🧛‍♀️ Kaylene is telling tales around the fire, and this time, she's exploring the folklore from the horror hit Sinners (2025) from director, writer, and producer Ryan Coogler. Grab your popcorn. You're gonna wanna hear all of this!

Sources

Choctaw | Sinners Wiki

Choctaw Tales: Stories from the Firekeepers on JSTOR

Mojo, Music, and Magic in Ryan Coogler's "Sinners"https://youtu.be/R4CvyNjSFmQ?si=-Bzy942eqx8qTLcs

The Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation (Teaching with Historic Places). 

https://www.ulc.org/ulc-blog/voodoo-vs-hoodoo-whats-the-difference#:~:text=Voodoo%20(also%20spelled%20Vodou%20or,is%20known%20as%20Haitian%20Vodou. 

https://wildhunt.org/2025/06/mojo-music-and-magic-in-ryan-cooglers-sinners.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojo_(African-American_culture)#:~:text=The%20ideology%20of%20the%20ancestors,trust%20in%20the%20magic%20itself. 

Marie Laveau | Biography & Facts | Britannica 

The Real Life of the New Orleans Voodoo Queen | Marie Laveau

Marie Laveau: The New Orleans Voodoo Queen (Occult History Explained)

https://choctawnationculture.com/media/27420/2009.12%20Spiritual%20beliefs%20and%20rituals.pdf

https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/history/the-casket-girls-of-new-orleans/ 

"The Casket Girls" | New Orleans' REAL Vampire Origin Story

The History of the Casket Girls of New Orleans