Willy Bárcenas and the haunted house (of his parents)

BarcelonaWilly Bárcenas and the haunted house could perfectly be the title of a new installment in the Harry Potter saga. Unfortunately, however, it is only the summary that best defines the contribution of the son of Luis Bárcenas to current affairs in recent days. And it is that this young man of little media shame and generous loquacity has starred in a double appearance in the media this week. A double contribution that in both cases has revolved around his parents' house, located on the very posh street Príncipe de Vergara in Madrid. From what he has explained, it seems that in that very Salamancacore enclave, very strange things have happened over the years. Some, according to his testimony, could have been the fault of spirits, and others, of the Popular Party. Presumably in both cases, obviously. Well, surely in one case more presumably than in the other. But I wouldn't dare to say which one...

Last Monday, young Bárcenas testified in the trial of the Kitchen case, a case investigating the alleged parapolice operation that would have taken place during Mariano Rajoy's government to spy on the Bárcenas family and steal hypothetical documents that could be compromising for the PP. His testimony did not disappoint anyone, as it showed that all sorts of things have been seen at his parents' house. The son of the PP's former treasurer assured that his father had informed him that he had a supposed recording there of Rajoy destroying a sheet of paper that would prove the PP's slush fund. During the hearing – although the famous assault by a fake priest on the Bárcenas house has been excluded from the Kitchen case as it concerns already judged events – the president of the court, Teresa Palacios, did allow some questions on this matter, as it affects one of the defendants, Sergio Ríos, the family's driver and also a supposed infiltrator in their home from the also supposed political brigade that was spying on them and making their lives impossible. All this, supposedly again, financed with money from all of Spain's taxpayers. The case of the fake priest, which was widely publicized when it became known, ended with the protagonist of that grotesque event, Enrique Olivares, being sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2014 for – among other charges – having kidnapped Bárcenas's wife and son, Willy, at gunpoint inside the aforementioned house.

The house of mystery

But the Bárcenas family home hasn't just stayed here this week, as it has also been part of the lineup of Iker Jiménez's unutterable program on Cuatro. The 36-year-old Taburete singer has become a first-rate pop icon by speaking frankly about his fondness for esotericism on " Cuarto milenio". "I've always been a super curious person. As a child, I got into horror movies. I don't take anything for granted. Anything is possible. When you start to analyze, you realize the Socratic principle of I only know that I know nothing", Willy Bárcenas told Jiménez on Monday, who didn't miss the opportunity to squeeze the guest to make him explain the supposed paranormal experiences that have taken place in what has been his parents' home for 25 years.

The singer stated that his mother "noticed things" since they moved there, around the year 2000. "Changes in temperature in areas of the house" and "sensations that made her hair stand on end," he says, led her to bring a medium friend of an aunt to perform a spiritual cleansing of the home. This service, which apparently is performed with a pendulum-shaped tool, served to find outThe cold in some areas of the house – which we cannot rule out was because the

The cold in some areas of the house –which we cannot rule out was because of the patriotic police. Well said, the niche thing.

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Without proven shadows

Not content with all this disturbing content, the always headline-hungry Iker Jiménez asked Bárcenas if he had ever seen shadows at home, which should not worry anyone, since if there is light –natural or artificial– in all houses there are shadows. But, of course, if Iker Jiménez asks you, well, you already know he means bad shadows. The shadows of evil, whatever that may be. Willy Bárcenas, who could not satisfy the interviewer's wet dream with a resoundingyes, also did not disappoint with his answer. The singer of Madame Ayahuasca explained that he suffers from sleep paralysis and that does not allow him to confirm it. He said that so as not to sadden Jiménez, he said that he notices "like a turbine in his ear" knowing that this is more than enough to satisfy the not very demanding target of this television show.

Finally, Bárcenas also explained that with his bandmates, when they were returning from a concert, they decided to spend the night in the abandoned town of Belchite. Despite the night being calm, a recorder running while they slept would have registered a child. Truly, in the world of spirits there is a lot of child exploitation... "[The next day] We were in the car listening to it and nothing could be heard. And, suddenly, two phrases from a child are heard: one asking for help and another saying 'you are afraid'. We all turned completely white," assures the singer, who unfortunately adds that he cannot provide any proof because that tape was lost during the transfer of a band member. Now that I think about it, maybe instead of Willy Bárcenas and the haunted house (of his parents), I should have titled this article Surreal Spain. Or even worse: Missing evidence...