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Today, you're going to learn a case about a macabre game played by two young men that ended up with a gruesome murder. This is the roleplaying game case. 

Today, you're going to learn about what is probably the most infamous wrongful conviction case in Spanish recent history. You will have seen the title of this episode refers to one woman, Rocío Wanninkhof, but she in't the only victim in this story. This is also Sonia Carabantes and Dolores Vasquez's story. 

In this episode, we're going to talk about a serial killer that terrorized the city of Madrid for weeks, killing six people in just 54 days, and whose story ended with a surprising twist. This is the case of the Deck of Cards Killer.

All True Crime fans know at least one case of a killer nurse, also often called angels of death. Most of the time they're women, but today we're going to learn about a male killer nurse. In this episode, I will be talking about the most prolific serial killer in recent Spanish history. This is the story of Joan Vila i Dilmé, known as el Zelador d'Olot.

In this episode I will be covering one of Spain's most infamous stories, about a decades-long rivalry between two families in the countryside, and a hatred so deep it led to a bloody revenge. This is the Puerto Hurraco massacre.

In this first episode, I will be covering a case that had the entire city of Barcelona in a state of panic for weeks, and that will probably make you see parking lots in a different light. You're going to hear the story of l'Assassí del Putxet, the Putxet killer.




Show notes: 

https://beteve.cat/les-flors-del-mal/assassi-del-putxet/

https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/crims/crims-lassassi-del-putxet/video/6030311/

https://elpais.com/elpais/2004/12/18/actualidad/1103361420_850215.html

https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/sociedad/el-asesino-del-putxet-no-saldra-de-prision-antes-del-ano-2035_157426.html