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Espooky Tales

Cristina & MJ

Latin American folklore, myths, legends, haunted places and espooky cuentos del rancho. Hear the stories you grew up with like La Llorona, as well as true stories from listeners an...

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Episode list

188

  • July 25, 2025

    53 min

    The Pucheta Alien Abduction and the Case of Mauricio Leal

    Sergio Pucheta was living a normal life in Argentina, until everything changed in 2006. He was on patrol when he encounted two glowing lights. In this episode, Carmen shares a UFO ...

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  • July 18, 2025

    1 hr 2 min

    El Asesino de Laredo

    En el otoño de 2018, el terror llego a la normalmente segura ciudad de Laredo, Texas. Dos mujeres fueron encontradas muertas en menos de dos semanas; cuando todo salio a luz, la si...

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  • July 11, 2025

    59 min

    The Laredo Texas Serial Killer

    In the fall of 2018, terror struck the normally relatively safe city of Laredo, TX. Two women were found dead in a span of less than 2 weeks, by the time it was over, it was a lot ...

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  • July 4, 2025

    1 hr 37 min

    The Unworthy: Book Club Episode

    The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica follows "the narrator", a woman who finds herself in a convent, writing her story with whatever she can find, discarded ink, drit and even her o...

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  • June 27, 2025

    1 hr 1 min

    Legends From Colima & the Case of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez

    (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:22) Listener Story (00:03:09) Legends From Colima (00:09:11) The Case of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez (00:52:24) Spooky Recs In 2012, Jose Antonio Elena Rod...

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  • June 20, 2025

    56 min

    La Casa de las Canicas and the Ciudad Juárez Cobalt-60 Contamination Incident

    La Casa de Las Canicas was built in the 1930s and can be found in Coahuila, Mexico. It's said to be haunted, but the name canicas does not come from where you think it does. Carmen...

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