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It's a book club episode! Carmen and Cristina read the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel CaƱas. First they recapped the book, then did discussion questions and ended by picking the next book club episode. Here is the synopsis for the Possession of Alba Diaz:
In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiancĆ©, Carlos, to his familyās isolated mine for refuge. But safety proves fleeting as other dangers soon bare their teeth: Alba begins suffering from strange hallucinations, sleepwalking, and violent convulsions. She senses something cold lurking beneath her skin. Something angry. Something wrong.
ElĆas, haunted by a troubled past, came to the New World to make his fortune and escape his familyās legacy of greed. Alba, as his cousinās betrothed, is none of his business. Which is of course why he canāt help but notice the growing tension between them every time she enters the roomā¦and why he notices her deteriorate when the demonās thirst for blood gets stronger. In the fight for her life, Alba and ElĆas become entangled with the occult, the Church, long-kept secrets, and each otherā¦ not knowing that one of these things will spell their doom.
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The next book club read is Monstrilio by Gerardo SĆ”mano CĆ³rdova. If you would like to
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Carmen and Cristina had the pleasure of talking with Cynthia about her new book MuƱeca, available 6/2/26 (WE LOVED THE BOOK). MuƱeca is a vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.
It is 1968 Oakland, and Natalia Fuentes has been hearing rumors about the beautiful Violeta Miramontes. The young heiress to Spanish colonial wealth has been left paralyzed by a mysterious illness. But Nati knows a thing or two about witchcraft, and she is certain that this is the work of dark magic. Armed with a plan to break the spell and earn a handsome reward, Nati works her way into the house as Violetaās caretaker, and immediately discovers her suspicions are true. But who cursed Violeta? And why? As feelings between the two women bloom into romance, Nati grows more and more reckless, and is forced to face her own ghostsā ones she hoped would stay gone forever.
Cynthia talked to Carmen and Cristina about the inspiration behind the magic that Nati is using, the history behind the Miramontes family living in Orinda and so much more.
Keep up with Cynthia on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social
and on her website: https://cynthiasaysboo.wpcomstaging.com/
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The next book club read is the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel CaƱas. If you want to purchase the book, check out our bookshop link https://bookshop.org/lists/espooky-book-club-list
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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 McFarland USA and El Norte (neither is spooky, but they are Latinx movies).
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Listen to Carmen and Cristina's other podcast Historias Unknown
The next book club read is the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel CaƱas. If you want to purchase the book, check out our bookshop link https://bookshop.org/lists/espooky-book-club-list
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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 took place and then discuss the exorcism itself. First, they read a listener story and they end with spooky recs. Carmen recommended the zombie romance called Dating after the End of the World by Jeneva Rose and Cristina recommended Tubi's newest original horror HIVE. They also shared their brief interview with the director of HIVE. Stay espooky!
If you have a spooky story to share, email [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at the Espooky Hot Line (360)836-4486. You can also submit it on Discord!
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Listen to Carmen and Cristina's other podcast Historias Unknown
The next book club read is the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel CaƱas. If you want to purchase the book, check out our bookshop link https://bookshop.org/lists/espooky-book-club-list
For more spooky stories, check out the Tiktok! https://www.tiktok.com/@espookytales
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Sources
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/03/05/Cardinal-Two-devil-exocisms-recently-blames-heavy-metal/1575636613200/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCv-oWhPdrY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Keith_Symons#Bishop_of_Palm_Beach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Sellers -
Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre era artista y muy conocida en su comunidad. Todos los vendedores de comida la conocĆan. TambiĆ©n era activista en un grupo llamado Mesa de Mujeres, una agrupaciĆ³n centrada en la violencia de gĆ©nero. Asimismo, era integrante de Puro Borde, un colectivo artĆstico de la ciudad. Algunos de sus murales aĆŗn pueden encontrarse en Ciudad JuĆ”rez. SaliĆ³ de un bar en el centro de JuĆ”rez pasada la medianoche del 18 de enero de 2020, y esa fue la Ćŗltima vez que sus amigos la vieron con vida. Antes de hablar sobre Isabel, Cristina le cuenta a Carmen parte de la historia de JuĆ”rez, abordando el tema de las maquiladoras y el TLCAN.
