History tells the story of the world and of our lives.

Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.

Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in central Florida.

It's the History Goes Bump podcast.

Hello, you sputacular people.

Welcome to History Ghostbump Redux.

I am your host, Diane.

And this is Kelly.

Kelly, on this episode, we're going back and doing an episode about the legends of Mexico. Oh, very cool. Or should I say

Mexico? All righty then. So we'll go ahead and preface this by saying there's going to be a lot of

Latino names in this, some of them that go back to ancient times, please forgive us. We will try our

best with pronunciation. Are you ready to go back? I'm ready.

The country of Mexico is rich with legends and superstition. There are stories of the devil choosing to hang out in a certain alley or a boogeyman that lies in wait for children. Many of the

tales told in Mexico mirror tales from around the world that were meant to entice children to behave.

Stern warnings of the witch that would carry them off if they cried kept children smiling through

dinner. Crampus kept kids in line for Christmas. These stories go back as far as man does.

Mexico has its own pile of bad guys and interesting tales. Join us on this journey through the legends of Mexico,

but be sure to bring along some salt, violet petals, sage, or ginseng to help keep unwanted ghosts away.

To help keep unwanted ghosts away. Humans a bit more. Humans a bit Humans have been in Mesoamerica for at least 13,000 years.

Pre-Columbian civilizations like the Olmec, Maya, Toltec, Aztec, and Tio-Tocan were here.

The Spanish would arrive in the early 1500s and change everything for the Aztecs who were there at that time. The Spanish called this new territory new Spain,

and they brought Christianity and European influences and held power for 300 years.

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