Freaky Folklore

By Eeriecast Network

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, th... more

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The podcast currently has 232 episodes available.

Freaky Folklore episodes:

June 30, 2025 WEREHYENA – Deadly Laughter in the African Night
Across the moonlit savannas and highland forests of Africa, where shadows dance between acacia trees and ancient stone outcropping, a sound pierces the darkness that chills even the bravest hunter's blood: the maniacal laughter that signals the approach of something far more terrifying than any natural predator—creatures that walk as men by day but hunt as demons when darkness falls, their jaws crushing bone and sinew while their human eyes gleam with inhuman hunger.
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38min
June 27, 2025 THE CLOWN DOLL - WHEN WATCHERS BECOME THE WATCHED
A teenage babysitter's evening of routine childcare transforms into psychological terror when she realizes that the life-sized clown decoration watching her from the corner isn't a decoration at all---and it's been studying her every move.
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CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA
Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ
Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/
Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/
Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/
Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast
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24min
June 23, 2025 THE BOILED ONE – The Cognito-Hazardous Entity That Hijacked Reality
In the summer of 2003, a hijacked children's television broadcast introduced 530 viewers to PHEN-228—a cognito-hazardous entity whose very appearance creates permanent, unforgettable memories that eventually lead to psychological paralysis.
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CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA
Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ
Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/
Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/
Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/
Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast
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43min
June 20, 2025 SHAPESHIFTERS IN FOLKLORE: BEYOND WEREWOLVES
In this bonus episode of Freaky Folklore, host Carman Carrion ventures beyond the familiar werewolf to explore the diverse world of shapeshifting entities—from the seductive Selkies of Celtic seas and vengeful Werehyenas of Africa to the trickster Kitsune of Japan and terrifying Wendigo of the North American wilderness—revealing how transformation myths reflect our deepest fears about identity, control, and what it truly means to be human.

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CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA
Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ
Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/
Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/
Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/
Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast
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24min
June 16, 2025 LILITH - The First Woman's Revenge
Throughout the shadow-haunted nights of human history, one
figure has embodied our deepest fears about feminine power, maternal bonds, and the price of defying divine authority. She appears in nurseries when the moon is dark, singing lullabies in languages older than civilization, offering desperate mothers choices that will haunt them forever—because Lilith, the first woman, the first wife, the first to say "no," has never forgiven humanity for the Paradise she was denied, and she collects her debt one child at a time.
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Music and sound effects used in the Freaky Folklore Podcast have or may have been provided/created by:
CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA
Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ
Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/
Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/
Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/
Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast
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40min
June 14, 2025 BEHIND GLASS AND BEYOND REASON
In this bonus episode of Freaky Folklore, host Carman Carrion explores the most dangerous artifacts hidden in plain sight within museum collections
worldwide—from the deadly Busby Stoop Chair and the malevolent Dybbuk Box to the notorious Unlucky Mummy and the cursed Black Orlov Diamond—revealing how some objects refuse to be merely passive witnesses to history.

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Music and sound effects used in the Freaky Folklore Podcast have or may have been provided/created by:
CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA
Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ
Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/
Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/
Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/
Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast
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18min
June 09, 2025 PISHTACO – The Fat-Stealing Phantoms of the Andes
Throughout the mist-shrouded mountains of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, pale strangers posing as doctors, researchers, or helpful travelers stalk remote Andean trails with curved surgical blades, harvesting human fat with terrifying precision.

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Music and sound effects used in the Freaky Folklore Podcast have or may have been provided/created by:
CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA
Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ
Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/
Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/
Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/
Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast
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41min
June 06, 2025 PRICOLICI - THE FINAL HUNT
The conclusion of Ana and Mircea's terrifying encounter with the vengeful
wolf-spirit that had haunted his family for thirty years—where breaking cycles of violence requires facing the truth about the past and choosing mercy over endless revenge.
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Music and sound effects used in the Freaky Folklore Podcast have or may have been provided/created by:
CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA
Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ
Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/
Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/
Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/
Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast
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28min
June 02, 2025 PRICOLICI - The Vengeful Wolf-Men of Romanian Folklore
The Pricolici are vengeful wolf-spirits from Romanian folklore—the undead souls of evil men who return from death as supernatural predators, retaining their human intelligence and memories to systematically hunt down those who wronged them in life.
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Music and sound effects used in the Freaky Folklore Podcast have or may have been provided/created by:
CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA
Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ
Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/
Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/
Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/
Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast
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46min
May 30, 2025 THE LICKED HAND - COMFORT TURNED NIGHTMARE
A teenage girl home alone relies on her dog's comforting licks throughout a terrifying stormy night, only to discover in the morning that her beloved pet has been dead all along—and something else entirely has been hiding under her bed.
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Music and sound effects used in the Freaky Folklore Podcast have or may have been provided/created by:
CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA
Myuu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiSKnkKCKAQVxMUWpZQobuQ
Jinglepunks: https://jinglepunks.com/
Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/
Kevin MacLeod: http://incompetech.com/
Dark Music: https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast
Soundstripe: https://

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