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There are stories that we hear again
and again, all involving the devil himself.

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There's the young woman who just wanted
to have fun, went out to

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dance and ended up dancing with the
devil. In some versions she lives.

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In others, she doesn't, and
she's never quite the same after. There's

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also the legend of the crying baby
in the distance that ends up being Satan

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when you pick it up. I've
talked about this before. There's another story

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told across different countries, all different
but with an air of similarity. A

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musician who played for the devil.
I'm Christina and this is espuki stories escucha

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if you dare. During the nineteen
hundreds, especially in the earlier years,

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dances and events put on by the
elite members of society were very important dur

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Ango in Mexico, it was a
great time to be a musician if he

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were talented, and Arturo Lugo was
the best. He was a professor of

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music and a director of an orchestra, a very successful orchestra. It was

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amazing. They won awards and competitions
against other orchestras from Sinaloa, Quaguila and

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other Mexican states. This is why
not all could afford their services. They

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mostly only performed for the rich.
In Durgo, he would never take a

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job at Unranco. His band was
above that. Artur Lugo knew their worth

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and some believed it got to his
head, but he didn't listen to them.

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He overcharged. Even then, they
were never without clients. One day,

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a man that appeared to be dressed
in very old, raggedy clothes asked

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Arturo Lugo to play at his party, and he offered a decent amount of

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money, more than the band charged, but Arturo Lugo told him no,

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he didn't play for poor people and
he was based that's not how the man

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was dressed. The man left,
and another band member told Arturo maybe they

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should have taken the job, it
was more money than usual, but Arturu

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Lugo repeated that he only took jobs
from well dressed, rich, sophisticated men.

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He turned to his band made and
told him, if the devil himself

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appeared to me right now and he
was well dressed, I would accept the

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job from the devil before that man. The next day, a very well

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dressed man walked up to Artur Lugo
and asked the band to play at his

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party. Artur Lugo accepted. This
was the exact kind of client he was

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looking for, rich and well dressed. The band arrived to the party that

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evening. It was an enormous house, a mansion. It was clear that

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these people were wealthy. They set
up and they began to play. The

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mood seemed mellow. It was a
calm party. There was a lot of

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people chatting and dancing, having a
good time. The orchestra announced a small

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break and Turro Lugo was looking for
something to eat and drink, but he

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couldn't find anything. It was odd
for a party of this size not to

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have any food. As a crowd
dispersed, Arturo saw a familiar face compare,

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what are you doing here? Don't
tell me you're joining us? Huh.

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Arturo Lugo explained to his old friend
that he wasn't attending the party.

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He was performing. He was the
band director and they were the orchestra playing

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music at this very moment. That's
one his friend told him. Compadre go

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go now leave. This is Hell's
mouth. I died five years ago and

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I went to Hell. This is
the dance of the damned, we are

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forced to dance and laugh. This
isn't a party. You have to leave

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before you're trapped here forever, and
the only music that will grace your ears

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are the cries of the condemned.
Arturo Lugo was shocked and scared. He

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felt chills. He could not believe
what his friend was telling him. He

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looked around and on a closer look, none of these people were having fun,

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and they looked like they were in
pain. He ran over to his

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band members told them what he was
just told, and they all quickly gathered

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their things, But in the rush
to leave, there was a violin that

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was left behind. The next day, Artua and a couple of the band

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members waited until it was morning time
to return for the forgotten violin. When

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they got there, the house appeared
to be abandoned, like it had been

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abandoned decades ago. He went inside
and found the violin on a couch,

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but both were covered in cobwebs.
Arturo Lugo looked for the man that had

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hired him for that party, but
he was never able to find him again.

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No one knew who he was.
After this event, the orchestra slowly

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fell apart, they never played together
again. It's believed that on that night

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Arturo Lugo and his orchestra played a
concert for the devil himself and to this

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day, if you go to where
you can write cable cars in Durango,

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so like the little office where you
sign up and pay to get on those

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cable cars, employees and locals from
that spot can point to the house where

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this all allegedly took place. So
maybe watch out for who you take jobs

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from, no matter how successful rich
they look. Spooky Stories is written,

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edited and produced by me Christina.
Tune in on Fridays for our regular episodes

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where I and m J share a
scary stories, myths and legends, sometimes

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with the guests, sometimes without.
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