Episodes

Carmen and Cristina had the pleasure of talking with Cynthia about her new book Muñeca, available 6/2/26 (WE LOVED THE BOOK). Muñeca is a vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue...

Carmen shares the legend of the ghost bride of Patos and other legends from the Mexican state of Coahuila. Then, they end with spooky recs. Carmen's recommendation is the book Malas by Marcela Fuentes and Cristina recommended...

The Satanic Panic was still very alive in the 1990s and in the midst of this, ABC's 2020 aired the alleged real exorcism of a Colombian American teen named Gina. Carmen and Cristina share the context in which her exorcism too...

Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre era artista y muy conocida en su comunidad. Todos los vendedores de comida la conocían. También era activista en un grupo llamado Mesa de Mujeres, una agrupación centrada en la violencia de géner...

On June 11th, 2018, Fabian Caceres left his home and enated the double femicide of Gabriela Alcaíno Donoso and Carolina Donoso. This led to the passing of Gabriela's law in Chile, changing the way femicide is classifed foreve...

On 3/18, the NYT dropped its years-long investigation into Cesar Chavez, and in it, survivors told their stories for the first time. It revealed that he abused them when they were minors. In this episode, we share the new all...

Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre was an artist and so well known in her community. Every food vendor knew her. She was also an activist with a group called Mesa de Mujeres, a group that focused on gender violence. She was also a...

On the 1st of November, two cyclists were biking from Ciudad de Mexico, heading south to Tepoztlan. As they rode, they turned off the regular road, there, under a bridge in the highway, in the undergrowth, they found the body...

It was a Chile focused one this time! For the paranormal segment, Carmen shared Chile's bermuda triange, el cerro moreno and Cristina shared the case of Jose Huanante, a Mapuche teenager who went missing in 2005. If you have ...

On June 27, 2022, at approximately 6pm, Roberto Quintero and his crew were working, when they heard screams and rushed towards the commotion, which took them to Quintana Road in San Antonio, TX. There, they found a girl stagg...

More legends from Chihuahua and a case also from there, involving vampirism/satanism. For spooky recs, Carmen had none because she was busy reading Harvest of Empire and Now I Surrender. Cristina talked about One Battle After...

Chihuahua is one of the largest states in Mexico and also very haunted. Among these hauntings are El Panteon de los ninos (the children's cemetery), La Casa dell Ahorcado (The Hanged Man's House) and Los Monitos de Meoqui (th...

Carmen and Cristina share a few family stories and then Cristina shaares the 1985 Mexico City Musuem Heist. They end with spooky recs and start with a listener story. Carmen recommended Nobody's Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuff...

La mama de Carmen y Cristina las acompano para este capitulo, en donde cuenta diferentes historias de terror que ocurrieron durante su juventud en Guadalajara, Mexico. DISCULPENOS porque tuvimos muchos problemas tecnicos que ...

The metropolitan cathedral of Mexico city was built over the course of 250 years, but according to legend, Mexico city underwent an exorcism and the demon that possessed it, is locked away in the catacombs of the Mexico city ...

Anastasio Hernandez Rojas was killed by border patrol officers in May 2010. He was handcuffed and beaten and tased multiple times until he died from a heart attack. Carmen and Cristina share this case, IT IS A VERY HEAVY CASE...

Metapán, a city and municipality in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador. It borders Honduras and Guatemala, as it is located in the north of the country. It’s the second largest city, and in Nahuatl, it means, “river of t...

No episode today (insert sad face), but here is a short list of some espooky Xmas movies instead! If you have a spooky story to share, email Espookytales@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at the Espooky Hot Line (360)836-4486. You can also submit it...

Beforeit housed the General National Archine, Lecumberri was a prison. Due to it's dark past, the Black Palace is now said to be haunted with the ghost of Don Jacinto and more. Cristina shares the history of this haunted loca...

The Bewitching follows three women, in three different timelines: Alba in 1900s Mexico, Beatrice during the great depression in Massachusetts, and Minerva in the 1990s, who’s connected to both women as she is Alba’s granddau...

Juan Fernando Hermosa holds the record for being Ecuador’s youngest serial killer. At just 15 years old, he was arrested for murdering 22 people. Carmen and Cristina discuss this case, but first they read a listener story and...

Mexico's metro system is one of the most used public transportation systems in North America, but it's also said to be super haunted! In this epiosde, Cristina tells Carmen 4 different stories from the metro system, two from ...

Carmen and Cristina are still playing catch up after spending a week together and doing a couple of live shows, so there's no new epsiode BUT enjoy this Weapons movie from the vault (the vault being patreon) with podcast best...

El Chupacabras es uno de los críptidos latinoamericanos más conocidos. Los primeros avistamientos datan de 1995 en Puerto Rico, pero algunos de los relatos más extraños provienen de Chile. En el año 2000, se produjo una serie...