Batibat - Mari recounts the time she and her Nanay (mom) were called by a rich family to exorcise a spirit called a batibat - a spirit of trees that have been cut down, which, in revenge for losing its home, kills people in their sleep. But nothing is what it seems, even in a house full of wood and nightmares. - Content Warnings: Sleep paralysis horror, inclusion of child characters, mild physical abuse. - Additional info: A batibat, also known as a bangungot, is known for smothering people...

This is a 6+ minute excerpt of the Hi Nay bonus episode, Remind Me To Tell You Later: Pandanggo. You can listen to the full episode by becoming a $10 Ate Patron or higher on Patreon! - Pandanggo sa Ilaw is a timeless Philippine folk dance. This dance of lights simulates fireflies in the night by balancing lighted candles in cups.  Mari recounts her time in elementary school dancing Pandanggo Sa Ilaw, dancing with her childhood crush, and the first time she must deal with a haunting in front...

Season 1: Act 3 Pulong (Meeting) - Mari infiltrates the meeting between the Benefactor's Elder allies, in order to come face to face with Richard Henry - his right hand man. Things don't go quite to plan. - Content Warnings: Descriptions of murder, paranoia, gore (eyes), and cannibalism Hi Nay is a podcast produced by Motzie Dapul, Reg Geli, Yoyi Halago and Alyssa Gimenez, and is licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial sharealike 4.0 international license. This episode was...

Season 1: Act 3 Tanda (Elder / Record) - Mari calls Nanay and relays her fears about Donner's deception. She then shares about her meeting with CJ and Dooley, and discovering the truth behind the Journalist, J's, fate. She also agrees to meet with Vanessa Bartalotti about the upcoming gathering between all the Elders allied with the Benefactor. Between these encounters, Mari reads out entries from the Book of Elders - in particular, that of Richard Henry, The Benefactor, and William C....

Season 1: Act 3 - Sinungaling (Lies) - Donner shares his side of the story, about his lone excursion into the William grave at the Toronto Necropolis. There he's almost killed, if not for supernatural intervention. In his recounting of the events, Donner lies. But then, so does Mari. - Content Warnings: Deception, mention of underground exploration, heights, gore, blood, corpses, and use of a firearm - Hi Nay is a podcast produced by Motzie Dapul, Reg Geli, Yoyi Halago and Alyssa Gimenez, and...

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Hey everyone! Here are our answers to this week's Q&A. The questions are below, as well as the list of songs we used in the background. Thanks so much for taking part! Questions: What was the inspiration for Hi Nay? The characters are so rich and fully realized, I’d love to know the origin of the story! How do you go about balancing character development/background with the more horror action scenes? Is there a reason Murphy is one of the last main characters to have his backstory...

Season 1: Act 3 - Ibig (Yearning) - The story of Richard Murphy, from when he first meets [redacted] Donner, to the night of Clifford Bolden's defeat.  - Content Warnings: Passing references to cheating, suicidal ideation, obsession, self-loathing - Hi Nay is a podcast produced by Motzie Dapul, Reg Geli, Yoyi Halago and Alyssa Gimenez, and is licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial sharealike 4.0 international license. This episode was Co-Produced by Jesse Goodsell, and...

BALIKBAYAN only has 7 days to achieve their Kickstarter goal! Support this fantastic Filipino horror comic! WE'RE GOING TO TORONTO COMICON and giving away some fantastic con-exclusive freebies! More details here. New episode "Ibig" will go up, as usual, on Sunday! Come join our livestream at 9pm EST on Youtube, or listen anytime on Acast, or wherever you listen to podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 1: Act 3 Aklatan (Library) Part 2 - Ashvin faces Clifford Bolden and lives, but experiences a painful loss in the process.  - Content Warnings: References to religious extremism, murder - Hi Nay is a podcast produced by Motzie Dapul, Reg Geli, Yoyi Halago and Alyssa Gimenez, and is licensed under a creative commons attribution noncommercial sharealike 4.0 international license. This episode was Co-Produced by Jesse Goodsell, and written and directed by Motzie Dapul.The role of Mari...

Season 1: Act 3 Paalam, Elaine (Goodbye, Elaine) - Two Elaines tell their stories, on their terms. The first, the Elaine that entrapped the Elder, Clifford Bolden.  The second, the Elaine that wrote a letter she never sent, about the life she lived after J disappeared. Also: Evelyn makes a promise.  -  Content Warnings: Dehumanization, memory issues, haunting.  - Hi Nay is a podcast produced by Motzie Dapul, Reg Geli, Yoyi Halago and Alyssa Gimenez, and is licensed under a creative commons...

Season 1: Act 3 Tauhan (Characters) (Takes place after Undas / Halloween) Mari finally calls her Nanay, and resumes her research of J's notes.  Written in invisible ink, she learns about his final encounter with Clifford Bolden, and the secrets of the Foci he learned from Mary-Anne Weekes, and an unnamed Elder "friend". In this, he answers the question - Why do some Foci have pieces of an Elder's soul? And how did Mary-Anne create the "Good" Foci? - Content Warnings: Dehumanization, use of...

