Why Does Gold Repel the Headless Rider? | Ep31

Astride a midnight-black steed, the Dullahan rides Ireland’s backroads—a headless harbinger whose severed, grinning head glows with otherworldly light. In this episode, we plunge into the roots of one of the most unsettling figures in Irish folklore. You’ll meet the spectral coach cobbled from human bones, a whip braided from a stolen spine, and a grinning skull that sees through walls and darkness alike. What ancient god hides behind this legend? Why does gold send the Dullahan fleeing into the night? And how did this headless terror become both a symbol of fate and the punchline of the Irish imagination? Follow the Dullahan’s trail through tales of death, defiance, and the dark wit that refuses to be cowed—even by the specter of mortality itself.

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