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Somewhere in the Skies

Halloween Series | Susto: Preserving Culture via the Paranormal

Somewhere in the Skies

Ryan Sprague

Unexplained, Paranormal, Ufos, Government, Ufo, Social Sciences, History, Bigfoot, Aliens, Extraterrestrial, Documentary, Unsolved, Alien, Mystery, Uap, Science, Society & Culture

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

On our final episode of our Halloween series, we are joined by Ayden Castellanos, host of the Susto podcast. Castellanos sharea the terrifying details of a harrowing night in rural Tlaxcala, Mexico. A community shaken to its core by a scary story come to life; a bloodsucking shapeshifter, the Tlahuelpuchi. Following the immersive experience, Castellanos will discuss deeper context behind the story and the role that the paranormal plays in latino culture and vice versa.


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0:00.0

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0:03.9

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0:07.4

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0:24.8

The Cosmic Diary of a Future Space Explorer is out now in Paperback, E-book and audio. You're not. Oh, This is somewhere in the skies, with Ryan's bread. So, Hey, Gull, friends. My name is Adrian or Aiden. Either way, I am the host of a podcast called Susto.

1:23.8

If you haven't heard of the word or concept of Susto,

1:27.0

it's a Spanish word for fright.

1:28.6

And some people believe that when someone experiences a big scare

1:31.8

or something traumatic, the soul separates itself

1:34.5

from the body. If the trauma is severe enough, the soul can even fragment. Now depending

1:38.8

on which culture or even community you're speaking to, there are different remedies for

1:42.1

Susto. For myself, growing up in the Texas Mexico border it was a spoonful of sugar

1:46.7

either by itself or dissolved in a glass of water. Some people even use different

1:50.6

types of bread to remedy this.

1:52.5

Again, if the trauma is severe enough, spiritual guidance and intervention may be needed

1:57.4

with the help of a corandere or a bruja.

2:00.1

I wanted to preface my presentation with this to give you a little bit more of an understanding of my show and why I called it Susto.

2:06.2

My podcast is called Susto because it's centered on paranormal folklore from Latin American and Hispanic cultures.

2:11.7

These are stories that I heard growing up.

2:13.6

Again, I'm from a region of Texas

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