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 Luis Bárcenas' son to recent current events. And it is that this young man with scarce media shame and generous loquacity has starred in a double media appearance this week. A double contribution that in both cases has revolved around his parents' house, located on the very posh Príncipe de Vergara street in Madrid. According to 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 presumptively than in the other. But I wouldn't dare to say which...

Last Monday, young Bárcenas testified in the trial of the Kitchen case, a cause investigating the alleged parapolice operation that took 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 former PP treasurer assured that his father had informed him that he had a supposed recording stored there in which Rajoy could be heard destroying a document 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 left out of 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 accused, Sergio Ríos, the family's driver and also a supposed infiltrator in their home by the also supposed political brigade that was spying on them and making their lives impossible. All of this, supposedly again, financed with money from all of Spain's taxpayers. The case of the fake priest, which was very sensational 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' wife and son, Willy, at gunpoint inside the aforementioned house.

The house of mystery

But the Bárcenas house hasn't stayed just here this week, as it has also been part of the lineup of Iker Jiménez's unmentionable 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 analyzing, 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' house for 25 years.

The singer stated that his mother "noticed things" since they moved in, around the year 2000. "Temperature changes 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's to perform a spiritual cleansing of the home. This service, which is apparently provided with a pendulum-like tool, served to ascertain that "there were very bad energies in one area of the house" because "something tragic must have happened there." "I don't think you'll last long in this house," he says the expert in spiritual home cleanings told them – do you know if they charge by the square meter or by the number of spirits detected? – to whom the "pendulum had gone crazy" as soon as she arrived. Bárcenas added that from that moment on, the number of inexplicable events in the home skyrocketed. "Books falling, lights flickering, turning on and off, and inexplicable sensations, of entering the kitchen and getting goosebumps," recounted the artist, who does not explain whether they complained to the medium after the paranormal phenomena escalated after the supposed cleansing.

The cold in some areas of the house –which we cannot rule out being because the patriotic policeThe cold in some areas of the house – which we cannot rule out was because the posh people. Never was the word niche more fitting.

No proven shadows

Not content with all this unsettling content, the ever headline-hungry Iker Jiménez asked Bárcenas if he had ever seen shadows in his house, which shouldn't worry anyone, as if there is light – natural or artificial – there are shadows in every house. But, of course, if Iker Jiménez asks you, then you know it means bad shadows. The shadows of evil, whatever that may be. Willy Bárcenas, who could not satisfy the interviewer's wet dream with a resounding "yes", did not disappoint with his answer either. The singer of Madame Ayahuasca" explained that he suffers from sleep paralysis and that this does not allow him to confirm it. He said that, so as not to sadden Jiménez, he mentioned that he notices "like a turbine in my 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. Although he says the night was quiet, a running recorder while they slept would have recorded 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 sentences from a child are heard: one asking for help and another saying 'are you scared'. We all went completely pale," assures the singer, who unfortunately adds that he cannot provide any proof because this 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 (his parents'), I should have titled this article Surreal Spain. Or even worse: Missing evidence...