Top 10 SCARIEST Mexican Urban Legends
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- This video was created with help from our friends from @WatchMojoEspanol. Do you want to watch more videos like this and in Spanish? Check out WatchMojo Espanol’s channel!
Mexico has a surprising amount of terrifying urban legends! For this list, we’ll be looking at the stories based in Mexican Folklore that will send chills down your spine. Our countdown includes The Woman in Black, La Isla de las Muñecas, La Tisigua, and more! Which of these urban legends do you find the scariest? Let us know in the comments below.
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This video was created with help from our friends from @WatchMojoEspanol. Do you want to watch more videos like this and in Spanish? Check out WatchMojo Espanol’s channel!
Which of these urban legends do you find the scariest? Let us know in the comments below.
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Can you guys do a video on mythical creatures of Brazilian folklore?
You will need at least 3 or 4 more lists for mexican urban legends.
All of them
I knew La Llorona was going to be number 1 lol.
Latin America is rich with folklore. Would love to see more!
Same here
I heard they believe in elves
You have to specify which country. Latin America has many countries and each country is different.
Yeah. Maybe a list of more Latin American legends. El chupacabra, el silbón, or even la sayona. Latin America is diverse in countries and legends
Not as full as cutler as you hope
For me the legend of La Llorona is both scary and tragic at the same time
Not really she killed her kids because one man didn't want them then after that the man was with another woman anyways now she's a angry spirit that kills any children and apparently the story took place 1800s very tragic or deserving? Also in every part of Mexico there's a different version this one's for my family's hometown.
If u never heard that MF that some chilling stuff
@@kalinon6632 gets worst she can apparently fly too being served as a scary lesson for children not to be out late otherwise she'll swoop up and drown you in a river like her children.
@@greendude7650 idk bro ik that sh floats ...when I was in Mexico mi abuelita lived by a river and I swear I heard her like 3 times during the time I was there in bout 4 month span
@@kalinon6632 shit that’s creepy
La Llorona has been heard many times near my grandparents home in Mexico. It’s a sound that truly haunts you
I watched the movie "The Curse of La Llorona" with a group! It was great!
@@mojo3318 the movie wasnt good and didnt portray la llorona correctly in my opinion, U should listen to the old tales of people from mexico about real encounters with la llorona. Now thats scary!
@@RK1916_its not because la llorona isnt real
@@yallaregayI used to think like you
Fake
Great job on your pronunciation in Español! It’s evident you studied for this. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, I tried so hard!!
I agree 👍, she did a great job
i actually assumed she was of hispanic descent, her pronunciation was so good!
One of my favorites is the Mexican Grim Reaper herself Santa Muerta.
Basically this variation of the embodiment of death is described as being a very beautiful female skeleton who wears stockings, closed-toe high-heel shoes, a beautiful long dress, and a hat adorned with a rose and of course shows up to ferry the souls of the deceased to their rightful place in the afterlife.
However this female embodiment of death also serves as an avenging angel to women and kids, basically she has a hatred towards rapists, wife-beaters, and husbands/fiancés who abuse their children and the mothers of said children both physically and mentally/emotionally so if you're a man who has committed any of these crimes be prepared as Santa Muerta will visit you and make you pay for your crimes.
that is a folk saint not an urban legend
@@cantcomewithsomethingorigi6799 In Mexico the line between those two gets very blurry from time to time.
I only know her of wearing robes of different colors . Are u thinking of La Catrina with the wardrobe ?
@@Urfriendlyneighborhoodbruja Nope.
She's actually worshipped
As someone with a Mexican background, I haven’t heard of these urban legend. Thank you, Watchmojo.
lol than clearly your not Mexican.
Then you're not Mexican
@@1life1batle I’m Mexican-American. I just never heard most of them.
@@abigailaceves9230 as we would say here in Mexico, te falta barrio mija
@@shaneflores5657 Someone's genetics and heritage isn't determined by your sensitive feelings, dork.
As a Mexican-American, every time I visited Mexico, I was always told about legends and ghost stories from relatives.
Those are probably the scariest stories I've ever heard.
