Hi, Hidden Djinn fans! Aaron Mahnke kicks off the new year with a brand-new podcast we think you'll enjoy. Don't just take our word for it, though. Check out the trailer for Grim & Mild Presents to decide for yourself! About Grim & Mild Presents: An ongoing exploration of history’s most unusual and macabre themes. Each 13-episode season unpacks a new topic in a fresh format and style. Presented and executive produced by Aaron Mahnke. Listen to Grim & Mild Presents starting January...

Nighty Night is a horror anthology series where famed attorney, author and podcaster Rabia Chaudry delivers bone-chilling bedtime stories that will be sure to keep you wide awake all night long. These creepy tales will be a mix of both original content and lesser known classics delivered with a modern spin. Listen on all audio platforms now!  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Hi, Hidden Djinn fans! Since you love this podcast, we think you'll like Bridgewater, too. Check out the trailer and decide for yourself! About Bridgewater: When a relic from his past is rediscovered, folklore professor Jeremy Bradshaw puts his life on hold to solve the mystery. Along the way, he’s helped by people who challenge everything he believes in, and ultimately tries to answer the question: can the past be rewritten? A supernatural thriller for your ears, starring Misha Collins,...

This week Rabia is joined by Jehan Mansy, a healer like no other whose life changed after a health incident - an incident that opened her up to the djinn around her. Come for the djinn seer, stay for a surprise personal reading that left Rabia in tears. Check out Jehan's work on her website at jmansy.com. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

This week we're excited for journalist Baxter Jackson to join us and share his experiences traveling and writing about the gulf region, his introduction to the djinn lore by the locals, and witnessing an exorcism he will never forget.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

This week Rabia is joined by visionary artist Morehshin Allayari. Morehshin's "She Who Sees The Unknown" re-creates monstrous female figures to reimagine their stories, and the stories of the societies and cultures they hail from. Explore Morehshin's works, and this exhibit, here:  http://www.morehshin.com/ http://shewhoseestheunknown.com/about/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

This week Rabia is joined by former fashion writer and editor Amina Akthar, author of the dark, diabolical, yet hilarious novel "Fashion Victim". Amina comes from a family with a rich djinn history, brought up to embrace the things that go bump in the night, and in this episode she shares her own hauntings, and how she got rid of an unwanted entity. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

This week we travel to the enchanting land of Indonesia with guides Annisa Zainal - host of the new podcast "Archipelaghosts", and her father Ariyanto, whose spiritual discipline allowed him to open portals into the unseen.  Annisa and Ariyanto share the rich culture and traditional beliefs around djinn and the supernatural in Indonesia, stories about their family djinn, and Ariyanto shares what he learned about the djinn themselves after spending years communicating with them. Find there...

An out of body experience is what it’s like when Rabia gets a chance to hang out with one of her favorite people, host and creator of the hit shows "True Crime Obsessed" and "Obsessed With Disappeared", Patrick Hinds. Listen as Patrick shares his lifelong supernatural experiences and realizes they were djinn all along. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

This week Rabia welcomes "Turkish Delight", the "Blue Devil Imam", chaplain Abdullah Antepli, faculty at Sanford School of Public Policy. A dear friend and long time mentor, Abdullah brings to this discussion a lifetime of experience having lived in around the world in different societies and cultures that shared a belief in djinn and black magic. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

This week journalist and professor Shaheen Pasha shares a lifetime of djinn hauntings with Rabia, from a doppelganger djinn in her mother's home to the old lady djinn that followed her and her family across the globe, and down through the family tree. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

In this week’s episode host Rabia Chaudry is joined by Professor Ali Olomi, a historian and Mid East scholar, djinn and folklore expert, and host of the podcast "Head On History". You can find and follow Ali, and his djinn threads, on Twitter, at the handle @aaolomi.

In this very first Hidden Djinn bonus episode, host Rabia Chaudry is joined by her husband Irfan Aziz joins me as they discuss how this project came about, and swap djinn stories from their childhoods and beyond.

Summoning the djinn is no easy task, but it may be even harder to get rid of them. Spells, rituals, sacrifices - it can take a lot of effort, time, and even money to rid yourself of an unwanted djinn guest. 

Though we may fear the unknown, human beings also can't seem to stay away from it. That's why we have always tried to find ways to contact the unseen, and why some have gone a step further and tried to control the djinn using powerful invocations, or even making deals with their very own souls. This week we explore the many ways people have summoned the djinn.

We know the one that rules over them by many names: Iblees. Mastema. Belzebub. Diabolos. Baphomet. Shaitaan. Satan. That's right, Satan himself. This week we trace Satan's origin story back to when the djinn ruled the earth.

We've pretty much established that the djinn are fearsome and powerful, and have an ancient enmity with mankind. But if they were all bad, wouldn't we be under constant threat by them? And what about the ones who would much rather be our friends? After all, it might be a better to keep them on your good side.

Few things are as intriguing to the human psyche as forbidden love, even if that love is so dangerous, it could cost you your life. And that's sometimes the price that's paid when a human and djinn become involved in ways you may never have imagined. Involvements that, often times, aren't completely voluntary. 

They say Hell hath no fury as a scorned woman, but wait until you hear about the very first scorned female djinniya and her eternal revenge.

Throughout history people have blamed the supernatural for physical and psychological ailments, and for good reason. But given our medical advancements today, where do the djinn fit into into mental illness and disease?

Djinn sightings and experiences have been reported for millenia, so what do the djinn look like, and how do you know if there's one right next to you? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The djinn may be everywhere but like us, they have their favorite haunts too. Find out where you can find them. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

The world of the djinn is ancient, but where did it all begin? This week's episode explores some of the earlier origin stories about where the djinn came from and exactly who and what they are.