The Fairy Body Snatchers: When Fairies Stole Babies... and the Dead (Ghosts and Folklore of Wales with Mark Rees EP169)

Ghosts and Folklore of Wales with Mark Rees by Mark Rees

Aug 6, 202627:43Society & Culture

Why were fairies said to steal healthy babies? What happened to the children they left behind? And could the fairy folk return at the end of your life... to steal the dead as well? In this episode of the Ghosts and Folkl...

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