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So Supernatural

LEGEND: La Llorona

So Supernatural

audiochuck | Crime House

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.622.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

La Llorona – a haunting figure from Latin folklore – is said to be a ghostly spirit who wanders rivers and waterways, searching for her lost children. With her mournful cries and chilling presence, La Llorona serves as a cautionary tale of maternal love, loss, and the consequences of betrayal. But some believe “The Weeping Woman” is very real and very threatening…

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0:00.0

You hear a lot of heartbreaking stories when you work in true crime.

0:06.1

A lot of things that keep you up at night wondering how someone could do something so horrible.

0:11.4

What went wrong along the way?

0:13.7

But the question I sometimes find myself asking is what happens to them next?

0:19.0

And I'm not just talking about a prison sentence or rehabilitation

0:21.7

programs. I'm talking about the afterlife. Do remorse and guilt and shame follow someone? Can their

0:29.9

souls be trapped here in perpetuity to relive the consequences of their decisions forever?

0:36.2

This is where my mind went when I learned the story

0:38.6

of La Yerona. See, there's a legend in Mexican folklore, one about a woman who drowned her

0:46.0

children after finding out her husband was unfaithful. But she's not just trapped here to suffer

0:51.7

her own fate. Apparently she wants you to suffer with her.

0:56.3

And Godspeed to anyone who crosses her path.

0:59.5

Because those who've heard her siren-like cries have found themselves suffering terrible luck.

1:05.5

And in some cases, tragic deaths of their own.

1:09.2

Which is why La Yerona might be more than just a ghost story.

1:13.7

She might be a cautionary tale.

1:16.5

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is so supernatural.

1:33.8

We're The Warrone. Welcome back to So Supernatural.

1:35.5

I'm Yvette Jintili.

1:38.2

And I'm her sister Rasha Pecorero. And today we're talking about one of the most famous legends from Mexican folklore,

1:48.2

the weeping woman known as La Yorona.

2:02.0

As a kid, the world can feel so magical and so scary at the same time.

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