Llorona, Omen of Death
A California Ghost Story
retold by
S. E. Schlosser
They say that the Llorona was once a poor young girl who loved a rich nobleman, and together they had three children. The girl wished to marry the nobleman, but he refused her. He told her that he might have considered marrying her if she had not born the three out-of-wedlock children, which he considered a disgrace. The girl was determined to have the nobleman for her own, so she drowned her children to prove her love to him. But still he would have none of her and married another. Mad with grief, the girl walked along the river, weeping and calling for her children. But they were gone. So she drowned herself. For her crime, her spirit was condemned to wander the waterways, weeping and searching for her children until the end of time. It was said that whenever the wailing woman appears, someone will die.
Now I have heard that one night, two young men were car-pooling home from work with the windows down when they heard a terrible wail. It sounded like the desperate cry of a baby or perhaps an injured tom-cat. Beside the road, a white mist began to gather. It moved swiftly among a grove of palm trees and when it reached the largest tree, it became the figure of a lovely young girl dressed all in white. Long dark hair hung loose down her back. She began to weep and wring her hands in agony, and the men realized that they were seeing the ghost of the Llorona. The driver gunned the engine and they drove away as fast as they could. The glowing figure of the Llorona remained visible in the rear-view mirror until the car turned the corner.
The men were upset by the vision, afraid that the rumors about the Llorona might be true. But nothing happened to either of them the rest of that night, so they laughed away the incident, deciding that they had imagined the whole thing.
The next night, the men were riding home from work when their front tire burst at the place in the road where they had seen the ghost the previous night. The car spun out of control and hit the largest tree in the palm grove in the exact place where the Llorona had appeared to them. Both men were killed instantly.
An old man is haunted by a wailing sound outside his house each night in Spooky California by S.E. Schlosser.
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the llorona is also known as weeping women
Posted by: Anonymous | July 15, 2010 03:31 PM
I have heard many stories about La Llorona and I believe!
Posted by: Joby | July 16, 2010 03:13 PM
dat was creepy
Posted by: jared | July 17, 2010 12:16 AM
wow omg that aint scary 'lol
Posted by: jenni | July 22, 2010 11:42 AM
That was awesome man not that much scary but cool
Posted by: Cookie | July 22, 2010 01:12 PM
Wow
Posted by: Anonymous | July 25, 2010 11:35 AM
I think "La Llorona" Travel to all different places. My Grandfather claim to seen her and chase her. Back in the days I guess in 50's or 40's.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 26, 2010 10:15 PM
thats not the real version
Posted by: Anonymous | July 26, 2010 11:40 PM
this is really scary
Posted by: emely | August 1, 2010 06:29 PM
ZOMG, dids they died?
Posted by: Anonymous | August 31, 2010 02:18 PM
my mom heard her in mexico when she was 20 year's old...
Posted by: gaby vazquez | September 23, 2010 05:20 PM
I'v heard lots of stories about the llorona...
Posted by: Patricia Jimenez | September 30, 2010 11:55 AM
ive heard a different one
Posted by: secret | October 3, 2010 11:02 AM
ive heard a different one
Posted by: secret | October 3, 2010 11:02 AM
yeah dude
Posted by: Anonymous | October 8, 2010 02:26 PM
my mom heard her crying and scratching at her door 20 years ago... I would be terrified if i heard a random woman cryin let alone see a ghost crying uhhh!!!!
Posted by: dimples | October 22, 2010 09:27 PM
There's a lot of versions of la llorona. But she really only appears in mexico. I like this story, but its was just creepy...not scary
Posted by: Anonymous | October 24, 2010 08:24 PM
omg right as i read the part wher their tire blew and they were killed a fire truck drove by some one had ran into a pole a died
Posted by: Anonymous | October 28, 2010 04:45 PM
I first read about the weeping woman in the first year in spanish class... I hv wanted to look further into this story b/c its sounds so true! and i hv heard many different versions i still havnt found one with a better description of llorana
Posted by: aimee | November 26, 2010 08:28 PM
sounds like a woman in white type ghost same background except the dude is unfaithful then she kills the kids
Posted by: Jen | December 10, 2010 01:07 AM
This story as okay, ive read like 20 stories by now and this one kinda got my attention.
Posted by: Cheyenne | January 11, 2011 12:25 PM
hahahahah aye la llorona!!!!!!! :O
Posted by: steph and vicky | January 14, 2011 12:55 PM
another version is that when she attempted to kill the thired child he survived then killed her then as she turned into a ghost she would attempt to kill any boy who appears waterways
Posted by: Anonymous | February 12, 2011 05:22 PM
how creepy and sad....
Posted by: diane | February 22, 2011 08:07 PM
I thought La Llorona was a ghost in Mexico who kidnapped children and starved them.....wonder which verson is the true one.
Posted by: Victoria Fear | March 10, 2011 03:59 PM
this is a different versionn... i heared it before in a different way.. but i believe is true.. i heard a women cryin in my street when i was in mexico.. it was about 2 am. we lived close to a river
Posted by: Anonymous | March 16, 2011 12:53 PM
i thought it was bloody mary who drowned her children but guess not
Posted by: rich | May 27, 2011 02:51 AM
not scary but creepy xD
Posted by: nary | June 23, 2011 04:42 PM
I've also heard a different version of this story. But, same outcome, she murdered her three children and her soul has never been able to rest in peace. what part of Mexico did this story originate from ????
Posted by: Frances | July 7, 2011 09:25 PM
I heard a different one
Posted by: Veronica granados | July 17, 2011 04:34 PM
On Grimm there's a story about her and she drowns children to try and get back her children. Trading there souls for her own kids.
Posted by: Anonymous | November 15, 2012 12:26 PM