Crónicas de la Cripta

Chronicles of the Crypt

Stories that should not exist

The Basement Recording

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Microphones in the basement of a house in Santiago capture voices reciting names of the dead from the sixties.

The Boy at the Window

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A girl in Mexico City draws the boy who visits her at night, and the drawing matches a real drowned child.

The Voice in the Well

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A well on a Cali hacienda whispers your name from the depths until you become unable to resist looking in.

The Driverless Taxi

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A yellow driverless taxi roams a Caracas highway; its plate belongs to a vehicle stolen in 1995.

The Forbidden Library

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A hidden library in Salamanca holds uncatalogued books that show different texts to each reader.

The Freight Train

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In the Atacama Desert there is a stretch where trains lose control and drivers see figures on the tracks.

The Third Bed

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An unrequested bed in a Rosario boarding house appears unmade every morning without anyone using it.

The Last Passenger

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Portland bus drivers avoid a nighttime stop in front of a cemetery where an impossible passenger boards.

The Music of the Cemetery

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The Dolores Cemetery watchman found at night a musician sitting on a grave, eyeless and full of teeth.

The Man Who Cast No Shadow

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A shadowless man roams the Chiclayo market and those who receive his whisper soon mourn a loved one.

The Twin Scar

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A twin in Bogota feels his dead brother physical pain for weeks, as if the bond were never broken.

The Town Without Children

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A village in Zacatecas where children cannot live holds an ancient stone with undeciphered engravings.

The Cursed Inheritance

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A Sevillian family inherits from generation to generation a dream with a red door that leads to death.

The Drowned Man Shoes

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On a beach in southern Chile, drowned men shoes appear and haunt those who dare to take them home.

The Dark Room

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A room in Edinburgh stays at exactly 12 degrees and sounds like someone counting coins inside.

The Metro Ghost

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A nineteen forties passenger rides every night in the last car of the Buenos Aires metro without ever getting off.

The Second Door

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An inexplicable door appears in a Monterrey apartment and leaves wear marks on the floor.

The Smell of Roses

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A chapel in Lima emits every year a rose smell so intense it causes visions and hospitalizations.

The Fog Ship

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A ghost ship in the Valparaíso fog announces each time a maritime accident in southern Chile.

The Statue That Changes

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A marble angel in the Recoleta Cemetery always looks directly at the camera, regardless of the angle.