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Episode 8: “The Key to the City”

Buried Secrets and a Dangerous Origin

Apr 12, 2025
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Eixample — 2:06 AM

Alex found the entrance tucked between a boutique bakery and a shuttered perfumería. The lettering above the door, Depositarios Viladecans, was so faded it looked like it had tried to erase itself from history. The building itself was a mid-century lump of concrete, government-ugly, with a dead intercom and a buzz-to-enter panel that h…

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