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Listen to Carmen and Cristina's other podcast Historias Unknown
The next book club read is the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel CaƱas. If you want to purchase the book, check out our bookshop link https://bookshop.org/lists/espooky-book-club-list
For more spooky stories, check out the Tiktok! https://www.tiktok.com/@espookytales
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sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femicide_in_Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez
https://www.calonews.com/communities/los-angeles/ni-una-m-s-how-mexico-s-femicide-crisis-fuels-activism-for-latinos-in-the/article_542c7a01-5c76-49b9-bd79-ffa9ee8d32d0.html
https://desinformemonos.org/lomas-de-poleo-un-campo-de-concentracion-en-la-frontera/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campo_Algodonero_in_Cd._Juarez
https://web.archive.org/web/20151031181854/
http://www.fronterasdesk.org/news/2011/nov/08/border-slain-unsolved-women-disappeared-mexico/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160313142858/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5683793
https://cja.org/what-we-do/litigation/amicus-briefs/campo-algodonero-v-the-united-mexican-states/
https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/01/12/ciudad-juarez-la-localidad-marcada-por-la-violencia-que-busca-erradicar-los-feminicidios/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Isabel_Cabanillas
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/mexico-war-on-women-artist-isabel-cabanillas-ciudad-juarez
https://desinformemonos.org/asesinatos-mujeres-ciudad-juarez-la-guerra-sigue/
https://archive.ph/knNKK -
On June 11th, 2018, Fabian Caceres left his home and enated the double femicide of Gabriela AlcaĆno Donoso and Carolina Donoso. This led to the passing of Gabriela's law in Chile, changing the way femicide is classifed forever.
If you have a spooky story to share, email [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at the Espooky Hot Line (360)836-4486. You can also submit it on Discord!
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Listen to Carmen and Cristina's other podcast Historias Unknown
The next book club read is the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel CaƱas. If you want to purchase the book, check out our bookshop link https://bookshop.org/lists/espooky-book-club-list
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sources
https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/04/22/chile-femicide-who-killed-his-ex-girlfriend-and-mother-was-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment-in-a-case-that-inspired-a-new-law/
https://www.newsweek.com/man-jailed-shocking-murder-mom-daughter-that-changed-femicide-law-chile-1701124
https://www.theclinic.cl/2020/03/02/padre-de-gabriela-alcaino-reacciona-a-dichos-de-pinera-es-no-escuchar-es-no-entender-que-aca-la-culpa-no-es-de-la-mujer/
https://www.theclinic.cl/2020/01/30/podcast-poderosas-gabriela/
https://www.elmostrador.cl/braga/2022/04/21/justicia-para-gabriela-tribunal-condena-a-fabian-caceres-a-presidio-perpetuo/
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/252303-en-el-nombre-de-todas/
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ley_Gabrielahttps://hiplatina.com/chile-femicides-revolution/
https://apnews.com/general-news-f62aaccb03cd3749ec969924f8b5506f -
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 allegations, but also discuss a troubling past that involves anger issues, being controlling, the wet lines, his admiration for a cult leader, and more.
sexual assault resources:https://doloreshuerta.org/sexual_assault_resources/
Historias Unknown: https://www.historiasunknown.com/
sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/cesar-chavez-sexual-abuse-allegations-ufw.html?smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/cesar-chavez-sexual-assault-allegations-takeaways.html?rsrc=flt&smid=url-share
https://medium.com/@dolores_huerta/march-18-2026-e74c20430555
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez by Miriam Pawel
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-madness-of-cesar-chavez/308557/
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/cesar-chavez-complicated-legacy-united-farm-workers-immigration/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-29/cesar-chavez-problematic-miriam-pawel -
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 member of Puro Borde, an art collective in the city. Some of her murals can still be found in Ciudad Juarez. She left a bar in downtown Juarez after midnight on Jan 18, 2020 and that was the last time her friends saw her alive. Before tallking about Isabel, Cristina tells Carmen some of the history of Juarez, involving the maquiladoras and NAFTA.
