Forty Days and Forty Nights & The Silk-Lined Fiction
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What introduction and trigger warnings set the tone for this Creepy episode?
No. This is Creepy. A podcast dedicated to sharing the most famous, chilling, and disturbing creepypastas and urban legends in the world. Whether these stories truly happened or are simply fabrications is for you to decide. These stories may contain graphic depictions of violence and explicit language. Listener discretion is advised.
Hey y'all, you're listening to And if you are listening to this on terrestrial radio in the middle of the night in Minnesota farm country instead of on the podcast feed, then you've made some choices in your life. Choices that interest and fascinate me. What's going on with you? You've seen some darkness, haven't you? Yeah, I've been there. I mean, literally. In the darkness. Looking back. Watching you. Sometimes judging you. Because... you. For those of you listening on the podcast and not having to endure my Wednesday night tones into the void, welcome back. We should probably get back to the show before I start to say something that gets ominous figures waiting for me in the parking lot. Again. But hey, who am I to complain?
I love this. First up, from writer Nathan Hubero and narrated by Risa Montanez, Creepy Presents, 40 Days and 40 Nights.
You guys know why I hate campfires. I mean, ever since I was a teenager, I've watched those movies where people gather around them while camping, eating s'mores and talking. I started to wonder what that felt like. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful to be here, doing the very thing I used to dream about doing when I was a kid. It's a privilege to share that moment with you, but the last time I was in a space with fire, a devil himself was walking the earth. Before moving here, my family and I lived outside of a small colonial town in Minas Gerais. It was called Tiradentes. Our house sat at the edge of the forest where the dirt road disappeared into trees that were older than anyone else in the town.
Sometimes the only sound we could hear was the flapping of a bird's wings. And besides the neighbors, we rarely saw other people's faces. Unless we were shopping. I don't know exactly how you guys do it here, but in Brazil, we have a season called Quaresma. It lasts 40 days before Easter. And technically, it's the same thing you call Lent, but people in my country, especially the ones who live in rural zones, they don't see it as a religious tradition. They see it as a warning. My grandmother used to say that during those 40 nights, hell wasn't exactly closed. There were very strict traditions that we had to follow in order to stay safe during this period. Rule number one, never answer if someone calls your name from the woods.
You never know who's calling out to you. Rule number two, never sweep the yard after sunset. Rule number three, never whistle after dark. Something might whistle back. And the most important one, rule number four, never, ever, on any occasion, leave the house after dark. You're not prepared for what you might find. As a child, I always thought those rules were just old superstitions, just another religious practice like the processions or saying the rosary. To me, the rules were just old people's bullshit. Legends without any logic. Until, that is, the night I broke one. Honestly, no lies. Growing up in a vast, green area was terrific. I was nine around that time, and Mom said I'd finally be able to go to school once I'd reach 12.
You know, even living a simple life with no money, no fancy toys, I was happy. Maria, the oldest daughter of our neighbors, she was my best friend. She'd tell me about all the incredible times that her sister supposedly lived in the Capitol. One day, it'll be us, Laura. She said that to me more times than I can count One day we'll live far from here where they have all the big buildings. Her sister Clara was a lawyer. I have no idea what she's doing today, but I hope she's doing well. The most fun part of the day was running down the muddy roads with Maria, all while fantasizing about living in the big city. I mean, everything that I have now is an unimaginable victory.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What introduction and trigger warnings set the tone for this Creepy episode?
0:00–9:09
2
What cultural tradition is explained at the start of 'Forty Days and Forty Nights'?
9:09–14:02
3
How do the Quaresma/Lent rules shape the narrator's childhood behavior?
14:02–54:16
4
What happens when the narrator hears her name called from the woods at night?
54:16–1:00:11