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Is the rich history of Appalachian folklore meant to be taken literally?

Do cryptid spirits and supernatural dangers exist in those rugged hills? We examine the unspoken rules of Appalachia in this episode of 30 Morbid Minutes.

This is the podcast where we cover topics, people, places, history, events, and more of a morbid,

macab, dark, and downright grisly nature. I'm Elise Willems. And I'm Jessica Busami. We are no strangers

to some light cryptozoology talk on this podcast. You may know our famous Mothman episode with

Sinisterhood. It was a banger. A banger. But we have yet to get

into any of the other creepy creatures said to inhabit the Appalachian Mountains. And there are a lot.

Where do we start? Maybe it's time we did a bit of a primer. Starting with the unspoken rules of Appalachia,

the ones you may have seen or heard circulating

on Reddit or TikTok. We all know that they're real. Everything you read it and the internet is real.

But are these real rules? Like how to survive? Should you be hiking the trail and find yourself

in a dangerous life-threatening situation? No, of course they're not.

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