Intermediate Spanish Stories
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E88 Halloween Special III: El Extraño Caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde
E88 Halloween Special III: El Extraño Caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde
About this podcast
For intermediate Spanish language learners (A2 - C2) Improve your Spanish language listening comprehension skills and immerse yourself in interesting stories on various topics in Spanish (Mexico) spoken at a slower pace to increase understanding of oral language and build vocabulary. There are no grammar lessons, just stories.
You can find the free transcript on the website, in the tab behind the description.
If you have an interesting story or topic you would like me to cover, you can send me your suggestions via email at: [email protected]
Episodes
The newest 20 of 89 episodes
- E88 Halloween Special III: El Extraño Caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde · 48 min · Season 6 Episode 88Published in 1886 by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tells the chilling story of a respected London doctor who develops a…
- E87 Halloween Special II: Drácula · 49 min · Season 6 Episode 87Published in 1897 by Irish author Bram Stoker, Dracula tells the terrifying story of Count Dracula, an ancient vampire who leaves his castle in Transylvania to spread his dark…
- E86 Halloween Special I: Frankenstein · 42 min · Season 6 Episode 86Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein tells the tragic story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who becomes obsessed with discovering the secret of life. After successfully bringing…
- E85 Los Hipopótamos de Colombia · 30 min · Season 6 Episode 85More than three decades after Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's death, one of his most unexpected legacies is still growing. What began as an extravagant whim in the 1980s has…
- E84 25 Años Después - We Will Never Forget · 24 min · Season 6 Episode 84Twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the nation continues to honor the lives lost while reflecting on the strength that emerged from tragedy. Among the most…
- E83 El Asesinato de Harvey Milk · 38 min · Season 6 Episode 83On November 27, 1978, San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were shot and killed inside San Francisco City Hall. The gunman was Dan White, a disgruntled…
- E82 Douglas Hegdahl - el Héroe Olvidado de Vietnam del Norte · 28 min · Season 6 Episode 82During the Vietnam War, a young American sailor accidentally fell overboard from his ship in the Gulf of Tonkin and drifted into enemy hands. Captured by North Vietnamese forces…
- E81 La Fuga de Alcatraz · 38 min · Season 6 Episode 81On June 11, 1962, inmates Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin staged an ingenious breakout from Alcatraz. The trio famously placed plaster and paint dummy heads in…
- E80 La Operación Chavín de Huántar · 34 min · Season 6 Episode 80On December 17, 1996, 14 heavily armed MRTA militants stormed a diplomatic reception at the Japanese ambassador's residence in the San Isidro district of Lima, Peru. They…
- E79 Atrapados en la Obscuridad - El Incendio de Utopia · 24 min · Season 6 Episode 79On July 20, 2002, a catastrophic fire occurred at the Utopía discotheque in Lima, Peru, resulting in the deaths of 29 people and injuring dozens more. The tragedy is remembered…
- E78 El Oro Negro de Venezuela: Riqueza, Poder y Colapso · 26 min · Season 6 Episode 78Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world, exceeding those of Saudi Arabia. In the 1970s, the country was extremely wealthy because of its oil industry and was…
- E77 Las Islas Malvinas: Guerra y Solidaridad · 29 min · Season 6 Episode 77The Falkland Islands War (April 2–June 14, 1982) was a 74-day undeclared conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over sovereignty of the South Atlantic islands…
- E76 La Tragica Historia de Omayra Sanchez · 28 min · Season 5 Episode 76Omayra Sánchez was a 13-year-old girl who was tragically trapped for almost three days under the debris of her home after the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in…
- E75 Mamíferos Marinos en Cautiverio: Entre la Conservación y la Controversia. · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 75The captivity of marine mammals such as orcas, dolphins, sea lions, and belugas has been the subject of intense debate in recent decades. Although initially justified on the…
- E74 La Santa Inquisición en la Nueva España - El Horror de la Hoguera · 31 min · Season 5 Episode 74The Holy Inquisition was established in 1478 in Spain and later expanded to its colonies, including New Spain in the Americas under the protection of the Spanish Crown and the…
- E73 El Tren de Hierro, Un Monstruo en Fuga · 31 min · Season 5 Episode 73On May 12, 1989, at 7:36 a.m., a freight train from the Southern Pacific, transporting trona, lost control while descending Cajon Pass, derailed catastrophically on an elevated…
- E72 El Condor Pasa · 35 min · Season 5 Episode 72The California Condor, an awe-inspiring bird, holds a unique place in both ecological and cultural spheres. Its story of survival against formidable odds is a testament to the…
- E71 El Desastre de la Presa de St. Francis · 31 min · Season 5 Episode 71The St. Francis Dam, or the San Francisquito Dam, was a concrete gravity dam located in San Francisquito Canyon in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States, that…
- E70 El Incendio de Pacific Palisades · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 70January 2025 will forever be etched in the memories of Los Angeles residents due to the devastating fires that swept through Palisades and Eaton. These tragic events not only…
- E69 La Reina de los Fantasmas · 30 min · Season 4 Episode 69The R.M.S. Queen Mary spent three decades transporting the rich and famous across the Atlantic before retiring in 1967. She survived the Great Depression and World War II and…