My grandpa used to tell a story that in his small town, you’d often hear La Llorona late at night. People would avoid being out late. One night, he was out drinking with a friend when he heard the woman. First, he hid. Then, he decided to take a look. It was a married woman coming out of her neighbor’s house.
Thank you for releasing this video for Day of the dead! It brought memories of my grandma telling me these stories as a child ❤
Us Hispanics/Latinos sure love these urban legends! Never heard of most of these but thank you WatchMojo! ❤
Absolutely love that you included La Leyendas movies. They’re so good and love seeing Mexican folklore!!
I remember hearing about a gigantic bird that you would only see at night and it was always a bad omen
Yeah my aunt says it is the Tapa caminos, but is a real bird, not really big but it likes to hide in the dark between bushes so when you pass by it goes out and gives you a heart attack 😂 damn bird
In the US we call it the "Mothman". Is it the same thing as the bird? Same concept as far as being a bad omen.
Oh.
Your thinking of the lechuza 🦉. It’s usually a white owl. Legend says it’s witches that are hunting for your. Idk exactly why but yeah.
@@ronburgundy8458 usually when a person wants to cause harm to another person. Brujeria
It’s crazy how every state has so many different urban legends I think it’s because Mexican people have such flare for telling stories
No one is gonna talk about how her spanish was perfectly spot on 👌
What a wonderful video! Thank you! If you’re taking requests, I’d love to see a video of the folklore of the Caribbean. ❤
As a Mexican, I was afraid of "El Cucuy" because of my grandma and aunts 😂. & you forgot to mention duendes (dwarfs). My dad, uncles and cousins SWEAR they've seen them before.
Yup my father as well has told me stories about seeing them in Oaxaca mexico, he said they’re big trouble makers and mess with peoples stuff
@@RK1916_like midgets?
duendes are more like goblins dwarfs are just short people.
I used to be scared of the Cucuy but now it's like "Eh he ain't real but if my grand-kids act bad i'll use it on them"
Lol
VIVA MÉXICO 🇲🇽
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@@barcalona55 🇲🇽
Is it Independence Day already?😂😂😂
@@everardocalderon8720 bro what
I regret not going out to find these urban legends the one time I visited Mexico.
Nothing is scarier than la chancla
El Charro Negro out here making a shounen anime villain entrance at 9:36
The most impressive thing about this video....Rebecca's Spanish pronunciation!
Oh yeah! I think I can pronounce things in Spanish, too!
Please do one of Latin America in general. It’s so rich with lore and I’d love to see other countries represented. ❤️
Enjoyed these stories a lot. Love anything from Mexico about the legends and stories and culture.
Im so glad someone finally made an amazing list!!!
It's a good thing Victor and Valentino showed me about Mexican Folklore Legends
Love that show the only good show they got on Cartoon Network after Regular Show, Steven Universe, Adventure Time and Gumball have ended.....ecen worse Cartoon Network going to get removed
I watched a premiere at a dentists office!
La Llorona scares me the most.
I watched a movie🎥 about her with a group!
I find folklore fascinating. You should do a part two there's also El Silbon
What is that???
@@lild5470 a spoiled boy who loved deer meat so he told his dad tohunt a deer when his dad couldnt hunt a deer he gutted him and told his mom to cook then she relaized it her husbands guts and then she told the grandpa and the grandpa cursed him
The background behind these stories is awesome as they are part of the culture and they all have traceable origins to a specific location(city and even specific place inside the city) in Mexico.
You don’t need to wander around x place to find these legends you can spend a night at x place and get spooked af
Very good pronunciation Rebecca and very interesting video :)
I had La Llorona in my head and she’s number one. I’ve seen scary videos, heard her cries and the scary movie that gave my heart jump-scares
La llorona is an urban legend all across Latin America, also there are variations of the Woman in Black and La Tisigua
My Mother is from Mexico and she never told me about those legends.
