The terrifying myth behind "The Curse of La Llorona"

The storyteller Joe Hayes grew up hearing stories of La Llorona in his small town in southern Arizona. She is the ghost who would have roamed the earth crying for her drowned children and trying to take the living ones to replace them. According to Hayes, the story goes back a very long time. Although the details vary, the themes are the same: vanity, jealousy, violence and regret. His story has been told by generations of families in Mexico, Central America and the Southwest United States. Some dress like her to celebrate the Day of the Dead. Here is the terrifying story behind the plot of the hit movie.