooms-around-the-world/Girls, Moral Panic and News Media Troublesome BodiesBy Sharon Mazzarella ·https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/sports-and-leisure/bloody-mary-folklore#full-articlehttps://www.thehumanexception.com/l/bloody-mary/https://erenow.org/common/american-myths-legends-tall-tales-3-volumes-encyclopedia-american-folklore/61.phphttps://fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-our-collection/highlights/context/sign-and-symbols/mirrorsGhosts in Mirrors: Reflections of the Self Elizabeth Tucker The Journal of American Folklore Vol. 118, No. 468, Emerging Legends in Contemporary Society (Spring, 2005), pp. 186-203 (18 pages)Linda Dégh, Legend and Belief. Dialectics of a Folklore Genre [2001]Orma. Journal of Ethnological and Historical-Religious StudiesIndiana University Press, 2001https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/04/through-glass-darkly-mirrors-myths-and.htmlhttps://www.twowaymirrors.com/mirror-superstitions/Godinez, Mac (2023-11-29). "Violent Reflections: Bloody Mary in 1990s Pop Culture". University of Massachusetts Undergraduate History Journal. 7 (1). doi:10.7275/zmph-jf77.https://www.jesterbear.com/Wicca/BloodyMary2.htmlhttps://funeral.com/es/blogs/podcasts/covering-mirrors-after-death-meaning-and-modern-mourning C R E A T O R S C O L L E C T I V E Featured pod: Macabre Mondays Five Fishermen Pods : Canadian Creepies (Down The Crooked Path) Ep 26 It Came From The Maritimes Ep 44 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE OR we'll do it in YOUR bathroom. Happy Spooktober, Fiends! This month, we are treating you to an Urban Legends Special and kicking off with the most iconic bathroom ghost of all: Bloody Mary. Em of the Back Away Slowly Podcast has done an insane deep dive into urban legends and Mary herself, so it was only fitting that we summon her for this one. It's going to be a two-parter, with Part 1 being a general intro to Em and Urban Legends, the Bloody Mary legend, and who she could originally have been. Don't forget to come back October 14th for Part 2! Check out Em on Socials. S O U R C E S: American children's folklore by Bronner, Simon JBloody Mary in the Mirror: A Ritual Reflection of Pre-Pubescent Anxiety Alan Dundes, Western Folklore Vol. 57, No. 2/3 (Spring - Summer, 1998)Cognitive Evolution and the Transmission of Popular Narratives: A Literature Review and Application to Urban Legends - Joe Stubbersfield, Emma Flynn, Jamshid Tehrani Psychology (PSY)https://mikesirota.com/myths-and-legends-haunted-bathrooms-around-the-world/Girls, Moral Panic and News Media Troublesome BodiesBy Sharon Mazzarella ·https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/sports-and-leisure/bloody-mary-folklore#full-articlehttps://www.thehumanexception.com/l/bloody-mary/https://erenow.org/common/american-myths-legends-tall-tales-3-volumes-encyclopedia-american-folklore/61.phphttps://fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-our-collection/highlights/context/sign-and-symbols/mirrorsGhosts in Mirrors: Reflections of the Self Elizabeth Tucker The Journal of American Folklore Vol. 118, No. 468, Emerging Legends in Contemporary Society (Spring, 2005), pp. 186-203 (18 pages) Linda Dégh, Legend and Belief. Dialectics of a Folklore Genre [2001]Orma. Journal of Ethnological and Historical-Religious StudiesIndiana University Press, 2001https://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2017/04/through-glass-darkly-mirrors-myths-and.htmlhttps://www.twowaymirrors.com/mirror-superstitions/Godinez, Mac (2023-11-29). "Violent Reflections: Bloody Mary in 1990s Pop Culture". University of Massachusetts Undergraduate History Journal. 