Explore every episode of the podcast Eerie Iceland
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 103: Listener Retells – Iceland Haunted Hotels & Guesthouses | 22 Jul 2026 | 00:38:25 | |
What happens when an ordinary night's stay in Iceland becomes unforgettable? In this Listener Retells episode, Ann shares chilling true stories submitted by travelers and hotel staff from across the island. ----- Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
| |||
| Episode 102: Seljanes Sending | 29 Jun 2026 | 00:13:03 | |
Deep in Iceland's remote Westfjords, a young woman becomes the target of a mysterious supernatural messenger after a rejected suitor vanishes to study forbidden lore. When an unnatural storm descends upon Seljanes, her mother must use every trick she knows to protect her daughter from a malevolent spirit. ----- Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
| |||
| Episode 101: The Björk Stalking Case | 11 Jun 2026 | 00:19:30 | |
Thousands of miles from Iceland, a lonely man became convinced he shared a connection with one of the world's most famous musicians. What followed was a chilling descent into obsession, documented on hours of videotape. Join me as I examine the dark and tragic story behind one of the most infamous celebrity stalking cases of the 1990s. Content Warning: This episode discusses stalking, obsessive behavior, mental health struggles, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. If these topics may be distressing for you, please consider skipping this episode or listening with care. ----- Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
| |||
| Episode 100: Seyðisfjörður's Sunken Throne | 05 Jan 2026 | 00:15:17 | |
In this centennial episode of Eerie Iceland, we uncover the strange life of an Icelander who declared himself ruler of the lost city of Atlantis. From Seyðisfjörður to Copenhagen, myth and reality blur in some wild ways! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 99: Greed and Ghosts at Bjarnanes | 29 Dec 2025 | 00:16:42 | |
Greed ruled Bjarnanes long before the dead did. In today's Icelandic folktale, we uncover how tyranny, superstition, and an unquiet grave turned a country church into a place of terror... Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 98: Christmas Night Eyjafjörður Elves | 22 Dec 2025 | 00:12:45 | |
On the coldest night of the year, one Icelandic farm hid a terrifying Christmas secret... This week, we travel into the northern fjords of Eyjafjörður to unravel a tale of elven children, a mysterious blue-clad mother, and a price of kindness and a price for cruelty... Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 97: Cursed Sisters of the South Coast | 15 Dec 2025 | 00:12:38 | |
A bitter land dispute between two women in Iceland's volcanic south spirals into deadly curses that reshape lakes, destroy farms, and drown entire crews. This episode explores the eerie legend of Krýsa and Herdís. Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 96: The Church the Hidden Folk Built | 08 Dec 2025 | 00:15:08 | |
A desperate farmer at Reynistaður makes a risky bargain with a mysterious carpenter who offers to build his church... If the farmer can guess his name. But the deal hides a sinister price: The farmer's young son. Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 95: Stokkseyri Man-Eater | 01 Dec 2025 | 00:17:56 | |
In the tiny town of Stokkseyri lurks a figure gnawing on a human skull: Maurhildur, the infamous man-eater. Learn her origins from a supernatural birth to her Trollish ways in this strange Icelandic saga. Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 94: The Man in the Gray Coat: A True Icelandic Sending | 24 Nov 2025 | 00:23:04 | |
What do you do when a ghost has been sent to destroy you? In this eerie episode, we journey into the Eastfjordsto uncover the legend of Páll of Kleif, the wrestler who battled asupernatural attacker all night long and the terrifying aftermath that followed... Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 93: The Sea Monster of Vík: Fact or Folklore? | 17 Nov 2025 | 00:14:15 | |
A haunting moan drifts from a forgotten area beneath Reynisfjall, where locals once swore a half-man, half-beast creature lived. In this episode, we dive into the legend of the Urðarboli, the mysterious merman of Bolabás, and explore the chilling encounters that still unsettle the people of Vík. Are these echoes of myth or something still lurking beneath the waves? You decide! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 92: Skagafjörður's Silent Follower | 10 Nov 2025 | 00:12:38 | |