Than she ain't from Mexico 💀
My parents are from Mexico and they never tell me those, only El Cucuy
Probably because you were well behaved as a kid as most of these stories are told to misbehaving children to scare them straight
My mom just showed me cartoons of these legends I pretty sure that they showed some clips of them in this video
What a fascinating list fr🕵️♂️
Hey, @WatchMojo, I want to hear more about Urban Legends and can you please do Top 10 SCARIEST South Carolina Urban Legends?
Having sexual relationships with your family is already scary enough
The tale about the farmer refusing to observe the Day of the Dead feels like a forerunner to Dickens Chirstmas Carol
There is also a legend about haunted Snow White statue in Reino Mágico park that is also supposedly haunted since it was built over the general cemetary/pántheon
as a Mexican, I can relate these tales are no joke
So have you encountered anyone of them?
ghost adventures did an episode with the island of dolls. it was a good one
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At the start she's right about El Chupacabras. Many make the mistake that it originates from Mexico but it's origin is in Puerto Rico my home country. Look it up.
La Llorona gives me Left 4 Dead vibes 😎
I watched a movie📽 about her with a group!
1:16 i'd always thought hotel california was based on the cecil hotel.
the line "You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave" I always thought as interpretation for the cecil's reputation for violence, suicide, and murder dating since 1927.
Well you're not wrong. 🤔🤔🤔
The commitment of the nurse that died during the earthquake is heartbreaking and sweet at the same time
La Llorona and Bloody Mary was my nightmare fuel growing up.
I watched a movie🎬 about La Llorona with a group and an animated, scary story about Bloody Mary! My sibling told me about Bloody Mary when we were in elementary school.
@@mojo3318 All my Mexican friends would tell the best ghost stories. Traumatized me.... 😂
As Mexican-American on my mother's side I like Urban Legend and Folklore from Mexico 🇲🇽
I would have added witches and chaneques to the list, like nahuales, they are feared both in the north and the south of the country
As a Mexican, I found those stories that have in common with the Japanese, but only the ghostly maidens.
In India too bro btw it could be creatures and entities exist everywhere in every culture just with different names
Same in India too
Very nice pronunciation! Respect ✌️
These reminds me of that terrifying feeling of walking past the cemetery in my parents Pueblo past midnight lol
Naguales, el charro negro, los chanaques, and more ...great job tho on this video and the pronunciation 👌🏻👍🏻🙂
Can you guys please do the Philippines Urban Legends next?
From what I understand about the Nahual is that it’s a shapeshifting werewolf entity that haunts Mexican mines
I’ve definitely heard of the Legend of Island of The Dolls
I've heard of La Larona and the Island of the Dolls but the rest is new to me
Heard of La Isla De Las Munecas and La Llorona. The doll island is the scariest out of the entire list, honorable mentions included. I have no problem with dolls, but that's just spooky as hell!
LOL I just love the way Rebecca says "Welcome to WatchMojo". 😁
She should be the narrator in all the videos, her voice is amazing!. 👍
My grandma bought her wedding dress in la Pascualita 4:40
Thanks for the nightmare fuel WatchMojo I’ll be sleeping with one eye open and with a holy symbol in one hand and a sun blade in the other tonight
Pls do one of south east Asia urban legends
I love the song hotel California by the eagles 😊😊😊😊
So the “Ghost Rider” tale technically is real but it’s the more traditional myth. Which still based on greed and selling your soul to do anything to “help” but still turns into greed. I always knew there was a real story behind it even before Marvel turned it into a movie. The original story sounds much better though. Ghost stories of different cultures has always been so fascinating to me.
Number 6 those eyes 👀 😳
The scary part is that I have seen some of these evil legends
Loved how Gaga in American horror story was portrayed as a urban legend of Hotel California!
Yes, I know all of them and more. Each region has their own local tales. Like the headless woman who appears wearing a night gown (see through) which usually appears to men, but don’t realize she’s headless, for obvious reasons, until they look up at her an see she’s headless. My cousin swears she saw her while walking back home late at night years ago.
Im mexican and my grandma would never stop telling stories of the chupacabra. I was shocked when i first found out it was actually peurto rican legend
I’m only 10. I live near HTX but my Great uncle lives near a stream around hsi back yard. Mind you this is a generation house so my great grandma and gpa lived here. My mom has told me stories of her hearing crying near the back yard during sleep.
