A little something different this week. Carman Carrion just got back from four days in a cabin on the Ouachita River near Hot Springs, Arkansas—and she didn't come home empty-handed.In this special shorter episode, there are no dramatized retellings. No fictional reenactments. Just a folklore field report from the deep hollers of the Ouachita Mountains, told the way it might've been told on a porch a hundredyears ago.Pull up a chair and listen in as Carman shares what she learned about the old mountain ways—the folk magic, healing traditions, and dark whispers that have lived in these ancient hills for generations:🌿 The Granny Witches who could"blow fire" out of a burn with a whispered verse🌱 The Yarb Doctors who knew whichroots healed and which roots killed🦉 Death omens, haints, and the signsthe mountains use to warn the living🌙 Planting by the moon, persimmonseeds, and the woolly worm's winter forecast👁️ The Wampus Cat, the Snawfus, theHidebehind, and the ghost lights that still float through the trees🏚️ Why old porches were painted"haint blue"—and what it was meant to keep outThis is thefolk practice the academics call Ozark and Appalachian folk magic. The localsjust called it the way things were done. Most of it is fading now. But some ofit… some of it is still very much alive.So pouryourself something warm, settle in, and let the mountains whisper.Produced forEeriecast Network #FreakyFolklore#OzarkFolklore #AppalachianFolklore #GrannyWitches #FolkMagic #ArkansasFolklore#OuachitaMountains #MountainFolklore #FolkloreP odcast #AmericanFolklore EXPLORE MORESPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:FreakyFolklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folkloreCarman'sCrypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/DeadlyIntent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/DestinationTerror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror________________________________________SUPPORT THESHOW:Patreon(Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrionBuy Me aCoffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion________________________________________CONNECT WITHCARMAN:Website:https://www.carman-carrion.com/YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrionTwitter/X:https://x.com/CarmanCarrionInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/________________________________________SUBSCRIBE& REVIEW:Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQYiTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184Your supporthelps bring you more terrifying tales.________________________________________DISCOVERMORE HORROR:http://eeriecast.com/https://www.carman-carrion.com/________________________________________THE CRYPTSHOP:https://the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/________________________________________MUSICCREDITS:Music andsound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, KevinMacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices