Our next post for Hispanic Heritage Month brings us to the Andes Mountains region in South America, specifically Peru and Bolivia. Today, we will examine the legend of the Pishtaco - is it a boogeyman? Is it a vampire? Is it a bloodthirsty monster that will behead you in the dead of night? Let’s explore. …
Tag: Hispanic Heritage Month
The Unnamed: Los Angeles Bus Stop Does
On a hot July day in 1992, two young people were gunned down in Los Angeles by a car full of people they had never met before. Though their murders were solved, their identities remain unknown to this day, thirty years later. Who are the Los Angeles Bus Stop Does? Let’s explore. The Discovery Shortly …
The Missing: Victoria Amairani Marquina
Our next Hispanic Heritage Month post brings us to a very recent Missing Persons case out of California. Victoria Amairani Marquina vanished from Sutter Creek less than a week before her 17th birthday, and she was last seen with a man she met online. Was this man, who was charged with sex crimes against the …
Legend Has It: El Sombrerón
Welcome back to the Morbid Library. It’s been a while, readers, but we’re returning with an all new set of posts for Hispanic Heritage month - which runs from September 15 to October 15. We’ll discuss a few unidentified descendants, missing persons, urban legends, and cryptids. First up: a Boogeyman myth known as El Sombrerón. …