La tisigua reminds me of la ciguapa from DR. They both lure men and walk with their feet facing the opposite direction
ironic how just yesterday i was talking about an experience i had with el charro negro in mexico and it popped up here
I've watched a movie🎥 about La Llorona with a group! It was a great movie! I've never heard of the other urban legends on this list. I love how some of them are animated! Leo almost grabbed Nando's hand. I'm sad for the innocent, beautiful girl who died!☹ She was so young! It sucks that the father's love ran out for La Llorona! And I can't believe Malibrán!
I'm sharing this video with my temporary manager and his wife, since they're from México. Muchas gracias, Rebecca!
It wasn't her father it was her lover.
@@cynthiaramirez8384 Gotcha.
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While listening to this, I just thought of the " hi my name is Carmen Winstead" audio 😃
I find all of the Mexican urban legends the scariest
Yeah, 1 time La Llorona visited me in Mexico. It was an interesting night.
😂😂😂
I am mexicana and i have heard about some of those legends but the llorona is the creepiest for me😊
Never disrespect your holiday like Día de los Muertos in #5☝💀
"The Chupacabra is out" Bruh.
Hey, thanks a lot from Durango, México. 🤗
I’m actually from chihuahua, hometown to la pascualita which is that bride mannequin, although they took the real one to mexico city
while the song hotel california isnt inspired on any mexican folklore, curiously the working title of the song before "hotel california" was "mexican reggae" because the producer said the demo sounded like a mexican bolero mixed with reggae, a fun coincidence.
I remembered hearing about that legend of The Ahuizote through a cartoon I used to watch as a kid. The creature was based on that on the legend from having a hand at the point of the tail to luring people with a small child’s cry. The only thing that was not part of the legend of the creature was having the ability to steal people’s eyes.
I’m pretty sure that’s a dead giveaway at the last sentence if someone knows what show I’m talking about.
Well it doesn't just eat people's eyes, but their nails and teeth.
Her Spanish pronunciation IS ON POINT!
No lol😂
I've been to the island of dolls before in Mexico. Like 2 years ago, guess what all those dolls were like. Oh, like abandoned looked like 1970s.
La Tisigua was probably also invented to prevent kids from swimming in the river unsupervised so they don't drown
When my mom was 18 she claimed to saw El charro negro
The song Hotel California is a scary song.
Your pronunciation is on point!
The most scariest urban legend is the la leyenda de la chancla 💀
Being Latino and living by a river or body of water the llorona story always hit different especially if you hear shit out there at night 💀
It's like, "bitch get the hell away from me"
This was a good clip. I like one that many don't know. My dad says this folk about El Catrin. In the loteria game, he's a man dressed I a tux. Well one night my dad said he was waiting for the bus when he noticed a man in a tux a far distance away. He ignored it and proceeded to light a cigarette. As soon as he turned back, El Catrin was around 6 feet away from him. He said he had all dark eyes and didn't say a word. Just stared at him. Then my dad said he disappeared when he blinked. He believes it was the devil.
In my village, a popular urban legend are chaneques. Which are essentially sprites or goblins. They look like children but have old faces. They like to play with and kidnap children. If you try to stop your child from playing with them, they make the child very ill. I have two cousins that used to play with chaneques. The chaneques loved one of my cousins but hated the other one. They would often hit him or make him sick.
I'm not Mexican, but my grandmother was and my mother is half. My last name is Scottish too. I always love to learn about the history of Scotland and Mexico because of my mixed heritage. This was fascinating.
The Weeping Woman I find cool
I am from Mexico and "el hombre del sombreron is from Colombia
I'm here because I'm Mexican 🌮
My dad died in 2012 I went down to his funeral while I was there I heard la llorona it was the scariest shit I've heard
I grew up hearing about La Llarona in Las Cruces, NM. Scared the crap out of me as a kid lol
el hombre del sombreron sounds like a ghostly super hero like ghost rider or raven
Thank you.
El Hombre Del Sombreron, I think, should be number one. Only one that I really found creepy.