Mami & Papi loved to scare us Hispanic kids with 'El Coco'... but did you know that is one of the many variations of The Boogeyman? This week, we dive into the scary monster underneath all our beds and talk about how they shaped us... and gave us generational trauma! Yay!

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Music by Donald Guzzi & Artwork by Alexis Torres

Links to research:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/bogeyman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogeyman

https://allthatsinteresting.com/native-american-monsters/3

https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/13-terrifing-spooky-and-awesome-latin-american-horror-monsters-legends/

https://acis.com/blog/5-spanish-myths-and-legends/

https://llamitasspanish.com/latin-american-spanish-folktales-kids/