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Episode 23: “The Butcher’s Window”

El Raval: The Butcher Shop's Secret: A Black Site. The Final Name: Mateo Ríos

Apr 27, 2025
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El Raval — 6:07 AM

The butcher shop on Carrer de Sant Pau looked dead.

Metal shutter half-closed. No lights inside. The kind of place locals avoided and tourists never noticed.

Alex sipped bitter vending-machine coffee across the street, watching.

Lucía was crouched beside a public recycling bin, camera angled through a crack in the boards of the neighborin…

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