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Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained. I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and together, we will be investigating stories about the weird, wonderful, unexplained, eerie, scary and down-right unbelievable. There will be tales of ghosts, murder, supernatural beings and unexplained mysteries. So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, relax and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma....

And on today’s Dark enigma we’re going to be diving into a legend that is one I grew up with and this was a very special listener request. We’re going to be investigating the legend of La Llorona. And, as always, we will be playing our drinking game but again, the drinking game is only for those of you that are at home and have nowhere else to go tonight. So you can go the easy route, since this is a decidedly Hispanic and southwest themed story you can drop some Tequila shots and I’ve found one drink named for our main character that you can find here. Ahh, now onto the game part… every time I say legend is a single shot and every time I say weeping, that’s a double shot. Alright that takes care of our business end and we can jump headfirst into today’s dark enigma… La Llorona, or the weeping woman of the southwest.

The legend of La Llorona , Spanish for the Weeping Woman, has been a part of Hispanic culture in the Southwest since the days of the conquistadores. The tall, thin spirit is said to be blessed with natural beauty and long flowing black hair. Wearing a white gown, she roams the rivers and creeks, wailing into the night and searching for children to drag, screaming to a watery grave.

No one really knows when the legend of La Llorona began or, from where it originated. Though the tales vary from source to source, the one common thread is that she is the spirit is of a doomed mother who drowned her children and now spends eternity searching for them in rivers and lakes.