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Freaky Folklore

Freaky Folklore

By: Eeriecast Network
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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
Episodes
  • El-Naddaha - The Woman Who Calls You to the Water of the Nile

    El-Naddaha - The Woman Who Calls You to the Water of the Nile
    Jun 15 2026
    Along the canals and riverbanks of rural Egypt, the old fishermen follow one rule: if a voice calls your name from the water after sunset, you do not answer. They call her El-Naddaha — The Caller. A beautiful woman in white, standing among the reeds, who whispers the name only your mother used, the name nobody else should know. And once she learns it, she never stops calling. This week on Freaky Folklore, we travel into the Nile Delta to explore one of Egypt's most unsettling legends — a spirit who doesn't chase, doesn't stalk, and doesn't break down doors. She simply waits, and lets you walk willingly toward your own destruction. Then we descend into a story set in 1968, where a fisherman named Hassan pulls a drowned girl from the river and discovers that some things should stay buried beneath the water — and that grief itself can be a doorway. What makes El-Naddaha so terrifying isn't the fear of drowning. It's the fear of being called by something that knows exactly who you are, knows your grief, and knows precisely which wound to press. Some things chase you. Some things hunt you. But the truly dangerous ones? They simply call your name… and wait for you to come to them. 🎧 New episodes every week. Subscribe wherever you're listening, and check out Destination Terror and Deadly Intent for more. 🌐 carman-carrion.com #FreakyFolklore #ElNaddaha #EgyptianFolklore #NileLegends #Folklore #FolkloreHorror #Mythology #ScaryStories #HorrorPodcast #Creepypasta #Paranormal #GhostStories #SpookyPodcast #Cryptids #DarkFolklore #Egypt #NileRiver #WaterSpirits #UrbanLegends #Sirens #HauntingStories #PodcastRecommendations #HorrorCommunity #TrueHorror #FolkHorror 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: 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 Soundstripe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    35 mins
  • SMILE DOG – The Cursed Image and the Folklore Behind It

    SMILE DOG – The Cursed Image and the Folklore Behind It
    Jun 8 2026
    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 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. CONTENT WARNING This episode of Freaky Folklore contains disturbing content including descriptions of psychological horror, sleep disturbances, obsession, self-harm, and death. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Whispers from the Ouachitas - Granny Witches, Yarb Doctors & the Old Mountain Ways

    Whispers from the Ouachitas - Granny Witches, Yarb Doctors & the Old Mountain Ways
    Jun 1 2026
    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 porch a hundred years ago. Pull up a chair and listen in as Carman shares what she learned about the old mountain ways—the folk magic, healing traditions, and dark whispers that have lived in these ancient hills for generations: 🌿 The Granny Witches who could "blow fire" out of a burn with a whispered verse 🌱 The Yarb Doctors who knew which roots healed and which roots killed 🦉 Death omens, haints, and the signs the mountains use to warn the living 🌙 Planting by the moon, persimmon seeds, and the woolly worm's winter forecast 👁️ The Wampus Cat, the Snawfus, the Hidebehind, and the ghost lights that still float through the trees 🏚️ Why old porches were painted "haint blue"—and what it was meant to keep out This is the folk practice the academics call Ozark and Appalachian folk magic. The locals just called it the way things were done. Most of it is fading now. But some of it… some of it is still very much alive. So pour yourself something warm, settle in, and let the mountains whisper. Produced for Eeriecast Network #FreakyFolklore #OzarkFolklore #AppalachianFolklore #GrannyWitches #FolkMagic #ArkansasFolklore #OuachitaMountains #MountainFolklore #FolkloreP odcast #AmericanFolklore 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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    20 mins
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