Brenda Salguero and Dr. Orquidea Morales use their expertise and experiences, to explore the world of Latin American and Latinx folklore, horror, and monsters
Episodes
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
The one legged woman that haunts the forest, tearing and consuming the flesh men dumb enough to mess with nature - La Patasola can be found in Colombia or Ecuador hopping around on one foot. We tell you how a regular woman became the protector of the forest...
Tw: infidelity, murder, child murder,
Music by Patrick Mullens & DylanTheFish
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Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
After a night of hard partying and drinking you wake up in a tub full of melted ice. Startled you stand up, only to notice a weird pulling sensation on your back. You lift up your shirt and you see a fresh and gnarly scar going up the side of your torso!
Have you heard of this urban legend before? Well we explore it's origins but also the real story behind people's organs going missing....
Tw: torture, exploitation of the poor, animal black market trade
Music by Patrick Mullens
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The Organ Detective: A Career Spent Uncovering A Hidden Global Market in Human Flesh
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
Thursday Mar 31, 2022
El Silbón terrorizes the drunk and angry men of los llanos in Colombia and Venezuela. If you hear a faint whistle it is too late, get ready to have your bones removed from your flesh and stuffed into a bag.
Tw: patricide, torture, murder, and a hint of attempted cannibalism
Music by Patrick Mullens & Julius_Galla
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Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
What happens if a child dies before it's baptized? Besides toiling away in the sheer agony of limbo, they can instead manifest as a Douen! These tiny creatures live in the forests of Trinidad and Tobago, causing mischief and sometimes a little bit of horror...
TW: babies, baby death, & general mischief
Music by Patrick Mullens & Setuniman
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Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
What do you get when you mix a cult, Nazis, pedophilia and a close relationship with a dictator?
In 1961, Paul Schafer left Belgium to escape accusations of sexually abusing more than 30 children. Chile at the time was a hot spot for ex-Nazis fleeing the end of WWII and so he decided to make a new home there and name it Colonia Dignidad.
Along with 280 other Europeans he became the leader of this cloistered, odd, and torturous colony. In this month's episode find out all of Colonia Dignidad's dirty secrets...
TW: pedophilia (as already mentioned), Nazis, torture, genital mutilation (not detailed), and abuse
Music by Patrick Mullens
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Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
For Halloween we bring you some creepy stories by Albert and Jae from Coffee and Chisme. Inspired by Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction tv show, we invite you to listen and try to figure out which story is true and which one is fake. The truth is revealed at the end of the episode!
Make sure to listen to our stories on the Espooky Tales podcast on October 29th! You can also listen to their stories on Coffee and Chisme's podcast dropping on October 27th.
Music by Patrick Mullens
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Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Why is the Amazon rainforest named after a tribe of warrior women from Greek myth? When Columbus embarked on his journey to the Indies in 1492 he arrived in the "New World" with preconceived notions of what he would find there - including monsters.
Did Columbus and other explorers really encounter sirens, mermaids, and cannibals? Find out in this months' episode!
Tw: Cannibalism (so much), penis disfiguration, and Columbus
Music by Patrick Mullens
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Monday Aug 30, 2021
Monday Aug 30, 2021
The opossum is a strange creature that baffled the earliest colonizers exploring Latin America. Little did they know that the little creature had cemented itself into local folklore. We explore how the Tlacuache brought fire, mezcal, and joy to humanity.
TW: limp bizcuit
Music by Patrick Mullens
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Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Spoiler free! We got a special screening of the movie Escape Room: Tournament of Champions. Check out the movie trailer!
We briefly go over the history of escape rooms, what we thought of the movie, and also feature a fantastic interview with Javi Kallback, a Latina Escape Room expert and creator from New Hampshire!
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Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Tales have persisted for over a century of a mysterious creature that lurks in the forests of the Dominican Republic. Both beautiful and deadly, her backwards feet lead men astray. But was her story created by one man, or was it a tale created before colonization...
Music by Patrick Mullens
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