Across the lakes and rivers of Zimbabwe there are legends of the Njuzu, mysterious water spirits said to dwell beneath the surface, capable of both blessing and destruction.

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https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-mermaids-problem-for-water-minister-138664059/1467126.html

https://mg.co.za/article/2020-02-06-chasing-mermaids-in-zimbabwe/

https://www.thepatriot.co.zw/culture/of-marine-spirits-manjuzu-and-mermaids/

https://www.heraldonline.co.zw/two-women-who-drowned-at-manjuzu-ceremony-identified/

https://cfuzim.org/celebrating-rain-and-the-flooding-of-save-river/

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/a42267720/wednesday-netflix-mermaid-african-folklore/

https://pamberineruzhinji1980.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/njuzu-zimbabwean-spirit-and/

https://shumbaliterarymagazine.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/are-the-njuzu-mermaids-real/

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High above the Bedfordshire countryside stands the crumbling shell of St Mary’s. A medieval church twisted by time, ritual, and whispers of evil. In 1963, villagers discovered the defiled remains of a woman exhumed from her grave, arranged in the nave for a black mass. What followed was a decades-long saga of satanic panic, grave desecration, phantom monks, and chilling apparitions.

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https://inpurespirit.com

https://burialsandbeyond.com

https://weirdinthewade.blog

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KRAMPUS & YULE

In central European folklore, Krampus is a Christmas devil who visits on the eve of St Nicholas Day, to punish naughty children. He's also known to drag an unfortunate few back to hell with him in a basket carried upon his back. Some children are merely whipped with birch tree branches known as switches whilst others serve as supper to St Nicholas' rather unconventional companion. The name Krampus may have evolved from the German word Krampen which means claw and this half goat, half human, demon monster is thought to have been part of the Pagan rituals performed around the Winter Solstice, with legend saying that Krampus is the son of Hel, the Norse god of the underworld. 

Yule is one of the oldest winter celebrations and with Norseman being hunters, who spent much of their time outdoors, they worshipped the Sun and saw it as a wheel that changed the seasons. The word for this wheel was Houl and it is from this word that Yule is thought to have derived from. At midwinter, the Norsemen would sacrifice cattle, gather around bonfires, drink sweet ale and tell stories as the long nights would again, begin to shorten.

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Minehead Hobbyhorse

The Devil's Footprints

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In today's episode we share 2 creepy Krampus stories.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/rngf9v/there_are_things_worse_than_the_krampus/

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In today's episode we share 3 spooky Elf on the Shelf stories.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/i3ctvi/elf_on_the_shelf/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/7hxsfw/the_elf_on_the_shelfpart_one/

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In the winter of 1855, villagers across nearly thirty Devon parishes awoke to find hundreds of miles of single-file cloven hoofprints crossing rooftops, rivers, walls, and locked yards.

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From Caracas to rural Alabama and the Pacific Northwest, witnesses describe Krampus-like, horned, hoofed creatures that shouldn’t exist outside Alpine folklore.

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This episode contains references to death, psychological distress, and human remains. Listener discretion is advised.

Isolated a mile off the Oregon coast, Terrible Tilly was never meant to survive. From its first fatal survey to a hundred years of wrecks, ruined minds, and sealed urns, Tillamook Rock Lighthouse has drawn more than storms. Some say its light never really went out — that something still watches from the empty lantern tower.

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U.S. Coast Guard historical archives, The Oregon Encyclopedia, Lighthouse Friends, Portland Monthly, Willamette Week, OregonLive, and multiple historical accounts, memoirs, and regional folklore collections. Full references available on request.

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This episode contains detailed references to violence, murder, and the deaths of both adults and children, as well as mentions of human and animal harm. While not graphic, the subject matter may be deeply distressing to some listeners. Discretion is advised.

Turnbull Canyon in Whittier, California, is one of the most feared stretches of land in the state. A place where history, homicide, and haunting legends intertwine. From cult rumours and ghostly apparitions to a plane crash and a woman’s miraculous survival, this canyon seems to hunger for tragedy.

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https://folklore.usc.edu/turnbull-canyon-3/

https://theleslielife.com/blog/2021/10/25/turnbull-canyon-haunts

https://medium.com/thebigroundtable/the-girl-who-wouldnt-die-7b1a76cbf4fd

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-16-me-dragged16-story.html

https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-curtiss-c-46f-1-cu-commando-near-whittier-29-killed

https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/2011/s075616/

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They ride the western winds in flocks. Not ghosts, not fairies, but something far older and far more feared. In Gaelic folklore, the Sluagh are the unforgiven dead: soul-snatchers, deathbed thieves, and sky-born wraiths cast from Heaven, Hell, and even the fairy realm.

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https://monstrousbiographies.wordpress.com

https://astonishinglegends.com

https://folklorethursday.com

https://emeraldisle.ie

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