Here's to five years full of haunts, frights, and a hellishly good time! I can't wait to see where we are in five more! Go Fund Me here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, DM on social media, or visit SustoPodcast.com to be shared on the …

Waking up tired? Not feeling well latelty? It's probably a rooster-basilisk sucking your saliva and phlegm out while you sleep. Sweet dreams! In this episode, Ayden shares the disgustingly scary legend of el Basilico Chilote, a true nightmare. Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached…

READING IS FUNDAMENTAL! In this episode, Ayden interviews the most interesting author in the world! Acclaimed author of The Hacienda and Vampires of El Norte Isabel Cañas dropped by our haunted house to chat all things writing, history, and nerding out! Find isabel here: https://www.isabelcanas.com https://buttondown.email/isabelcanas Want to share…

Forgive me Father, it has been 666 days since my last confession... Miguel Villa of My Horror Confessional joins Ayden for a conversation about classique horror and what it can mean in the waking nightmare that is today's world. Oops, too dark? Find more My Horror Confessional here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave …

This guy is the WORST! In this episode, Ayden shares the Chilean legend of El Trauco, a very creepy, very perverted, short man who is able to entrance and kill with a simple glance. Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, DM on social media, o…

The Bruja is in! Ayden sits for a spell with Bex Carlos of Tu Tía Bruja to chat about her work in the occult, magic cannabis, and her spooky new stomping grounds! Visit Bex on her website and listen to her here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gm…

Demonic paintings, fireball witches, devil donkeys, oh my! Ayden shares YOUR stories in this entry of Letters From the Beyond! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, or DM on social media to be shared on the show! The easiest way to support S…

Do you know where your kids are? Ayden resurrects the story that started it all, La Llorona! Scorned lovers, bodies of water, ancient greek fuckboys, the origins of this centuries old legend run deep! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, or…

In this episode Leah and Bethany conclude their discussion about spirituality with Consuelo. This session was recorded live inside of Curia Arcanum's House of Curiosities and is the final installment of a 4 part series of live recordings. Visit the Paranormal Putas online! Support the showDoor Ayden Castellanos, The Paranormal Putas

Jonny and Aileen talk about the Argentinian film, Cuando Acecha la Maldad, AKA When Evil Lurks. The residents of a small, rural town in Argentina, discover that a demon is about to be born among them. They desperately try to escape but it may be too late. Jonny and Aileen also discuss some of director Demian Rugna's inspiration for the film and the…

Hey Ghoul Friend! Please welcome our featured guests this week, It's Haunted...What Now? S2: E28 – The Footprints Cleaned Off Hundreds of Times Had Returned: So, turn off all the lights and get cozy cause it’s time for some ghost stories… Ok, ready to get spooked? Thank you for submitting your spooky tale: Natalie StonerBunny EnoughRose Moonlight M…

Hey Ghoul Friend! Please welcome our featured guests this week, Espooky Tales! The Thing in the Desert and More Haunted Border Stories The journey from Mexico to the United States is extremely difficult, with dangers at every corner. Now add in a paranormal element and it becomes worse. On today's episode, Cristina shares Mario's encounter with som…

Twinkle twinkle little star...in this episode, Ayden talks about the sun-blotting diety from Aztec lore. The Tzitzimimeh (or Tzitzimitl) are cosmic beings who cause solar eclipses and thrive on chaos, fear, and above all, respect. Ayden will be back in Jan. 2024! Until then, please welcome and enjoy our guests in December! Want to share your own cr…

We interrupt this broadcast to report an alien invasion and impending doom! In this episode, Ayden reports on a lethal radio show from Quito, Ecuador. Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, or DM on social media to be shared on the show! Beco…

Ayden is joined by sobadora, Monica from Sol Solace to share her experiences as a massage therapist and spiritual healer. Learn more and sign up from Sol Solace’s newsletter at: https://solsolacestudio.com/ IG: @solsolacestudio Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at…

In this episode, Ayden is joined by good time ghouls Leah & Bethany from Paranormal Putas! Listen in on the wicked sisters' personal encounters with the supernatural and their take on why your toilet is actually haunted! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustop…

The vibes are off~ In this episode, Ayden talks about a malevolent entity from Chile that is born from an imbalance in the natural order. Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, or DM on social media to be shared on the show! Become a Patron h…

Proverb, placebo, or witchcraft? In this episode, Ayden takes a deep dive into the healing phrase/song, "Heal heal, little tail (or ass) of a frog." Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, or DM on social media to be shared on the show! Become…

Whether it's girl dinner or a pinkity drinkity, this gassy ghoul is gonna get ya! In this episode, Ayden shares the legend of a Colombian doppelgänger that lures her victims to a hypnotized demise with flatulent shrimp! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopo…

Dance like HELL! Ayden resurrects and remasters his telling of the legend of the girl who danced with the Devil. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gm…

Is there anyone there? What's your name? When did you die? Does my crush like me back? Hello??? In this very special episode of Susto, Ayden attends a ouija board workshop with and interviews Albert Lucio and Jake Cordero of The Austin Séance! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to…

