Between 1998 and 2006, Mexico City was haunted by a terrifying mystery, dozens of elderly women found strangled in their own homes. When police finally uncovered the truth, it shocked the world: the killer wasn’t a man, but Juana Barraza, a former lucha libre wrestler known as La Mataviejitas, or The Little Old Lady Killer.

In this episode, we unravel her story, from her tragic childhood and wrestling fame to the investigation that exposed Mexico’s most infamous serial killer.

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🎧 Macabre Mondays is a true crime and paranormal podcast hosted by Alejandra and her husband Tom. Each week, storyteller and spooky enthusiast Ale unpacks some of the most haunting cases she’s researched, dragging her husband along for the ride, whether he’s ready for it or not. He’s hearing it all for the first time… just like you.

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In Chapter 13: Threshold, morning comes to the Marrow house.

The air warms. The lavender remembers itself. And the final rule, Let go when asked by name, has been honored. With the ledger in hand, she writes her own line, returning what the house borrowed and restoring its quiet balance.

When the red door opens at last, the hall beyond is no longer blue.

It’s her own.

This episode marks the end of 13 Nights of Macabre, a 13-night event series from Macabre Mondays.

Thank you for spending your nights in the dark with us, we hope you enjoyed every minute of it.

Have a Happy Halloween!

13 Nights of Macabre, written by E. L. Holloway and narrated by Alejandra Bendel.

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🎧 Macabre Mondays is a true crime and paranormal podcast hosted by Alejandra and her husband Tom. Each week, storyteller and spooky enthusiast Ale unpacks some of the most haunting cases she’s researched, dragging her husband along for the ride, whether he’s ready for it or not. He’s hearing it all for the first time… just like you.

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In Chapter 12: Owed, she finally asks by name.

When the house writes its final rule — Let go when asked by name — everything begins to unravel. The red door unlocks from the inside, the mirror breathes, and the little girl on the other side takes one fateful step. But calling her own name changes the balance. The house listens.

The thirteenth crib stills, the door closes, and for the first time, the Hall obeys.

Yet one voice remains — a reminder that some debts aren’t meant to be forgotten.

Tune in each night for the next chapter of 13 Nights of Macabre, written by E. L. Holloway and narrated by Alejandra Bendel.

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🎧 Macabre Mondays is a true crime and paranormal podcast hosted by Alejandra and her husband Tom. Each week, storyteller and spooky enthusiast Ale unpacks some of the most haunting cases she’s researched, dragging her husband along for the ride, whether he’s ready for it or not. He’s hearing it all for the first time… just like you.

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In Chapter 11: The Kept Hour, midnight takes hold.

Upstairs, a realtor and his daughter walk the same hallway, unaware of the house’s patience below. In the nursery, the cataloger faces her reflection — two versions of herself split by a single crack in the glass. The thirteenth rule remains unwritten, glowing with quiet promise.

When the mirror fogs with her mother’s voice and the words Ask by your name, she finally realizes the house has been waiting for one question — and for her to remember how to ask it.

Tune in each night for the next chapter of 13 Nights of Macabre, written by E. L. Holloway and narrated by Alejandra Bendel.

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🎧 Macabre Mondays is a true crime and paranormal podcast hosted by Alejandra and her husband Tom. Each week, storyteller and spooky enthusiast Ale unpacks some of the most haunting cases she’s researched, dragging her husband along for the ride, whether he’s ready for it or not. He’s hearing it all for the first time… just like you.

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In Chapter 10: The Ledger Below, she follows the stairs into the house’s hidden nursery, a place that remembers every name ever borrowed. Rows of cribs and a box lined with antique keys wait in the dark. Each key bears a name, each name marked returned … except one.

When she touches the key labeled Sunshine, kept, the cribs begin to rock, and the house upstairs welcomes new guests.

Midnight has arrived.

Tune in each night for the next chapter of 13 Nights of Macabre, written by E. L. Holloway and narrated by Alejandra Bendel.

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🎧 Macabre Mondays is a true crime and paranormal podcast hosted by Alejandra and her husband Tom. Each week, storyteller and spooky enthusiast Ale unpacks some of the most haunting cases she’s researched, dragging her husband along for the ride, whether he’s ready for it or not. He’s hearing it all for the first time… just like you.

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Before it became a campfire story, it was a real nightmare.

