La Llorona: Ghost Stories of the Southwest

Wrinkled skin dripping with fetid water, twisting fingernails covered with black muck, wailing and gnashing of teeth--and unspeakable sin. These images haunt the imaginations of millions of people; they also are part of the bedtime stories many children will hear tonight. Have you heard of La Llorona? She is the most popular and infamous ghost in Latino folklore; in fact, the legend of La Llorona, the Wailing Woman, may be the oldest ghost story in the southwestern United States, South Amer...