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Not all gnomes are garden guardians. Not all fairies bring blessings.

In this episode of Gnome Talk, we step into the shadowed corners of folklore—the stories most people skip.

For generations, tales of the hidden folk have carried two faces: one kind, one cruel. Tonight, we uncover the darker side of gnomes, fae, and forest spirits—the duendes of Latin America who lure travelers astray, the changelings of Celtic myth who replace human children, and the wild beings who guard the world’s forests with teeth as much as tenderness.

Join us as we explore how these unsettling legends grew, why ancient people told them, and what they still whisper about respect, boundaries, and wonder. From European ruins haunted by redcaps to the shadowed timberlines where Sasquatch still walks, this is folklore at its deepest—part caution, part reverence, and part reminder that the world has edges that remember.

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