BBK Live Music Festival Special!

Julie and Douglas explore the dark side of dating apps with a murderous story of deadly attraction.Content warning: this episode contains sexual themes and extreme violence

This week out professional music festival goes Tom comes go give us the Do's and Don'ts for when coming to Bilbao for our biggest music festival, a very fun chat with a very good friend sprinkled with anecdotes of mini crimes, but emphasis on the fun music experience of a festival in the basque mountains in summer. Enjoy!

In the second instalment of this two-part episode into the mysterious death of Helena Jubany, Julie and Douglas continue to delve into the police investigation.

The Helena Jubany case is a notorious and mysterious murder that took place in Sabadell, Catalonia, in December 2001. Helena Jubany, a young librarian, was found dead under suspicious circumstances. In this first episode, Julie and Douglas go through the case's background and the investigation's initial stages. Stay tuned for episode two to hear the rest of the story!

Welcome to Crimes of the Basquelands podcast, in today’s episode we discuss a number of farmers protests in the Basque Country, some trouble with marihuana dealings in the US and ambulance workers back in the Basque Country, join us on a review of some the crime news surrounding the Basque Country and it’s descendants round the world in this Txikisode.

This week, Julie, Douglas and special guest Goyo return to the sofa to finish the story of the stolen children. Nearly four decades after the death of dictator, Francisco Franco, and the onset of democracy in the Spanish state, hundreds of Basque women robbed of their children and Basque children who have been robbed of their identities seek justice - at least those whose suspicions were strong enough, who were ready to fight for the truth and who had the tools and support to do so. In this episode, Julie and Goyo take turns telling individual stories of the victims who got caught up in this nightmare, some who have found a resolution of sorts and others who are still searching and fighting for justice.

This week, Julie and Douglas are joined by a special guest to tell an in-depth true crime tale. Nearly four decades after the death of dictator, Francisco Franco, and the onset of democracy in the Spanish state, hundreds of Basque women robbed of their children and Basque children who have been robbed of their identities seek justice - at least those whose suspicions were strong enough, who were ready to fight for the truth and who had the tools and support to do so. This is part one of a two-episode story so stay tuned for the second half coming out in April!

We follow the tribulations of the ancestor to the cinema, a circus theatre's fate and the challeneges of health and safety rules from the beggining of the 1900s to today. Hear about how Bilbao came together once again in face of tragedy and showed the word how to deal with tragedy. Come listen to the touching scenes of times gonebye.

In this episode, Julie and Douglas are back in the USA. In 2005, a shocking incident at a fast-food chain involving a supposed gruesome discovery in a chili dish led to widespread media attention and significant financial repercussions for the company. This is not a tale for the squeamish!

In our 8th instalment of one of our favourite formats, this Txikisode includes an update on a gruesome suitcase that was discussed in a previous episode. Also, we go through a family accident in San Francisco CA; a weird casino scam in Biscay and Alava; human trafficking in San Sebastian and not to be left behind, even Pamplona features in today's episode to include all four Basque capitals in the southern Basque Country. Come discover what the good and the bad people have been up to, and all the weird ways they connect to the Basque Country.