In 1950, thirteen-year-old Janett Christman accepted a last-minute babysitting job on a stormy night in Columbia, Missouri. Hours later, a frantic phone call came into the police station, a young girl’s voice begging for help, followed by silence. When officers arrived, they found the phone off the hook… and Janett brutally murdered.

Her case remains unsolved to this day, but many say it inspired one of the most chilling urban legends ever told, “The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs.”

Join Alé and Tom as they explore the true story behind the legend, unraveling how a night of real horror blurred the line between truth and folklore in America’s collective memory.

⚠️ TW: This episode contains discussions of violence, sexual assault, and murder. Listener discretion is advised.

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🎧 Macabre Mondays is a true crime and paranormal podcast hosted by Alejandra and her husband Tom. Each week, storyteller and spooky enthusiast Ale unpacks some of the most haunting cases she’s researched, dragging her husband along for the ride, whether he’s ready for it or not. He’s hearing it all for the first time… just like you.

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In Chapter 9: Returns, the house begins to pull her deeper.

A clear marble rolls from beneath the red door, reflecting both halls overlapped — as if time itself has started to fold. Through the crack, a staircase appears, curving down into the dark. The voices whisper that he keeps the keys and that they’re safer when he does. But when she starts to descend, she realizes returning what’s borrowed might mean giving more than she ever took.

The house counts every step.

Tune in each night for the next chapter of 13 Nights of Macabre, written by E. L. Holloway and narrated by Alejandra Bendel.

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🎧 Macabre Mondays is a true crime and paranormal podcast hosted by Alejandra and her husband Tom. Each week, storyteller and spooky enthusiast Ale unpacks some of the most haunting cases she’s researched, dragging her husband along for the ride, whether he’s ready for it or not. He’s hearing it all for the first time… just like you.

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In Chapter 8: The Other Hall, the house draws its boundary.

Through the widening seam, the cataloger sees the mirrored corridor come alive — its air colder, its laughter smaller, its promises softer. When a child’s hand reaches from the blue hall to touch hers, she hesitates, remembering the rule that’s kept her alive so far: Keep to your side.

But when a deeper voice arrives — one that doesn’t belong to a child at all — the house reminds her that every invitation comes with a cost.

Tune in each night for the next chapter of 13 Nights of Macabre, written by E. L. Holloway and narrated by Alejandra Bendel.

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🎧 Macabre Mondays is a true crime and paranormal podcast hosted by Alejandra and her husband Tom. Each week, storyteller and spooky enthusiast Ale unpacks some of the most haunting cases she’s researched, dragging her husband along for the ride, whether he’s ready for it or not. He’s hearing it all for the first time… just like you.

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In Chapter 7: Angle of View, the hall begins to move.

No matter where she stands, the red door shifts back to the center of her vision, the house adjusting her like a subject in a frame. As she places the three marbles across the threshold, they roll toward the mirrored hall, aligning themselves as if called home. Through the blue reflection, her own voice warns her not to let the house “line her up.”

The children are waiting for hush hour to begin.

Tune in each night for the next chapter of 13 Nights of Macabre, written by E. L. Holloway and narrated by Alejandra Bendel.

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🎧 Macabre Mondays is a true crime and paranormal podcast hosted by Alejandra and her husband Tom. Each week, storyteller and spooky enthusiast Ale unpacks some of the most haunting cases she’s researched, dragging her husband along for the ride, whether he’s ready for it or not. He’s hearing it all for the first time… just like you.

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In Chapter 6: Static, the count begins.

Children’s voices whisper numbers through the baby monitor, stopping at thirteen as the house shifts its focus. A new marble appears — dark as ink, threaded with silver — showing what moves beneath the floorboards. Through the keyhole, a mirrored version of the hallway comes to life, and her own reflection starts moving before she does.

Every frame fogs with a warning:

Keep to your side.

Tune in each night for the next chapter of 13 Nights of Macabre, written by E. L. Holloway and narrated by Alejandra Bendel.

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🎧 Macabre Mondays is a true crime and paranormal podcast hosted by Alejandra and her husband Tom. Each week, storyteller and spooky enthusiast Ale unpacks some of the most haunting cases she’s researched, dragging her husband along for the ride, whether he’s ready for it or not. He’s hearing it all for the first time… just like you.

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