Parícutin: When Hell Opened Up

77 years ago in the quiet town of Parícutin, Mexico, a farmer encountered a fissure that began spewing ash and sulfur. Pretty soon, that fissure grew into a volcano that buried the entire town in lava. In this episode, we explore the the day hell opened up and examine the folklore and myths that the Parícutin volcano gave birth to. 

TW: hell, satan, cooked babies (fictional, not real ones) 

If you want to try the tongue twister at the end of the episode, here it is: El pueblo de Parangaricutirimícuaro se va a desparangaricutirimicuarizar. Quien logre desparangaricutirimicuarizarlo primero será un gran desparangaricutirimicuarizador.

Music by Patrick Mullens

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Show Notes: 

Map of Volcanoes in Mexico

Video of Paricutin Eruption

Paricutin Buried Church 

Someone Successfully Saying the Tongue Twister!