20. Spooky Lady Day: The Legend(s) of La Llorona and The Haunting of Catherine Howard

Special Lady Day

Happy Halloween! In the third installment of Spooky Lady Day, we cover the many legends of La Llorona and the haunting of Catherine Howard, King Henry IIX’s fifth wife.
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La Llorona

• AFP. “Day of the Dead: Mexico's 'La Llorona' Returns on Stage with Pandemic-Era Twist.” News18, 21 Oct. 2020, https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/day-of-the-dead-mexicos-la-llorona-returns-on-stage-with-pandemic-era-twist-2988224.html.
• Dimuro, Gina. “The Legend of La Llorona: The Wailing Woman Who Murdered Her Children.” All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 28 Sept. 2020, https://allthatsinteresting.com/la-llorona.
• Fuller, Amy. “The Wailing Woman.” History Today, 31 Oct. 2017, https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/wailing-woman.
• Kirtley, Bacil F. “‘La Llorona’ and Related Themes.” Western Folklore, vol. 19, no. 3, Western States Folklore Society, 1960, pp. 155–68, https://doi.org/10.2307/1496370.
• West, John O. “La Llorona.” TSHA, 1 Oct. 1995, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/la-llorona.

Catherine Howard

• Bloks, Moniek. The screaming lady of the haunted gallery: Catherine Howard. Royal Central. (2015, October 28). Retrieved October 3, 2021, from https://royalcentral.co.uk/interests/history/the-screaming-lady-of-the-haunted-gallery-catherine-howard-52815/.
• Historic Hauntings at Hampton Court Palace. Historic Royal Palaces. (n.d.). Retrieved October 3, 2021, from https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/historic-hauntings-at-hampton-court-palace/#gs.cbup25.
• The National Archives. (2004, June 28). The National Archives: Research and Learning: Treasures from the National Archives: Catherine Howard. The National Archives | Treasures from The National Archives. Retrieved October 3, 2021, from https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/item.asp?item_id=13.