7 (1). doi:10.7275/zmph-jf77. https://www.jesterbear.com/Wicca/BloodyMary2.htmlhttps://funeral.com/es/blogs/podcasts/covering-mirrors-after-death-meaning-and-modern-mourning C R E A T O R S C O L L E C T I V E Featured Podcast: Grimly C O N T A C T [email protected] https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grab a tea, come hang out, and let us know if YOU came across anything in your infinite scroll sessions. Niamh chats with author Katie Ortiz about her upcoming debut novel, The Southern Sorority of Superstitious Witches. We explore witchcraft in the South, women's liberation, and the inspiration behind Katie's writing. We also share our ultimate recommendation list of books, movies, TV, and games for those who crave a little magic in their lives during the spookiest of seasons! Preorder Katie's book & support the Malala fund! Katie's Weblinks Creators Collective Featured Ad: Unknown Unsolved Unseen STTL Theme: Midwestern Emo by Nick Payne https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 7 June 1692, a massive earthquake followed by a devastating tsunami killed two thousand people and submerged the city of Port Royal in Jamaica. Once dubbed the "wickedest city on earth," Port Royal was the infamous haven for the real-life pirates of the Caribbean, and its sudden sinking was widely deemed a swift act of divine retribution... S O U R C E S: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sunken-pirate-stronghold-at-port-royalhttps://www.icysedgwick.com/submerged-villages/https://eccunion.com/warrior-life/2023/06/19/top-5-haunted-places-close-to-ecc-from-downtown-l-a-to-the-south-bay-heres-where-you-are-most-likely-to-encounter-a-ghost/https://mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-bells-bells.htmlhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z8k33j6https://mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-bells-bells.htmlhttps://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2020/06/hy-brasil-the-supernatural-island/ C R E A T O R S C O L L E C T I V E Featured Pod: Spooky Sips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

During the Edo period, tales of mysterious yokai prophesying danger began to sweep across Japan. First came the Amabiko, a three-legged monkey-like spirit predicting hard times. Later, off the coast of Higo, stories spread of the Amabie, a strange, glittering creature with three legs, long flowing hair, a bird’s beak, and mermaid scales, surfacing to warn humanity of an impending epidemic. Over the centuries, the names and shapes shifted, but the core legend remained: a visitor from the deep foretelling doom. While most of these creatures faded into myth, one legend never truly died... S O U R C E S https://yokai.com/ryuuguunotsukai/?srsltid=AfmBOopDp0eMbhF4OvdhPqDzqlhr6G32D67Zh-oPBF-XUv4TqrcOGIqqhttps://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AB%9C%E5%AE%AE%E4%BC%9D%E8%AA%AC-1607081https://note.com/maruyomi4049/n/n5cea87a31c84?hl=enhttps://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/us/rare-oarfish-california-beach CREATORS COLLECTIVE C O N T A C T [email protected] https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine CREATORS COLLECTIVE Featured CC podcast: Canadian Creepies C O N T A C T [email protected] https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CW mentions of Sexual Assault, Addiction, Suicide, Childbirth Grab a tea, come hang out, and let us know if YOU came across anything in your infinite scroll sessions. In this outtake from the Sea(tember) floor, we chat about the ethics of meat and taxidermy, how Emily has been since baby no.3 came into the world, plus our spooky season watchlist. CREATORS COLLECTIVE Check out the CC featured pod: Down the Crooked Path STTL Theme: Midwestern Emo by Nick Payne https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE or we'll take the wind out of your sails. Seatember is back! And so is Emily! This time we set sail to Japan where we take a quick port stop in Japanese maritime folklore with sea dragons, whale cults and giant ocean monks (don't ask) before getting into the strange yet downright chilling folklore of the Funayūrei. These ships full of drowned sailors want one thing: to add to their crew by any means necessary (including using ladles to sink your ship). Tangents include live autopsies, some gushing about Widow's Bay, and why you shouldn't drive a Tesla through a cemetery. WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN S O U R C E S: https://yokai.com/funayuurei/?srsltid=AfmBOopjItIBCXyrQJKAaVoWhLn85MU2gOsIEPzLyr5HQ5ZuavFMQVmlhttps://www.curiousordinary.com/2022/01/funayurei.htmlHennessy, K., Mitchell, A., Murrell, V., Plowman, F. and Pyke, V. (eds.) (2020) A History Of Ghosts, Spirits And The Supernatural. DK Publishing.https://japanesewithyumiko.com/obon-festival-dead-spirits-ancestorshttps://historyofjapan.co.uk/wiki/funa-yurei/ https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/05/10/bakekujira-and-japans-whale-cults/https://hyakumonogatari.com/2010/10/28/funa-yurei/https://yokai.com/ryuuguunotsukai/?srsltid=AfmBOopDp0eMbhF4OvdhPqDzqlhr6G32D67Zh-oPBF-XUv4TqrcOGIqqhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/long-fish-predicts-earthquake-legendhttps://metropolisjapan.com/water-spirits-japanese-folklore/ CREATORS COLLECTIVE Featured CC podcast: Thick Thighs & Creepy Vibes C O N T A C T [email protected] https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A tiny plaque, carved from mammoth ivory was dated to around 30,000 BCE. On its surface, a human figure stands in a pose that some researchers believe represents the constellation Orion. Deep within caves from that same era, paintings depict other familiar celestial forms, like Taurus, occupying the ancient sky then just as they do now. While it is nearly impossible to trace the exact moment our ancestors first looked up and traced these glowing patterns of light, astrology grew directly out of their deep desire to understand the universe and read the will of the gods. Across the globe, early human cultures interpreted the sky through their own unique lenses - tying starry shapes to local flora and fauna, weaving them into existing folk legends, or building brand new myths around the shapes they saw. S O U R C E S: https://www.aglaiaco.com/en-eu/blogs/magazin-1/the-12-zodiac-signs-and-their-elements-complete-astrology-guidesrsltid=AfmBOordw2RvGcZNFOJIZodN81rS4rORT5iA4gex27pg4Q4-gNCBbUF7The Planetary Joys and the Origins of the Significations of the Houses and Triplicities By Chris Brennan https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/history-of-horoscopesHistory of the Zodiac B. L. van der Waerden Archiv für Orientforschung, 16. Bd. (1952-1953), pp. 216-230 (15 pages) https://www.thenightsky.com/blog/astrology-and-the-elements?tnscc=IEhttps://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/star-myths.html CREATORS COLLECTIVE Featured CC podcast: Tea Tales & Talks C O N T A C T [email protected] https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE or 🫵 WIIIIITCH This is the second of our Feminist History of Astrology with Niamh's bestie Megan. We recap the ancient astrology covered in Part 1 before getting into where it all went south, starting with the moral panic of the Witchcraft laws in Elizabethan England which led to the infamous Witch Trials, the discreditation of Astrology into a fringe pseudoscience practiced by the lower echelons of society, and right through to how it became reputedly the pasttime of bored houswives and gullible women and LGBTQIA+ people. We then navigate the sience behind both why people connect to astrology and the misconceptions held by the scientists who seek to discredit it. WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN S O U R C E S: “New Age to Post Modern Age: the cultural location of metaphysical belief” - Fiona Smyth, Dublin City University, 2001https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/forget-economics-try-astrology-instead-fmf8dqxnrgxhttps://www.russh.com/feminism-and-astrology/https://blackthornandstone.com/2020/06/25/clockwork-sky-astrology-in-early-modern-victorian-england/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/astrology-gen-z-star-signs-moon-b2683469.htmlAge of AquariusThe English Witchcraft Act of 1563 Revisited* Alexandra Gajda ,George Southcombehttps://publicdomainreview.org/essay/divining-the-witch-of-york-propaganda-and-prophecy/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nancy-reagan-astrology-20160306-story.htmlhttps://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/law-witch/england MENTIONED: Penn Badgley vs Matt Rife CHECK OUT THE CREATORS COLLECTIVE Featured ad: Death Kissed Traveler C O N T A C T [email protected] https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi! We have recently had a few changes behind the scenes at R&P, mainly that we have switched podcast networks. Our new network, the Creators Collective, can be found here - (and in the podcast bio). Please check out the hige selection of amazing spooky podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.