Eerie Iceland

Deep in Iceland's remote Westfjords, a young woman becomes the target of a mysterious supernatural messenger after a rejected suitor vanishes to study forbidden lore.  When an unnatural storm descends upon Seljanes, her mother must use every trick she knows to protect her daughter from a malevolent spirit.  ----- Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Story Source Checkout o...

Thousands of miles from Iceland, a lonely man became convinced he shared a connection with one of the world's most famous musicians.  What followed was a chilling descent into obsession, documented on hours of videotape. Join me as I examine the dark and tragic story behind one of the most infamous celebrity stalking cases of the 1990s. Content Warning: This episode discusses stalking, obsessive b...

In this centennial episode of Eerie Iceland, we uncover the strange life of an Icelander who declared himself ruler of the lost city of Atlantis.   From Seyðisfjörður to Copenhagen, myth and reality blur in some wild ways! Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us:  hello@ee...

Greed ruled Bjarnanes long before the dead did.  In today's Icelandic folktale, we uncover how tyranny, superstition, and an unquiet grave turned a country church into a place of terror... Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us:  hello@eerieiceland.com Sources & Extras: S...

On the coldest night of the year, one Icelandic farm hid a terrifying Christmas secret... This week, we travel into the northern fjords of Eyjafjörður to unravel a tale of elven children, a mysterious blue-clad mother, and a price of kindness and a price for cruelty... Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Fi...

A bitter land dispute between two women in Iceland's volcanic south spirals into deadly curses that reshape lakes, destroy farms, and drown entire crews. This episode explores the eerie legend of Krýsa and Herdís. Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us:  hello@eerieicelan...

A desperate farmer at Reynistaður makes a risky bargain with a mysterious carpenter who offers to build his church... If the farmer can guess his name.  But the deal hides a sinister price: The farmer's young son.   Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us:  hello@eerieicel...

In the tiny town of Stokkseyri lurks a figure gnawing on a human skull: Maurhildur, the infamous man-eater. Learn her origins from a supernatural birth to her Trollish ways in this strange Icelandic saga. Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us:  hello@eerieiceland.com Sou...

What do you do when a ghost has been sent to destroy you? In this eerie episode, we journey into the Eastfjordsto uncover the legend of Páll of Kleif, the wrestler who battled asupernatural attacker all night long and the terrifying aftermath that followed... Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our pag...

A haunting moan drifts from a forgotten area beneath Reynisfjall, where locals once swore a half-man, half-beast creature lived.   In this episode, we dive into the legend of the Urðarboli, the mysterious merman of Bolabás, and explore the chilling encounters that still unsettle the people of Vík. Are these echoes of myth or something still lurking beneath the waves?   You decide! Like what you he...

In the lonely winter quiet of Northern Iceland, a young woman's heartbreak became something far more... This episode explores how grief took on a ghostly form that still lingers across the meadows of Miklibær. Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us:  hello@eerieiceland.co...

In the heart of Iceland's highlands stands a lonely hut by a glacial lake.  A place where travelers rest, and ghosts refuse to.  Discover the chilling secrets of Hvítárnes, Iceland's most haunted highland hut with me today... Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us:  hello...

Woohoo to our 3rd Round of Listener Retells! Stories include: Story 1: The Hidden People of Flúðir Story 2: The Ghosts and Hidden People within Landmannalaugar Story 3: The Monster of Lagarfljót Story 4: The Herder of Sauðárkrókur Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us: h...

In 1822, a fearless farmhand named Hallgrímur met a mysterious woman on a lonely ridge. She promised him love, cursed him with terror, and dragged him into the strange world of Iceland's hidden people. What followed was a battle not of strength, but of sacrifice and secrets… Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagra...

Journey to Húsavík with me today… A place where trolls turned to stone, a ghost called Lalli haunted priests, and a strongman battled giants in Iceland's eerie north. Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us:  hello@eerieiceland.com Sources & Extras: Source 1 Source 2 Sourc...

In this chilling Icelandic folktale, a boy too fearless for his own good stumbles into haunted churches, wrestles with a giant ghost, and discovers the dark secrets of cave-dwellers who toy with death. But is his lack of fear truly strength or something far more dangerous? Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram...

Discover the legend of Jón Ásmundsson of Njarðvík.   Who was a drifter who battled monsters from sea and shadow, and lived to outwit the Devil himself! Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us:  hello@eerieiceland.com Sources & Extras: Source 1 Source 2 Episode & Editing By...

Meet the Bakkabræður.   They are three brothers whose foolishness became legend in Icelandic folklore, leading them from comical blunders to a chilling fate under the rising moon.   Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us:  hello@eerieiceland.com Sources & Extras: Source E...

A feud over a farm in North Iceland spiraled into bloodshed, scandal, and one of the country's darkest secrets. Some say the man at its heart… still hasn't left.  Dive into all of the details of this insane TRUE story with us today! Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us:...

In the shadow of Mælishóll, a farmer's daughter vanishes without a trace.  Was she taken by Iceland's hidden people, or cursed by fate?  Journey into one of the Eastfjords' eeriest folktales of love, loss, and the huldufólk. Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us: hello@e...

Beneath the basalt cliffs of Reynisfjall lies Fúsaból Cave.  Once a refuge, later a grave, it is said to echo with the footsteps of the dead.  Join us as we explore its chilling history and the haunting tales that linger there! Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us: hell...

Learn all about Iceland's most haunting archipelagos, Breiðafjörður.  Here we meet Þormóður.  Who is a wise man entangled in long-running feuds with rival sorcerers.  Multiple tales today  recount deadly magic, ghostly hauntings, the power of words in battling unseen forces and so much more! Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow...

Come along with me to the remote fjord of Mjóifjörður, where a monstrous troll woman haunted a lonely church, luring priests to their doom each Christmas... That is until one brave pastor turned the legend on its head. Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us: hello@eerieic...

Another round of true listener retells is happening today! Stories include: The Yellow Eyes at Þingvellir The Drumming at Hestfjall Hot Spring Woman of Hveravellir Ghost of Látrabjarg Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us: hello@eerieiceland.com Sources & Extras: Shout o...

She was old, she was nosy, and someone wanted her gone. But in this eerie tale, death is only the beginning. Explore the haunting legend of Iceland's most persistently murdered woman. Like what you hear?  Give us 5 Stars!  And follow for more... Checkout our website:  Eerie Iceland   Follow us on:  Instagram   Find our page on:  Facebook   Email us: hello@eerieiceland.com Sources & Extras: Source...