Where do we draw the line between what’s beastly… and what’s infernal?

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In the dead of winter, when food runs scarce and fear grows fat, even the most virtuous hearts can turn hollow. This week, we trace the legend of the Wendigo — a creature born from hunger, gluttony, and the brutal cold of the Great Lakes. From Algonquin oral traditions to 19th-century courtrooms, this isn’t just a monster story — it’s a record of what happens when survival crosses the line into sin.

Featuring the true cases of Swift Runner and Jack Fiddler, and the eerie phenomenon once known as Wendigo psychosis, we’ll ask the question no one wants answered: Is the Wendigo a spirit that possesses… or a person transformed by hunger itself?

But maybe it isn’t the devil who lingers at these intersections...

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This week on Haunts, we head south into the swamps of Louisiana, where faith and folklore twist together under the cypress trees. The Rougarou — a Cajun werewolf said to stalk sinners and silence witnesses — has haunted bayou towns for centuries. But if every story about it ends in a whisper, can a monster built on secrecy ever really exist?

So once again, we find ourselves at the crossroads, wondering if the devil may show himself… or if these beasts aren’t as infernal as they may seem.

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When a pair of young girls stumble upon a winged figure near a churchyard in the quiet village of Mawnan Smith, an English legend is born. For decades since, witnesses have claimed to see the same creature: half-man, half-owl, with eyes that burn red through the fog. Is it a case of mistaken identity, a hoax that got out of hand, or something older — something tied to the sacred ground beneath Mawnan Church itself?

In this episode, we leave behind the folklore of the Jersey Devil and cross the Atlantic to Cornwall, where skepticism begins to falter. Because what the locals call The Owlman feels less like a monster… and more like an omen.