Espooky Tales

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 and guests. Join friends, Cristina & MJ, every Friday as they share these...

Author: Cristina & Carmen

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 and guests. Join twins, Cristina & Carmen (formerly MJ), every Friday as they share these tales and have a few laughs. Stay espooky!
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The Case of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas
Episode 235
Friday, 9 January, 2026

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. 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-pageListen to Carmen and Cristina's other podcast Historias UnknownThe next book club read is the Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel Cañas. If you want to purchase the book, check out our bookshop link https://bookshop.org/lists/espooky-book-club-listFor more spooky stories, check out the Tiktok! https://www.tiktok.com/@espookytalesInstagram https://www.instagram.com/espookytales/Chat with us on Discord! https://discord.gg/cWk7CvVgaRWant to be a Patron? Get episodes AD-FREE, listen before they are released to anyone else, get bonus episodes, exclusive stickers, virtual hangouts, and more! Support Espooky Tales. Learn more by visiting https://www.patreon.com/EspookytalesBy 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 instagramGet Espooky Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/espooky-tales/Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@espookytalesSourcesCritical Incident Death at the Border Documentaryhttps://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.PDFhttps://www.alliancesd.org/rodney_scott_nomination_statementhttps://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.pdfCrossing the line (PBS doc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUyy85t8E_U&t=62shttps://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/