Who Was
Marie de Caba

A real Barcelona medium. A hidden archive of spiritual cases. A voice restored through AI.

Marie de Caba was a real Barcelona medium. She was born in Carcassonne, France, in 1890, to Catalan parents, and returned to Barcelona as a child. She lived there for most of her life, until her death in 1973.

Today, her spiritual cases are being reconstructed through artificial intelligence in a docu-fiction project about memory, death, and what may continue after life.

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The Real Woman Behind the Project

Marie de Caba lived in Barcelona during the early and mid-20th century. She was known within her private circle as a medium, a woman who listened to people seeking answers about loss, family, death, and the unseen.

Her life unfolded during a time when spiritism was not only misunderstood, but also persecuted. Under the Franco dictatorship, spiritual practices like hers could become dangerous.

At a glance

Born: Carcassonne, France, 1890

Family origin: Catalan parents

Life: Returned to Barcelona as a child and lived there for most of her life

Known for: Mediumship and private spiritual sessions

Historical context: Continued her spiritual work in secrecy after the Francoist repression began in 1939

Died: Barcelona, 1973

Grave: Poblenou Cemetery, Barcelona

Project: Her hidden cases are reconstructed through AI and cinematic docu-fiction

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The Hidden Cases

According to the family archive at the center of the project, Marie de Caba preserved a series of spiritual cases connected to the people who came to her. These cases now form the basis of The Cases of Marie de Caba.

Each case is not presented as a horror story, but as a spiritual mystery: a question about guilt, love, family, death, memory, or moral law.

Her preserved cases are now being interpreted through the lens of Allan Kardec’s Spiritism, especially in relation to spirit communication, life after death, moral law, and the continuity of bonds between the living and the dead.

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Why Is AI Used to Tell Her Story?

The Marie de Caba project uses artificial intelligence as a narrative and visual reconstruction tool. AI is used to restore a voice, rebuild atmospheres, and imagine scenes from an archive that could not be filmed when they happened.

The goal is not to replace history, but to create a bridge between memory, family testimony, spiritual imagination, and contemporary storytelling.

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The YouTube Series

Developed between Barcelona and New York, the project brings Marie de Caba’s hidden spiritual cases to an international YouTube audience through AI, cinematic storytelling, and docu-fiction.

The project explores one central question:

What if the dead do not return to frighten us, but to reveal what life left unfinished?

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Frequently Asked Questions About Marie de Caba

  • Yes. Marie de Caba was a real Barcelona medium. She was born in Carcassonne, France, in 1890, to Catalan parents, and returned to Barcelona as a child. She lived there for most of her life, until her death in 1973. The Marie de Caba project is based on her life, her family memory, and the spiritual cases associated with her archive.

  • Marie de Caba was a real Barcelona medium who practiced mediumship during the early 20th century. After the Francoist repression began in 1939, spiritual practices like hers became dangerous, and she continued her work in secrecy. Her story is now being reconstructed through a docu-fiction format.

  • Marie de Caba died in Barcelona in 1973. Her grave is located in Poblenou Cemetery, one of the city’s historic cemeteries. Her death is one of the central mysteries explored in the project, especially in relation to the archive of spiritual cases preserved after her lifetime.

  • The Cases of Marie de Caba is a long-form docu-fiction series in which Marie reveals spiritual cases connected to death, family, guilt, love, and the unseen.

  • Yes. The project uses artificial intelligence to reconstruct images, voices, atmospheres, and scenes inspired by Marie de Caba’s story and archive. It combines real family memory with cinematic docu-fiction.

  • No. Although the project uses mystery, darkness, and supernatural imagery, Marie de Caba is not primarily a horror series. It is a spiritual mystery about life, death, memory, and what may continue after we die.

  • The Marie de Caba project was created by filmmaker Valentí Ferrer, an AI filmmaker based between Barcelona and New York. Marie de Caba was his wife’s grandmother, and the project grew out of a personal family connection to her life, memory, and hidden spiritual archive. It uses artificial intelligence and cinematic storytelling to bring her cases to a new international audience.

  • You can watch Marie de Caba on the official YouTube channel and explore the project through the official website, mariedecaba.com.