In the lonely winter quiet of Northern Iceland, a young woman's heartbreak became something far more... This episode explores how grief took on a ghostly form that still lingers across the meadows of Miklibær. Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 91: The Grey Woman of Hvítárnes | 27 Oct 2025 | 00:20:26 | |
In the heart of Iceland's highlands stands a lonely hut by a glacial lake. A place where travelers rest, and ghosts refuse to. Discover the chilling secrets of Hvítárnes, Iceland's most haunted highland hut with me today... Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 90: Listener Retells Round 3 | 20 Oct 2025 | 00:24:31 | |
Woohoo to our 3rd Round of Listener Retells! Stories include:
Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Episode & Editing By: Ann Irene Peters (Iceland Wedding Planner) | |||
| Episode 89: Hallgrímur and the Spell of the Hidden Woman | 13 Oct 2025 | 00:14:54 | |
In 1822, a fearless farmhand named Hallgrímur met a mysterious woman on a lonely ridge. She promised him love, cursed him with terror, and dragged him into the strange world of Iceland's hidden people. What followed was a battle not of strength, but of sacrifice and secrets… Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 88: The Cursed Coast of Húsavík | 06 Oct 2025 | 00:16:42 | |
Journey to Húsavík with me today… A place where trolls turned to stone, a ghost called Lalli haunted priests, and a strongman battled giants in Iceland's eerie north. Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 87: The Fearless Boy | 29 Sep 2025 | 00:12:37 | |
In this chilling Icelandic folktale, a boy too fearless for his own good stumbles into haunted churches, wrestles with a giant ghost, and discovers the dark secrets of cave-dwellers who toy with death. But is his lack of fear truly strength or something far more dangerous? Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 86: The Man Who Faced Monsters in Njarðvík | 22 Sep 2025 | 00:13:58 | |
Discover the legend of Jón Ásmundsson of Njarðvík. Who was a drifter who battled monsters from sea and shadow, and lived to outwit the Devil himself! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 85 The Brothers Who Feared the Moon (Bakkabræður) | 15 Sep 2025 | 00:13:03 | |
Meet the Bakkabræður. They are three brothers whose foolishness became legend in Icelandic folklore, leading them from comical blunders to a chilling fate under the rising moon. Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 84: Blood, Betrayal, and the Goat Cliffs | 08 Sep 2025 | 00:31:44 | |
A feud over a farm in North Iceland spiraled into bloodshed, scandal, and one of the country's darkest secrets. Some say the man at its heart… still hasn't left. Dive into all of the details of this insane TRUE story with us today! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 83: The Hidden Man of Mælishóll | 01 Sep 2025 | 00:10:31 | |
In the shadow of Mælishóll, a farmer's daughter vanishes without a trace. Was she taken by Iceland's hidden people, or cursed by fate? Journey into one of the Eastfjords' eeriest folktales of love, loss, and the huldufólk. Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 82: Fúsaból Cave on Reynisfjall | 25 Aug 2025 | 00:12:28 | |
Beneath the basalt cliffs of Reynisfjall lies Fúsaból Cave. Once a refuge, later a grave, it is said to echo with the footsteps of the dead. Join us as we explore its chilling history and the haunting tales that linger there! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 81: The Man Who Swallowed Demons | 18 Aug 2025 | 00:17:59 | |
Learn all about Iceland's most haunting archipelagos, Breiðafjörður. Here we meet Þormóður. Who is a wise man entangled in long-running feuds with rival sorcerers. Multiple tales today recount deadly magic, ghostly hauntings, the power of words in battling unseen forces and so much more! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 80: Mjóifjörður Troll Woman | 11 Aug 2025 | 00:16:58 | |
Come along with me to the remote fjord of Mjóifjörður, where a monstrous troll woman haunted a lonely church, luring priests to their doom each Christmas... That is until one brave pastor turned the legend on its head. Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 79: Listener Retells Round 2 | 04 Aug 2025 | 00:22:12 | |
