Episode 145: Creepy Tales of Sirens, Selkies, and Mermaids From Around the Globe

Let's Get Haunted

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 173 minutes

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SKIP TO 00:18:21 TO GET TO THE STORY Welcome to Episode 145 of Let’s Get Haunted, “Creepy Tales of Sirens, Selkies, and Mermaids From Around the Globe". On this week's episode, we explore the colorful myths and folklore surrounding these three spooky humanoid sea creatures and even look into some real life sightings from the past and present. Who are these creatures? What are their motives? How do they hypnotize their prey? On today’s episode we will seek to answer some of these questions as we explore the lore surrounding three related but distinct ocean-dwelling entities: sirens, selkies, and merfolk. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - INTRO 00:18:21 - PART I: MERMAIDS AT A GLANCE 00:31:00 - PART II: SELKIES 00:58:29 - PART III: MERMAIDS 01:19:20 - PART IV: SIRENS 01:33:00 - PART V: MODERN REAL LIFE SIGHTINGS 02:30:00- PART VI: THEORIES THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!!! Visit https://www.venterrafarmscbd.com and enter "HAUNTED15" at checkout for 15% off your order + free shipping on all CBD products. Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/letsgethaunted VIDEOS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE: [1] Celtic Songs - Great Silkie of Sule Skerry by Port Celtic Songs, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LabjOVVv9oI [2] JOE ROGAN MERMAID, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltwDjHN2TLw [3] LAKE BAIKAL SWIMMERS VIDEO, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVq7gBH70WE —— Other Important Stuff: LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: [email protected] —— BACKGROUND MUSIC [1] “Underwater ambience & deep ocean video, no copyright ocean music” by SQRC Music Therapy, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S93TcBQKqzA [2] Enchanted Forest Vol.3 Memories From The Past 🧚‍♀️✨by Vault of Ambience, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOkuud-rafQ [3] “Aftermath” by Kevin MacLeod found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJApqlWZTHo [4] “Abyss” by Myuu, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XmKYYm1Elw [5] Enchanted Forest Vol.3 Memories From The Past 🧚‍♀️✨by Vault of Ambience, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOkuud-rafQ

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0:00.0	Hey Haunties, it's Ali here. Do you ever listen to our show and find yourself completely overwhelmed
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1:15.7	Thank you for supporting California farmers and farm workers and now back to your regularly
1:21.2	scheduled haunting.
1:34.8	Welcome back to Let's Get haunted with your host, Nat Strong and Ali.
1:44.0	Before we get into today's episode, I just need to insert a quick disclaimer here for anyone
1:49.7	listening who might be new to the show. Each month, Nat and I switch off telling each other spooky
1:54.9	stories from around the world. This week, it's my turn and even though you the listener can see
2:00.4	what the topic of today's show is by reading the title, Nat Cannot. She is going into this story
2:06.3	completely blind because it's just more fun to listen to a story that you don't already know
2:11.2	the ending to. But before we get into today's story, Nat and I have some catching up to do.
2:16.0	So if you don't want to listen to us chat with each other, shout out our donors, do some house
2:20.8	keeping or think our sponsors. And instead, you'd like to skip straight to the story in today's
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