Origins, Abilities, Meaning And Season 2 Theories. We discuss the mysterious villain of HBO's The Outsider and what is really ...

The legend of El Cuco—the shape-shifting eater of children, the drinker of tears and grief—transcends cultures around the world. Some know El Cuco as Baba Yaga or Babau, ...

Holly Gibney (Cynthia Erivo), however, was able to stop the killing by daring Frank to shoot her. This allowed his conscience to overpower the influence of El Cuco, and gives Frank just enough ...

HBO's The Outsider introduced "El Cuco" (sometimes "El Coco") in episode 4. The myth has Spanish origins and is similar to the boogeyman.

This maniacal force has been called everything from Baba Yaga to Jumbee, to El Coco (or El Cuco) and Black Annis. The end of The Outsider Episode 4 sees Holly researching this terrible foe.

"The Outsider" finale on HBO seemed to show Ralph and Holly defeat El Cuco for good...but a detail fans have noticed in the mid-credits might suggest the battle isn't over yet.

But in Mexican culture, El Cuco is described as an amorphous child-eating beast. In a post-episode featurette for the series on HBO, King talks about the lure of a myth like El Cuco.

On last week's penultimate episode of The Outsider, Ralph and his team were under fire as a virtually insane Jack Hoskins rained bullets down on the unsuspecting gang of detectives. Alec Pelley ...

“Girl, don’t make me fall in love with you,” Cuco sang as he stood onstage Wednesday night before a full house at the El Rey Theatre. But it’s not what you think. Cuco, the deeply charming ...