Another round of true listener retells is happening today! Stories include:
Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 78: The Woman Who Wouldn't Die | 28 Jul 2025 | 00:14:24 | |
She was old, she was nosy, and someone wanted her gone. But in this eerie tale, death is only the beginning. Explore the haunting legend of Iceland's most persistently murdered woman. Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 77: Gandreið: The Witch Ride | 21 Jul 2025 | 00:10:54 | |
In a remote Icelandic farmstead, eight noble daughters carry a dark secret... One that unfolds only after nightfall. When their farmhands uncover the truth, justice takes a chilling and unforgettable turn. Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 76: Anthrax in Iceland | 14 Jul 2025 | 00:18:16 | |
Come along with me as I unearth the haunting history of anthrax in Iceland... How an invisible killer lurked beneath the soil, claiming lives of animals and people, leaving scars on the land. From spore-laced burial grounds to mysterious rural deaths, even the ground itself holds deadly secrets! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras: | |||
| Episode 75: Steinahellir Ghost Ship | 07 Jul 2025 | 00:13:51 | |
There is a cave in South Iceland that is haunted according to legend… By the dead crew of a ship that never truly sank! Hear all about it today and a few additional stories that surround it. Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 74: Eldfell Eruption | 30 Jun 2025 | 00:21:33 | |
Learn all about the dramatic night of Janaury 23rd 1973 on Heimaey... A night when the earth almost swallowed an entire town. But the town fought back! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras: | |||
| Episode 73: Escape from the Keldur Elves | 23 Jun 2025 | 00:13:41 | |
Learn the story of Guðmundur of Keldur, a farmer who vanished every Christmas Eve and returned as if nothing had happened… Until one day, someone followed him! This episode unearths a haunting folktale from North Iceland, where archaeological ruins whisper of pagan graves and mysterious forces still linger in the surrounding mountains... Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras: | |||
| Episode 72: The Skaftafell Promise | 16 Jun 2025 | 00:15:26 | |
A farmer´s life intertwines with a being not entirely of this world. And their pact would leave behind a trailof whispers, wonder, and warnings that are heeded even now... Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 71: Missing on the Glacier | 09 Jun 2025 | 00:29:18 | |
Did you know people have gone missing on Iceland´s glaciers? Today you´ll learn about 4 true stories that you will never ever forget. From the jagged tongue of Sólheimajökull to the remote silence of Mosakambsjökull, these are stories where man met iceand the ice did not let go... Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras: | |||
| Episode 70: Thief Cave in Heiðardalur | 02 Jun 2025 | 00:24:52 | |
A cave named Þjófahellir (Thieves' Cave) just outside the town of Vik Iceland holds a plethora of secrets and stories... Today we uncover a few chilling tales! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 69: The Sorcerers of the Westman Islands | 26 May 2025 | 00:26:24 | |
This is the story of 18 sorcerers, a deadly plague, and a strange girl who was far more than she seemed… Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 68: Outlaws in Iceland | 19 May 2025 | 00:44:21 | |
In this haunting episode come with Ann and her husband David, to journey deep into the unforgiving wilderness where Iceland's medieval outlaws were cast out — and where some say their spirits still roam. From the tragic legend of Ásmundur and his mountain destiny to the chilling tale of the Surtshellir cave outlaws, we uncover stories of survival, exile, supernatural forces, and hidden folk. These are more than tales of crime, they're sagas of fate, family, and the thin line between myth and memory! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 67: The Boy in the Wall | 12 May 2025 | 00:11:23 | |
An orphaned boy finds his way to a farm who has an interesting Christmas Eve tradition that involves the Hidden People... Listen to how is life unravels! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 66: The Evilness of Magic Loftur | 05 May 2025 | 00:22:12 | |
Some might say Loftur was the most evil sorcerer in Icelandic history. Learn about his wickness and his quest to acquire the most powerful book in witchcraft, the Redskin (Rauðskinna). Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras: | |||
