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Freaky Folklore

Freaky Folklore

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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?Eeriecast Network - 2021 Social Sciences True Crime World
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  • Vetala – The Corpse-Possessing Spirits of Hindu Folklore

    Vetala – The Corpse-Possessing Spirits of Hindu Folklore
    Apr 20 2026
    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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    35 mins
  • The Serbian Dancing Lady – Internet Horror Made Flesh

    The Serbian Dancing Lady – Internet Horror Made Flesh
    Apr 13 2026
    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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    35 mins
  • Baykok – The Flying Skeleton Warrior of Ojibwe Folklore

    Baykok – The Flying Skeleton Warrior of Ojibwe Folklore
    Apr 6 2026
    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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    36 mins
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