Ghost bride

Legend has it that the bride was white and radiant. And that her imminent husband was waiting for him at the altar. But the white veil turned black as the young Ella fell struck dead before she could say "I do." Since then, many neighbors claim to have seen her in her wedding dress wandering, sad and alone, through the church of San Jacinto de Macharaviaya. With its nuances, that is the story that is repeated by word of mouth in this Axarquia town about María López Escaño, the 19-year-old girl whose tragedy was immortalized forever in a poem attributed to Salvador Rueda that presides over her tombstone in the temple. Very close to the place where she collapsed forever and whose ghost many claim to have seen her wandering. Following the eternal trail of her, mystery television programs and psychophonies seekers have been launched, which have even gained interest in recent weeks as this December marks the turn of a century of the unjust, treacherous and unexpected death of the young woman. Official documents of the time reveal for SUR the face of the ghost bride in this centenary, in addition to questioning some 'truths' of her supernatural and poetic myth.