{"podcast":{"title":"Espooky Tales","slug":"espooky-tales-1328270","podcast_index_feed_id":1328270,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5931957/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/espooky-tales","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1909201327b5d9b62a373baebfccb546.jpg","author":"Cristina Lumague","episode_count":288,"summary":"Latin American folklore, myths, legends, haunted places,true crime and espooky cuentos del rancho. Hear the stories you grew up with like La Llorona, as well as true stories from listeners and guests. Join twins, Cristina & Carmen (formerly MJ), every other Friday as they share these tales and have a few laughs. Stay espooky!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T12:17:41.350341+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espooky-tales-1328270"},"episode":{"title":"The Possession of Alba Diaz Book Club Episode","slug":"the-possession-of-alba-diaz-book-club-episode","published_at":"2026-06-05T10:45:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espooky-tales-1328270/the-possession-of-alba-diaz-book-club-episode","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espooky-tales-1328270","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-possession-of-alba-diaz-book-club-episode--72360532","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/clrtpod.com/m/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72360532/etepbookcubalbadiazfinalmix.mp3","summary":"It's a book club episode! Carmen and Cristina read the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel Cañas. 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 fiancé, Carlos, to his family’s 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. Elías, haunted by a troubled past, came to the New World to make his fortune and escape his family’s legacy of greed. Alba, as his cousin’s betrothed, is none of his business. Which is of course why he can’t help but notice the growing tension between them every time she enters the room…and why he notices her deteriorate when the demon’s thirst for blood gets stronger. In the fight for her life, Alba and Elías become entangled with the occult, the Church, long-kept secrets, and each other… not knowing that one of these things will spell their doom. If you have a spooky story to share, email Espookytales@gmail.com 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 Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. If you would like 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/@espooky…","meta_description":"It's a book club episode! Carmen and Cristina read the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel Cañas. First they recapped the book, then did discussion question…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4604,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/espooky-tales-1328270/episodes/the-possession-of-alba-diaz-book-club-episode/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/espooky-tales-1328270/the-possession-of-alba-diaz-book-club-episode.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}