The Feral Folklorist

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>There's a reason the American South feels haunted. Beneath every magnolia tree and along every back road the land remembers its pacts and promises-the deals struck at crossroads the jars buried beneath porches the warnings whispered before death ever came. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Feral Folklorist Volume 1: Hauntings Hexes and the Cursed South</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> gathers thirteen true stories where folklore superstition and history overlap. Each chapter pulls from the acclaimed podcast </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Feral Folklorist</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and invites readers into the strange heart of supernatural belief.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Step inside the tomb of </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Marie Laveau</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans and learn why her grave still draws offerings from pilgrims and practitioners alike. Visit haunted plantations where </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>mirrors were covered to keep the dead from returning</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and hear the echoes of </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Appalachian death omens</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> that once warned families when to pray-or prepare. Walk the same roads where the legend of </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Elizabeth Bathory</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> took root in the New World and face the mystery of the </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Dybbuk Box</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a cursed object whose story blurs the boundary between faith and fear.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Part </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Southern Gothic history</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> part </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>folk-magic field guide</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> this collection explores how real people used spells charms and superstition to survive the unknown. </span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Inside you'll discover:</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• Crossroads magic and devil legends</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• Witch bottles and hidden hexes</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• Appalachian omens of death and protection</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• Southern ghosts and graveyard lore</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• True accounts of folk magic superstition and belief</span></p><p></p>