# The Goblin-Possessed Kitchen That Drove a City MAD

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Podcast: [This Paranormal Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-paranormal-life-659420)
Published: 2026-03-10T00:00:00+00:00
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From smart speakers to AI-powered TVs — in 2026 we are used to inanimate objects talking to us. But in the early 20th century if you told someone your stove cracked a joke? You’d be placed in a strait-jacket and booted into a jail cell. And yet that’s exactly what happened to the Palazón family in Zaragoza, Spain in 1934 when their stove started yapping uncontrollably! The subsequent chaos would consume the entire city causing full blown ‘goblin fever’. But was ANY of it really paranormal? Time for Kit and Rory to find out… Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Secret Society Facebook Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/ThisParanormalLife⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to get access to weekly bonus episodes! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Official TPL Merch!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Edited by Philip Shacklady Research by Ewen Friers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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