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Horror Story: Ghosts, Mysteries, and Hauntings

La Llorona: The Legend of the Weeping Woman

Horror Story: Ghosts, Mysteries, and Hauntings

Horror Stories

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.6668 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The legend of La Llorona haunts the streets of Mexico and Latin America, the story of a woman who searches eternally for her children.

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Producer: Edwin Covarrubias
Research: Madeline Guerra
Music: Simon Wilkinson


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0:00.0

It is late at night as you twist and turn in your bed.

0:07.0

The heat of the day doesn't seem to go fully away at night,

0:10.0

so you grunt as you force yourself to walk over to the window to let in some cool air.

0:16.0

Something catches your eyes out by the end of the old cobblestone streets.

0:22.7

Along with the shine of the nearby street lamps bouncing off the still river next to your house,

0:28.7

you notice a tall, thin figure floating by the trees, wearing a white dress, it looks like.

0:36.1

You instinctively get down on your knees away from the window and stretch your arms out

0:41.0

to close the window once again, but it is no use.

0:46.1

You begin to hear the howls of the wind mixed with the cries of a woman.

0:51.5

Aye, my children, she cries.

0:57.4

Where are her children?

1:00.0

Her cries grow louder until they disappeared with the sounds of splashes.

1:05.3

The wind carrying her voice downstream, leaving you with an odd sense of grief, loss, and guilt as it fades away.

1:16.6

It is a tale that will outlive many of us, told from dark places in Mexico and down to Latin America,

1:25.6

a brief tale that has its own adaptations in other continents.

1:30.3

Let's hear about the famous story of the weeping woman.

1:36.3

Here's the tale of La Jorona.

1:41.3

My name is Edwin.

1:46.1

Here is a dark memory.

1:51.0

Maria was a very beautiful young woman who lived in a small town.

1:57.6

Mand would pursue her, bringing her flower, singing her songs, and trying their every move to get her attention.

2:05.5

But Maria had her eyes set on someone, someone that many of her friends warned her to stay away from.

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