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Episode 24: “The Phantom on Passeig de Gràcia”

From Penthouse to Pool, Following the Red Pipeline

Apr 28, 2025
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Passeig de Gràcia 42 — 9:42 AM

If buildings had poker faces, this one was ice.

Six floors of polished Catalan modernism, with iron balconies like watchful eyes. Tourists below snapped selfies with Gaudí’s Casa Batlló across the street, unaware that something worse than ghosts lived right above them.

Alex and Lucía stood at the heavy brass entrance.

Buzzers.…

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