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Podcast episodes about Nain Rouge

Also called Red Dwarf of Detroit, Demon of the Strait, Le Nain Rouge

The 10 best episodes we found about Nain Rouge, from 10 different shows. Recent and well-loved episodes first.

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Le Nain Rouge | Detroit's Cursed Red Dwarf
The Haunted Bunker: Paranormal Mysteries & the Unexplained May 26, 2026 · 85 min
Le Nain Rouge has cursed Detroit for three hundred years. Antoine Laumet made up the name "Cadillac, " stole a coat of arms off a gate in France, and founded the city under a lie. Three weeks after he arrived, something small and red stepped out of the…
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Nain Rouge
Astonishing Legends Mar 15, 2021 · 175 min
As legend would have it, or at least how the story goes from Marie Caroline Watson Hamlin's 1884 book, Legends of Le Détroit, on the evening of the 10th of March, 1701, a lively banquet took place in the castle of St. Louis, Quebec. The celebratory dinner…
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Detroit’s Curse Is Older Than You Think: The Nain Rouge Legend
Into the Shadows: Macomb Paranormal Investigations Apr 25, 2026 · 13 min
For more than 300 years, Detroit has carried a legend so dark that many still whisper its name—the Nain Rouge. Said to appear before tragedy, fire, chaos, and disaster, this terrifying red creature has been tied to some of the city’s darkest moments since the…
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Nain Rouge: Dwarf Rock City!
Greg's Cryptid Corner Jun 11, 2025 · 27 min
This week we’re in Detroit, Michigan to dive into the city’s bad luck caused by a little red dwarf, the Nain Rouge! We’ll discuss what we think (hope?) he looks like, compare him to the Gremlins movies, and yearn to attend the Marche Du Nain Rouge…
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Ep. 28 Nain Rouge: Red Dwarf of Detroit
Kraken Cans Cast: Cryptids, Urban Legends, and All Things Spooky Feb 18, 2025 · 80 min
Is Detroit haunted by a mischievous, red-eyed menace? For centuries, sightings of the Nain Rouge have been followed by disasters, fires, riots, even the city's worst tragedies. Is it a warning of doom or the cause of it? In this episode of Kraken Cans Cast…
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Cryptid: Nain Rouge
Theories of the Third Kind Dec 12, 2025 · 51 min
A red demon. A cursed city. A legend that refuses to die. We explore the terrifying myth of the Nain Rouge, Detroit’s most infamous cryptid. In the early 1900’s, did Occult groups in Detroit summon this Demon? We explore the History of this cryptid, along…
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S13 E24-F-Bomb- The Red Harbinger-Detroit's Nain Rouge-Before the Fire, Before the Bloodshed, Before Disaster...Detroit Saw Red
Malice in the Mitten Sep 18, 2026 · 38 min
Detroit has a monster of its own—and according to generations of folklore, he appears when something terrible is coming. In this episode of F-Bomb Friday, Tracy and Todd explore the legend of the Nain Rouge, Detroit’s mysterious Red Dwarf and alleged…
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The Dark History of Michigan: The Legend of the Nain Rouge
History’s Dark Corners Jan 13, 2026 · 27 min
For more than three hundred years, the city of Detroit has carried a quiet warning. Long before fires, riots, and collapse reshaped the city, people claimed to see a small red figure watching from the edges — appearing just before something went wrong. Some…
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Episode 19. The Nain Rouge
That's Kinda Paranormal Dec 8, 2025 · 50 min
Welcome back to That’s Kinda Paranormal, the showthat dives deep into the haunted, the cursed, and the deeply weird. And today, we’re heading to the Motor City for a cryptid that’s small, sinister, and has one heck of a bad attitude. We’re talking about the…
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Episode 194: The Nain Rouge
Sinisterhood Jul 6, 2022 · 122 min
It takes boldness to build a city, but for Motown’s founder, being self-assured meant his downfall. The hubris of man is a dangerous thing, but not as dangerous as a demonic force that must be appeased to keep it from wreaking havoc on those it encounters…
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