Episode Five: Baba Yaga

Baba Yaga is a famous witch, well known in Eastern Slavic countries. In majority of tales, she is described as an evil being who rides either a broom or a mortar, wields a pestle and scares and eats people, although in very few tales she gives her wisdom to protagonists. All music is licensed from Musicbed.

Did you know that the origin of Halloween is linked to a 2000 year old Celtic festival.  Sources: www.history.com  All music is licensed from Musicbed.

Popobawa, also Popo Bawa, is the name of an evil spirit or shetani, which is believed by residents of Zanzibar to have first appeared on the Tanzanian island of Pemba. In 1995, it was the focus of a major outbreak of mass hysteria or panic which spread from Pemba to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar archipelago, and across to Dar es Salaam and other urban centres on the East African coast.

The ancient Inca civilization had many ceremonies and rituals. Though none were as chilling as the Capacocha ceremony that centered around the sacrifice of children.  All music is licensed from Musicbed. 

Dagon is a short story written by the American author H.P. Lovecraft in 1917. The story is the account of a tortured, morphine addicted man and his experience of an incident he encountered during his service as an officer during World War I. Links to the story. https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/d.aspx All background music is licensed from Musicbed