Throughout Mexico and Central America, children grow up fearing La Llorona. Also known as the Weeping Woman, this menacing figure is said to lurk near various bodies of water, crying for her missing sons. Some believe she intentionally drowned her children while others claim their deaths were caused by the negligence of a shameless seductress. But where did this frightening legend begin and does La Llorona still haunt the modern world?
In the latest episode of Bloody FM’s Murder Made Fiction Podcast, Jenn walks Joe through the tale’s many variations and the controversial woman who inspired it all. From the Aztec goddess Coatlicue to the Nahua concubine La Malinche, they’ll discuss the legend’s historical context while unpacking the way this villainized woman has been used to shape modern culture.
This episode kicks off a month of films adapting this haunting story. They’ll travel back nearly 100 years for Ramón Peón’s pre-Code film La Llorona or The Crying Woman then discuss Rafael Baledón unique retelling The Curse of the Crying Woman, before rejoining coverage of Ed and Lorraine Warren with Michael Chaves’ The Curse of La Llorona. They’ll conclude the month on a high with Jayro Bustamante’s lauded La Llorona.
And if you want even more Murder Made Fiction, be sure to check out the pod’s Patreon feed, where Jenn and Joe have ~90 hours of content included episodes dedicated to The Conjuring franchise the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren along with episode by episode coverage of Hulu’s The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.
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