Bus Tales

It’s 2:14 a.m. and you’re the only passenger on the last bus out of town. The driver has worked this route for decades, and he knows things he won’t say in daylight. Bus Tales is a horror podcast drawn from the folklore of Eastern Europe and the Nordic north. Each episode, the driver tells you what he’s seen from behind the wheel, or who he’s picked up at stops that aren’t on any map. The strzyga waiting by the cemetery gate. The rusalka who calls from the river. The draugr that won’t stay buried. The house spirit you forgot to leave bread for. These are real legends, the kind people in Central Europe, the Balkans and the Nordics still don’t joke about after dark. Did it really happen? I don't know. People say all sorts of things when the night gets too quiet. Especially when they stare into the dark for too long. But the driver has been turning the wheel on these empty roads for thirty years. He has lived long enough to know that out there, past the streetlights... we are not always alone. New episodes every Friday. Headphones on, lights off. Next stop: nowhere. https://buymeacoffee.com/bustales

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Karakonjula

5 hours ago

5 hours ago

6 min

Immerse yourself in Nordic & Eastern European folklore with Bus Tales. Tonight, our driver shares an urban legend from Serbian forests. When a solitary rider cuts through the Balkans, he learns a terrifying lesson. Something waits in the canopy. It doesn't hunt... it rides. We explore the Karakonjula, a nocturnal demon feeding on sheer terror. 🎧 Listen with headphones. Follow and explore visual lore on IG: @BusTalesPodcast
 

5 hours ago

6 min