Folklore's Most Wicked Witches

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

True Crime, Fiction, Drama, History

4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Have you heard about Baba Yaga who lives in the forrest in Russia and eats children down to the bone? What about the witch in Mexico who is responsible for men's disappearances to this very day. Today, we're diving into three scary tales of Witches Subscribe on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of our Rogue Detecting Society. Patrons have access to bonus content as well as other perks. And members of our High Council on Patreon have access to our after-show called Footnotes, where I share my case file with our producer, Matt. Apple subscriptions are now live! Get access to bonus episodes and more when you subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Follow on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It was a sunny spring morning in the rural county of Lancashire, England.
0:05.2	Six-year-old Mary Fenwick was at the edge of her family's farm, playing with a hoop and stick toy that she borrowed from her brother Jack, without his permission.
0:14.3	As she crested a hill, the hoop sped up, rolling out of reach.
0:19.0	Mary chased after it, falling further and further behind,
0:22.3	until it teetered and fell, landing with an unexpected splash.
0:28.3	Mary skidded to a stop.
0:30.3	A short distance away, the hoop floated amidst a sea of green.
0:35.2	What looked like a grassy field was actually a small length
0:40.1	blanked in pond weed. Mary's parents had warned her about ponds like this. The countryside
0:46.4	was full of them, and if you weren't paying attention, you could walk right in. But as she eyed
0:53.0	the pond, it was her brother Jack's voice that echoed in her mind.
0:57.8	You know why mom and dad won't let us play near the water, don't you?
1:01.7	It's because she's in there.
1:04.3	The witch.
1:05.6	She grabs kids who wander too close, drags them to her lair and eats them.
1:13.1	That's why they call her wicked Jenny.
1:20.8	The name alone sent shivers down Mary's spine. But, she thought, Jack just told her stories like that to scare her, and she was older now, and braver. She wasn't going to fall for it. Jack's
1:26.4	hoop was still drifting across the pond further and further from the shore.
1:30.9	Mary hurried after it, edging along the bank.
1:33.9	And when she was as close as she could get, she leaned out, reaching with her stick.
1:39.6	But it was no use.
1:41.6	Frustrated, she eyed the hoop, still just out of reach.
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