| Episode 65: Listener Retells | 28 Apr 2025 | 00:30:02 | |
Super excited to share with you 3 Iceland ghost stories direct from our listeners today! The tales feature some crazy ghostly encounters... Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 64: The Hauntings in Kirkjubæjarklaustur | 21 Apr 2025 | 00:15:37 | |
Grab your a cup of your fave and listen to Ann retell the many ghostly and haunting tales of the town of Kirkjubæjarklaustur... And learn about Vanessa's knew motto in life! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 63: Sigrún Jónsdóttir + the Haunted Ship in Vik | 14 Apr 2025 | 00:21:31 | |
Learn all about an larger than life character named Sigrún Jónsdóttir. She was absolutely beautiful talented legend who was born, raised, and died in the town of Vik! However she spent time outside of Iceland which paved her way into the art world! ...and some say she and / or the ship, Skaftfellingur she returned to Vik may still haunt the area! You decide! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 62: The Dwarf & the One-Legged Shepard | 07 Apr 2025 | 00:12:28 | |
Today Ann introduces you to farm family who has a few encounters with a Dwarf (some might say the Hidden People but the source says Dwarf) who ultimately changes the course of a shepherd's life... Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 61: The Secrets of Haukadalsvatn + Silunga-Björn | 31 Mar 2025 | 00:23:17 | |
A lake and a man full of many secrets is this weeks episode. But a little warning... This tale of an encounter with the Hidden People may leave you with more questions than answers! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 60: Real Life Icelandic Giant- Life of Jóhann K. Pétursson | 24 Mar 2025 | 00:21:24 | |
Intrigued by true stories? Well Ann has one for you today... Jóhann K. Pétursson from Dalvík was a real life giant that made an impact on Icelandic history. Learn all about his story today! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 59: Priest Magnús in Hörgsland | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:15:43 | |
Magnús was no ordinary priest and he most certainly did not live an ordinary life. Listen to Ann retell one the wildest story he is known for which involves being gifted powers from the dead and so much more! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 58: Elf King of Seley | 10 Mar 2025 | 00:26:50 | |
Imagine being left behind in a storm and stumbling upon a situation that would change your life forever. But it's there a man is asked to not to do one simple thing... Today Ann recants the tale of the Fisherman and the Elf King of Seley. Listen to see what happens! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 57: Reykjavik Poisoning | 03 Mar 2025 | 00:15:35 | |
This week Vanessa uncovers the tragic events surrounding a trusted pharmacist who committed the unthinkable: Poisoning his own family. Love what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Episode 56: The Devastating Flood of Básendar | 24 Feb 2025 | 00:17:22 | |
Welcome back Listeners to Season 2! We are so gratefu! In this chilling episode, Ann delves into the haunting tale of the Devastating Flood of Básendar. A natural disaster that erased an entire Icelandic village from existence in the winter of 1799! ...and some say it is haunted! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Encore: Pétursey Elf Stories | 17 Feb 2025 | 00:27:37 | |
Our most downloaded episode has been Elf Stories from Pétursey (Episode #32). Indulge in some of our favorite Hidden People stories while we get Season 2 ready for you! ....Side note Season Two launches next week! There is an enchanted mountain in South Iceland named Pétursey (Peter's Island) that has a deep in Icelandic Folklore. Learn about several stories of elves in this area and places you an actually visit! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||
| Encore: Meðallandi Ghost Stories | 10 Feb 2025 | 00:35:36 | |
While we are working on the launch of Season 2, enjoy the replay of the wild stories from the South Iceland area of Meðallandi... Our ghost stories from Meðallandi this week include a collection of true stories from locals in the area. A few topics include, The Hairy Man, 70 ghosts, the Giving Beaches and oh so much more! Like what you hear? Give us 5 Stars! And follow us for more...
Sources & Extras:
| |||