A cemetery that is very much full of life! In this episode, Ayden shares some of the iconic legends from the infamous Panteón de Belen. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email A…

A nightmare come to life. Ayden shares reports of the group of children who survived a plane crash and 40 days in the Amazon before all being found alive. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your stor…

Okay so just sign here...and here...and there...and one more time here...done! Your soul is mine! Ayden recounts how one man was able to trick the trickster himself. Not today, Satan! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a…

This is the skin of a killer, Bella! Ayden recounts the horrifying epidemic of infant deaths in a rural Mexican town. Were they all accidents? Or was there a malevolent vampire witch wreaking havoc? Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or rec…

Finger licking good! In this episode, Ayden reviews Tender is the Flesh, a book about people being people! In this dystopian setting, animals have been eradicated due to a virus that made them poisonous to people. Our solution? Breed and raise humans like cattle! Check out Vanishing Postcards! Vote Susto for Austin Chronicle's Best of Austin! Use c…

Imagine an army of Chuckys, Annabels, and M3gans?! Nothx! Ayden shares the tragic backstory behind one of the creepiest islands you could imagine. The Island of Dolls. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review w…

Do you know how many dead people there are in an average cemetery? All of them! In this episode, Ayden shares a a story inspired by a cemetery rich in history and spirits alike! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 sta…

Put the whole country in rice! In this episode, Ayden recounts the exorcismo magno of Mexico in 2015. That's right...the whole country...possessed. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attac…

She's beauty and she's grace. In this episode, Ayden shares a local legend out of Bacalar, Mexico about a vengeful witch whose curse lives on to this day. Stay out of the water and tune in to this episode! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture,…

Stop making deals with the forest creatures! In this episode, Ayden addresses the recent sensation tweeted by Mexico's president, known as the Alux. A jungle dwelling spirit that can take the physical form of a small person. They can be yuor angle...or yuor devil! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast F…

Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti? No, worse. In this episode, Ayden shares the legend of a Colombian Cryptid that has left generations of people terrified of the jungle. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with yo…

The story of La Llorona is reimagined. This time it asks, what if the iconic archetype wasn’t sure about wanting children? To be married or in love? An entity attaches itself to a bloodline under the guise of the child stealing spirit that’s haunted generations. Alejandra, our protagonist, fights to break the curse and save herself and her children…

Werewolves, Lycanthropes, whatever you call them...you do not want to run into one in the wild. Especially a Nagual. Ayden dives into Mexico's own shapeshifting brujos in this episode. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave …

Picking up where we left off in the last edition of Letters From the Beyond...and a demonic troll doll?! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com,…

Maybe Talokan is a real place? In this episode, Ayden talks about mermaids, sirens, and pre hispanic sea serpents who are mostly benevolent but will most definitely take you down! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 s…

The South Texas Siren herself, Veronique Medrano, joins us on this week's episode! Veronique and Ayden talk music industry frights Veronique share's some of her own unexplainable experiences! Follow Veronique online and listen to her music here! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want …

Very special guests Jonny and Aileen from Uy Que Horror join Ayden to talk about their own encounters with the paranormal, their fave movies, and a grand, ghoulish time! Make sure to follow and listen to Uy Que Horror to hear Ayden on their show! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want…

Brujeria, animal sacrifice, and burping? In MY Catholic church? It's more likely than you think! In this episode, Ayden demystifies the Tzotzil Maya people and their iconic church. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 …

Did you just throw your trash on the ground? To this jungle demon, littering is an offense punishable by soul sucking! In this episode, Ayden warns listeners about the perils of Peruvian trickster imp. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or …

Demons in the junkyard? A decade of hauntings?! Join Ayden in another edition of Letters From the Beyond and hear from your fellow Ghoul Friends! Gotham/Variety Audio Honors Article! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a …

Now and at the hour of our death, amen. In this episode, Ayden explores the background and history of an often misunderstood modern death-deity, La Santa Muerte. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with yo…

Reading is what??? FUNDAMENTAL! Ayden shares his love for the work of Grady Hendrix, a horror novelist with a movie premiering later this month! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached…

Scratches from something that isn't there, spontaneous combustion. Ghost? Or something more sinister? Ayden shares one family's horrifying haunt in a small town in Chile. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star revie…

Some ghosts never graduate. In this episode of Susto, Ayden shares the haunted history of El Paso High School, one of the oldest and most haunted schools in the US! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with…

Kissing ghosts?! Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, or DM on social media to be shared on the show! Become a Patron here! Support the show…

WHO'S A GOOD DOG??? In this episode, Ayden shares the legend of a hellhound, with glowing red eyes, known around the world, El Cadejo. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ay…

What is grief, if not love persevering? Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, or DM on social media to be shared on the show! Become a Patron …

Be careful who you listen to. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, or DM on social media to be shared on the show! Become a Patron here! Supp…

Let's ask the audience. Use code "Susto" to get 15% off your tickets to the True Crime & Paranormal Podcast Festival here! Want to share your own creepy story, picture, or recording? Leave a 5 star review with your story attached, email Ayden at sustopodcast@gmail.com, or DM on social media to be shared on the show! Become a Patron here! Support th…