Short, Creepy Horror Stories ✔️

LA LLORONA

Title: "La Llorona"
Author: Unknown
Source: Snarled Something Scary, YouTube
Type: Urban Legend



A long time ago, in a rural village in Mexico, lived a young woman named Maria. She came from an impoverished family, but was known throughout the village for her beauty.

One day, a wealthy nobleman was riding through the village and stopped in his tracks. He had travelled all over the world but had never seen anyone quite like Maria.

He knew he had to win her over.

Maria was easily charmed by the smooth-talking man and accepted his immediate proposal of marriage.

Maria's family was thrilled that she'd be marrying such a wealthy man, but the nobleman's arrogant father would not be so excited about this arrangement. 

So the nobleman built Maria a house in the village where they could be together without his father's knowledge. 

She eventually gave birth to two twin boys.

The nobleman travelled a lot and left Maria in her house with the boys most of the time.

At first, he brought many gifts back from his trips and was a devoted husband.

But every time he left and came back, he grew colder and more distant to Maria, to the point to where he would only give the boys his attention.

Maria began to suspect that he was falling out of love with her, since she was getting older and was not as beautiful as she used to be.

Years later, her husband stopped returning home. Maria was devastated, she really did love him.

Rumours began to spread around the village and Maria's reputation was tainted. 

Even more years had passed, Maria was walking with her children along the river, when a familiar horse-drawn carriage pulled up beside them.

It was her ex-husband, but sitting next to him, was a beautiful young woman, wearing very expensive clothing.

The nobleman greeted the children and made it very obvious that he was intentionally ignoring Maria.

It was clear to her now why he had left. - He had found a younger, wealthier woman, one that his father would be proud of.

They rode away, leaving Maria in complete shock. 

How could he disrespect her like that?

She was angry and humiliated and broken-hearted all at once.

Without thinking, she hurled her young boys into the raging water.

It wasn't until she saw their floating bodies downriver, that she had realised what she had done.

Distraught, she threw herself in too, in hopes that she would be reunited with them in the afterlife. 

However, that was not the case...Maria had committed the ultimate sins: murder and suicide.

So now, she is forced to roam the earth between the physical and spiritual worlds forever searching in vain for her children.

She is called La Llorona; The Weeping Woman.

To this day, people claim to see her by the river at night. When you hear her cries, take it as a warning and run. If she approaches you, she will bring you bad luck and misfortune.

Children must be extra careful. She might confuse you for one of her own. And when she realises that you are not her son, she will throw you into the river.

Beware the cries of La Llorona.

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Hi guys, here's the video/audio and visual version of this story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFnwLLVOtok - WARNING: contains bad language at ONE point that can be heard in the background when people are spreading rumours about La Llorona.

And here's the trailer for the upcoming (k, idrk if this is out yet or not but whatever lol) movie called La Llorona: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNp1LPm3Krs

And here's another one: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOV-xMYQ7sk

Thanks for reading! Cya!