Imagine you're alone in your ancestral cottage on the Isle of Sky,

the wind howling through the glen like the voices of a thousand tormented souls.

When you hear the scraping at your window, not claws or branches, but something far worse.

You peer through the glass and see them. A squirming mass of shadowy forms pressed against

the pain. Their hollow eyes fixed on you with the hunger of those who can never rest. These are the

sluwa, the restless spirits of the unforgiven dead, and tonight they've come to claim what was promised long ago.

Welcome to Freaky Folklore, the podcast about mankind's creepiest legends and myths.

Since the beginning of time, mankind has told cautionary tales, shared explanations for the

unexplained, and failed to comprehend what goes bump in the night.

But I am here to help you understand the freaky folklore every culture of the world

is steeped in.

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The cottage had been in our family for over two centuries, perched on a rocky outcrop overlooking

the sound of sleet, a narrow channel off the western coast of Scotland. When my great

Aunt Morag passed last winter, she left it to me in her will, along with a letter written

in her spidery handwriting.

The cottage chooses its keeper, Fiona.

It has chosen you, but remember what I taught you about the windows.

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