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Freaky Folklore

Freaky Folklore

Eeriecast Network 290 episodes Latest Jun 1, 2026

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?

Episodes

SMILE DOG – The Cursed Image and the Folklore Behind It Jun 8, 2026 1703 A photograph you were never supposed to see is spreading across the internet — and everyone who looks claims to see something different, something wrong, something that follows them home.   #SmileDog #Creepypasta #ModernFolklore #CursedImage #InternetHorror #FreakyFolklore   EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Cryp
Whispers from the Ouachitas - Granny Witches, Yarb Doctors & the Old Mountain Ways Jun 1, 2026 1220 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 shorter episode, there are no dramatized retellings. No fictional reenactments. Just a folklore field report from the deep hollers of the Ouachita Mountains, told the way it might've been told on a po
Nure-onna - The Snake Woman Who Steals Children May 25, 2026 2053 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 beaches, rivers, and tide pools, using an enchanted baby bundle to trap victims or stealing real infants from their mothers. Discover the chilling legend of a predator that weaponizes maternal instinct, th
Incubus - The Medieval Sex Demon Still Haunting Bedrooms May 18, 2026 1634 The male demon that visits women in their dreams, stealing more than just sleep. Handsome, seductive, and deadly—the Incubus is the dark counterpart to the Succubus, and his victims wake up exhausted, violated, and sometimes pregnant with something that shouldn't exist.   #Incubus #Succubus #DemonLover #Cambion #Merlin #MedievalDemonology #SexDemon #FreakyFolklore #DarkFolklore #ChristianDemonol
Mongolian Death Worm - The Acid-Spitting Worm That Hunts Beneath the Gobi Deser May 11, 2026 2081 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 corrosive acid that melts flesh in seconds and discharging electricity through the sand. No eyes. No legs. Just a thick, blood-red worm that surfaces when the ground gets hot and leaves nothing but bl
Père Malfait – The Moss-Covered Demon That Crushes You in Its Arms May 4, 2026 2399 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 dark, don't wander too far from home, and never, ever ignore the call to come inside. Because if you do, Père Malfait might find you. And when this moss-covered demon wraps its arms around you in a c
Aufhocker – The Leaping Demon That Crushes Your Back Apr 27, 2026 1855 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 stayed there, growing heavier with every step you took. This wasn't a creature you could fight or shake off. Once it mounted you, your only hope was to reach sanctuary before the crushing weight broke yo
Vetala – The Corpse-Possessing Spirits of Hindu Folklore Apr 20, 2026 2096 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 #BuddhistF
The Serbian Dancing Lady – Internet Horror Made Flesh Apr 13, 2026 2099 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 wi
Baykok – The Flying Skeleton Warrior of Ojibwe Folklore Apr 6, 2026 2158 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 sk
Monsters of the Jungle - 6 Deadly Creatures Mar 30, 2026 13081 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 Ph
Redcap – The Blood-Soaked Goblin of the Borderlands Mar 23, 2026 2700 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 trav

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