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Listen to Carmen and Cristina's other podcast Historias Unknown
The next book club read is the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel CaƱas. If you want to purchase the book, check out our bookshop link https://bookshop.org/lists/espooky-book-club-list
For more spooky stories, check out the Tiktok! https://www.tiktok.com/@espookytales
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sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femicide_in_Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez
https://www.calonews.com/communities/los-angeles/ni-una-m-s-how-mexico-s-femicide-crisis-fuels-activism-for-latinos-in-the/article_542c7a01-5c76-49b9-bd79-ffa9ee8d32d0.html
https://desinformemonos.org/lomas-de-poleo-un-campo-de-concentracion-en-la-frontera/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campo_Algodonero_in_Cd._Juarez
https://web.archive.org/web/20151031181854/
http://www.fronterasdesk.org/news/2011/nov/08/border-slain-unsolved-women-disappeared-mexico/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160313142858/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5683793
https://cja.org/what-we-do/litigation/amicus-briefs/campo-algodonero-v-the-united-mexican-states/
https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/01/12/ciudad-juarez-la-localidad-marcada-por-la-violencia-que-busca-erradicar-los-feminicidios/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Isabel_Cabanillas
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/mexico-war-on-women-artist-isabel-cabanillas-ciudad-juarez
https://desinformemonos.org/asesinatos-mujeres-ciudad-juarez-la-guerra-sigue/
https://archive.ph/knNKK -
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 of a woman. She was wearing a beige dress, it was hiked up above her waist, she was missing one of her high heels and her long hair was in braids. She had no ID on her. Ricardo alerted the authorities, but he was worried this would just be dismissed and that they would not even try and figure out who she was. So he took pictures with his phone. The pictures were cropped to only show her tattoos. A couple of days went by and he decided to post the cropped pictures, in hopes that someone would recognize her. When he posted the pictures, he wrote, āShare Please. I donāt want her to end up in a common grave. This is how the family and friends of 27 year old Ariadna Fernanda Lopez Diaz found out why she had not answered their calls or messages for over 24 hours.
If you have a spooky story to share, email [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at the Espooky Hot Line (360)836-4486. You can also submit it on Discord!
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Listen to Carmen and Cristina's other podcast Historias Unknown
The next book club read is the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel CaƱas. If you want to purchase the book, check out our bookshop link https://bookshop.org/lists/espooky-book-club-list
For more spooky stories, check out the Tiktok! https://www.tiktok.com/@espookytales
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Sources:
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-03-08/ariadna-lopez-femicide-mexico
https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-11-10/covering-up-a-femicide-in-mexico.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63555499
https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-11-12/ariadna-lopez-15-hours-locked-in-an-apartment-with-her-alleged-femicides.html
https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2024/06/26/feminicidio-de-ariadna-fernanda-vinculan-a-proceso-a-rautel-n-por-desaparicion-del-cuerpo/
https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025/05/20/sociedad/rautel-astudillo-garcia-continuara-preso-por-el-feminicidio-de-ariadna-fernanda
https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025/06/12/sociedad/otorgan-suspension-a-rautel-astudillo-contra-apertura-de-juicio-oral-por-caso-de-feminicidio
https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2025/06/25/capital/niegan-amparo-a-vanessa-flores-presunta-coautora-material-de-feminicidio -
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 a spooky story to share, email [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at the Espooky Hot Line (360)836-4486. You can also submit it on Discord!
