Legends From Costa Rica

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10/14/22 • 60 min

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Costa Rica is a beautiful Central American country, known for it's beaches and volcanoes, but it is also full of spooky legends and haunted places. Among these legends are La Tulevieja, El Chingo, El Hospital San Juan and today, we bring you these tales. Disclaimer: This is our first episode after a break, so we do spend time going over our vacations, skip to 15:51 to get straight to the listener story and episode topic!
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A Shivering World is a unique retelling of a tale as old as colonial times and What Ate the Angels is a body horror story that centers queer love and GOO. Written by Cynthia Gomez and M. Lopes Da Silva, these two stories are featured in Split Scream Volume Two, available November 15, 2022. They joined Cristina & MJ and chatted about the inspirations behind their stories, healthcare horror, the horrors of gentrification and core childhood horror memories, such as reading Scary Stories to tell in the Dark.
Pre-order Split Scream Volume Two today https://bookshop.org/p/books/split-scream-volume-two-m-lopes-da-silva/18821761?ean=9781737974048
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If you have spooky stories you want us to share on the podcast, please email [email protected].
Join the Espooky Tales Book Club for Busy People: https://espooky.substack.com/p/coming-soon
For more spooky stories, watch us on Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@espookytales
Chat with us on Discord! https://discord.gg/4zVbvd7Hek
For pictures on the places we discuss each episode, check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/espookytales/
Support Espooky Tales on Patreon and receive bonus episodes, shoutouts, stickers and more! https://www.patreon.com/Espookytales
Music Credit: Silent Night (Dark Piano Version)-Myuu