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Q&A – Occult experts weigh in on Saint Death’s ‘desecration’

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ & FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ San Benito News Following news that the mysterious and controversial Santa Muerte statue at the San Benito Municipal Cemetery had been found destroyed on Wednesday, two university professors who’re considered experts on the occult offered their opinions on the matter. Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut, author of Devoted to Death: …

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CONSIDER THIS: The Tale of Two Experts on the Occult

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Since publishing the story about the mysterious Santa Muerte statue and various followup articles, the San Benito News has received hundreds of comments through various forms of communication and media, including emails, tweets, text messages, website and Facebook comments. We’ve also felt the wrath of self-proclaimed “brujos” and “brujas” …

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UPDATE: Controversial Santa Muerte statue found destroyed at cemetery

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com It appears as though someone may have taken the removal of a controversial statue of the Santa Muerte at the San Benito Municipal Cemetery into their own hands. The remains of the destroyed statue were discovered early Wednesday morning approximately 30 feet from its previous location. Also found …

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EVIL WAYS? Author shares different theory about Santa Muerte statue

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut, author of Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint, has offered another opinion on a mysterious Santa Muerte statue that still resides on the grounds of the San Benito Municipal Cemetery. In response to Dr. Antonio N. Zavaleta’s comments in a Jan. 20 San …

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Occult expert: Santa Muerte statue at cemetery designed to kill

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ & MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ San Benito News Shrouded in a veil of secrecy as murky as its signature black cloak, the identity of the owner of an oddly-placed 3-feet-high statue of the Santisima Muerte in the middle of the San Benito Municipal Cemetery has become somewhat of a mystery. On Thursday, two …

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