Join the Espooky Tales Book Club for Busy People: https://substack.com/@espooky?utm_source=profile-page
Listen to Carmen and Cristina's other podcast Historias Unknown
The next book club read is the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel CaƱas. If you want to purchase the book, check out our bookshop link https://bookshop.org/lists/espooky-book-club-list
For more spooky stories, check out the Tiktok! https://www.tiktok.com/@espookytales
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/espookytales/
Chat with us on Discord! https://discord.gg/cWk7CvVgaR
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By joining, you can help Espooky Tales donate 20% funds to charity. This month's donation went to CLEAN, carwash worker center, an org that has been helping car wash workers who are unable to leave their homes due to increasing ICE raids in LA country, by providing groceries to over 200 car wash workers. Follow @carwasherxs on instagram
Get Espooky Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/espooky-tales/
Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@espookytales
Sources:
https://www.mapuexpress.org/2025/08/22/familia-de-jose-huenante-joven-mapuche-detenido-desaparecido-seguiremos-en-pie-de-lucha-exigiendo-justicia/
https://rehuirelolvido.indh.cl/caso/josehuenante/
https://www.scribd.com/document/639277577/CASO-JOSE-HUENANTE
https://www.laizquierdadiario.com.ve/a-18-anos-del-primer-detenido-desaparecido-en-democracia
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Huenante
ĀæDĆ³nde estĆ”n? ĀæDĆ³nde estĆ”? el caso JosĆ© Huenante (pdf)
https://www.mapuche-nation.org/english/html/news/n-135.htm -
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 staggering near a semi-truck. Once they got closer to the semi-truck, they found bodies upon bodies, not moving, with swollen faces and blue lips. Roberto called 9-1-1, exclaiming, āThereās an 18-wheeler with about 20 dead people in the back. Thereās more than 20 people, thereās 50 people! All the while the girl could be heard screaming in the background. In total, 53 migrants found in the trailer died that day- 26 Mexicans, 21 Guatemalans, and 6 Hondurans. Who can be blamed for this horrible incident, thatās been described as the deadliest immigration-related disaster? The US for its deadly immigration policies? The smugglers? The meth-fueled driver working for the smugglers? The extremely hot Texan summer?
In this episode, Carmen and Cristina share this case, listen with care, it is a very difficult one.
If you have a spooky story to share, email [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at the Espooky Hot Line (360)836-4486. You can also submit it on Discord!
Join the Espooky Tales Book Club for Busy People: https://substack.com/@espooky?utm_source=profile-page
Listen to Carmen and Cristina's other podcast Historias Unknown
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Sources:
https://www.texasmonthly.com/interactive/san-antonio-53-migrant-deaths/
https://sanantonioreport.org/southside-migrant-memorial-to-honor-53-migrants-from-2022-tractor-trailer-tragedy/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/migrant-deaths-texas-sentencing -
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 Another.
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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 (the little monkeys of Meoqui). Cristina and Carmen shares these stories, then they end with spooky recs and start with a listener story. Carmen did not have a recommendation and Cristina recommended Bugonia.
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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 Giuffre and Cristina did not have a spooky recommendation.
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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 se notan!
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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 cathedral.
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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, listen with caution/care.
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The next book club read is the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel CaƱas. If you want to purchase the book, check out our bookshop link https://bookshop.org/lists/espooky-book-club-list
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Sources
Critical Incident Death at the Border Documentary
https://www.southernborder.org/anastasio_hernandez_rojas
https://refugees.org/u-s-border-patrol-found-responsible-for-the-fatal-abuse-of-anastasio-hernandez-rojas/
https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/alliancesandiego/legacy_url/1324/Anastasio-Complaint-FINAL-160329.pdf?1490744367
https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/decisions/2025/US_14.042_EN.PDF
https://www.alliancesd.org/rodney_scott_nomination_statement
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/ECC8BF6783058183A59A5D06DF74E036/S2071832220000280a.pdf/div-class-title-hard-protection-through-soft-courts-span-class-italic-non-refoulement-span-before-the-united-nations-treaty-bodies-div.pdf
Crossing the line (PBS doc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUyy85t8E_U&t=62s
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/03/28/border-agents-beat-an-undocumented-immigrant-to-death-the-u-s-is-paying-his-family-1-million/ -
MetapĆ”n, 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. Itās the second largest city, and in Nahuatl, it means, āriver of the Magueyā. It's also a little espooky! In this episode, Cristina and Carmen share three stories from this town.
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No episode today (insert sad face), but here is a short list of some espooky Xmas movies instead!
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Before it housed the General National Archive, 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 location in CDMX and Carmen shares the case of the San Juanic Explosion.
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