-"Don't cry. It makes me cry."

-19th-century bandits fighting the Spanish government.

-A cave with dark power.

After yet another fight with her self-absorbed boyfriend, photographer Clara escapes to her family's mountain cabin in San Rafael to clear her head and take some wildlife shots. There, she discovers a mysterious hidden cave, la Cueva Valiente.

Inside is a glowing red necklace, hundreds of years old. She learns its connection to bandoleer Juan Plaza's demise after his attack on a government convoy in the pass between Madrid and Segovia.

It turns out, this necklace has magical power.

And it changes her life with its power.

Its dark, beastly power.

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Link to the hiking trail to the cave here.

-Gay drama. Tight white pants. Thirst for revenge.

-A philandering King Philip II. A member-shrinking witch. Magic powdered herbs.

-13 coins. Skeletons in walls. Ghosts on rooftops.

-ARMIES OF WASPS.

You can find the House of the Seven Chimneys here.

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-A washed-up actress. Sequins. Hair spray. Short shorts.

-Roaring 20s. A scheming aristocrat. An obscene playwright. A sex worker.

-A revolver under a floor tile.

-MURDER.

-See Avenida Alfonso Vidal y Planas in Tijuana here.

-See the current location of the brothel featured in Isabel de Ceres here, right on today's Calle Libreros in downtown Madrid.

-The Isabel de Ceres play itself here.

-The original article covering the murder here.

-Link to the modern-day Joy Eslava nightclub here.

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-A modern-day American immigrant to Madrid.

-A centuries-old severed ram’s head.

-A murdered priest (with a stupid haircut).

They all share a story.

Check out a picture and the location of Calle de la Cabeza here.

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