Hi Nay returns Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 9PM EST/Toronto time! In the meantime, enjoy this excerpt from our Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, Remind Me To Tell You Later: Noche Buena! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cross Posted from Hello From The Hallowoods In this bonus content episode, Mx. Wellman sits down for a conversation with Motzie Dapul to talk about the intersection of Phillippine folk horror and Toronto city life in her pivotal fiction podcast Hi Nay. A new Skull Sessions episode, featuring interviews with horror authors in the podcast world and beyond, is available on the Hallowoods Patreon every month. Consider supporting the show for early access! Consider supporting Hi Nay on Patreon to...

Season 1: Act 3 Kaibigan (Friend) (Takes place before Undas / Halloween) Mari reads J's journals, and his thoughts on the Elder, Clifford Bolden - and his many books recounting the stories of the dead. We hear about the other side of Brenna's story, regarding Chris Parker and his house-sitting gig. Clifford Bolden (his friends call him "Cliff") speaks to a man he believes is his friend - of the benevolent and ruthless Benefactor, and his ethics. - Content Warnings: Death of a minor, allusions...

Season 1: Act 3 Kapitbahay (Neighbour) (Takes place before Undas / Halloween) One night, recounted in two tales.  The first, by a young teen in the 1970s named Brenna - about the horrific death of her classmate and bully, Chris Parker, while she was at a housesitting gig next door.  Ashvin and Evelyn find themselves in a certain Elder's library. - Content Warnings: Death of a minor, allusions to drug and alcohol use, bullying, drowning, fire - Hi Nay is a podcast produced by Motzie Dapul, Reg...

Hey everyone! This is a bit unusual, but we wanted to share a cool event happening in Toronto on November 16 and 23, and if you stick around to the end of this, you'll get to hear a teaser for the next episode of Hi Nay - 34.2, Kapitbahay (Neighbor). Stay tuned! - Infidelity, sibling rivalries, undercover aliens—nothing says ‘luxury space travel’ like a ‘fairly minor workplace accident’ 🤷🛸 It’s up to YOU to determine the culprit and punishment in this immersive, interactive, improvised murder...

Season 1: Act 3 Aklatan (Library) Kuweba (Cave) (Takes place before Undas / Halloween) Mari combs through Elaine O'Donnell's old papers and stumbles on stories of death, recorded by the mysterious Journalist, taken from the library of an Elder named "Bolden". The first story she reads is that of Sylvia Llewyn, and the mystery of Cohen cave. "I remember the case well, when that issue of the paper went to print. A caving trip. Five people gone down into a caving system just a few hours north...

Episode Swaps will now be posted on Wednesdays. If you're new to Hi Nay, follow us @hinaypod or check out our website! https://hinaypod.com/ SUPPORT US ON PATREON OR KO-FI: https://www.patreon.com/hinaypod https://ko-fi.com/hinaypod In the year 2185, the world is distinguished by two races – the Visionaries and theDead-eye slaves. The Visionary race is the next step in human evolution. They haveunique eyes which endows them with special abilities. Humans unable to evolve areslaves to the...

Season 1: Act 3 Aklatan (Library) Donner hunts for a powerful artifact before another Elder can get to it. Ashvin and Evelyn try (and fail) to join him. Dooley meets Laura and her Elder partner.  Decades ago, the Journalist interviews an Elder named Clifford Bolden.  - Content Warnings: Mentions of multiple deaths. CREDITS CONTENT WARNING: Mention of real world conflict. - Hi Nay is a podcast produced by Motzie Dapul, Reg Geli, Yoyi Halago and Alyssa Gimenez, and is licensed under a creative...

Season 1: Act 3 Libingan (Burial Place) Donner, Ashvin and Evelyn prepare to search for the Book of Elders at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. A woman named Rosario details her time playing near the "William Crypt" in the Toronto Necropolis, and how she came to meet Pocket The Cat. - Content Warnings: Body horror, amalgamation, decapitation, blood, tombs - Song featured: The Isle of the Dead by Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano duet arr. O.Taubmann (1910) - Hi Nay is a podcast produced by Motzie Dapul, Reg...

Season 1: Act 3 Alala (Memory / Worry) DJ In The Dark shares their experiences with an unsettled Toronto. Other Mari tells the story of people you may know. - Content Warnings: Mentions of attempted murder, paranoia, homophobia, religious nationalism, politically charged murder - Songs featured: "Thinkin Blues" "I Ain't Got Nobody" and "Dyin' By The Hour" by Bessie Smith "Ili-ili Tulog Anay", a Visayan lullaby - Hi Nay is a podcast produced by Motzie Dapul and Reg Geli and is licensed under...

Audio from the before and after of our very first Live Show at Fan Expo Canada. BIG THANKS to the Canadian Podcast Awards for making it all possible. You can listen to Episode 13.5 - Remind Me To Tell You Later: Tiktik for context anywhere you listen to podcasts. Discussion will centre on this episode, as well as Hi Nay as a whole. This audio features Motzie Dapul (Mari Datuin), Abigayle Rhodes (Laura Nichols) and Leon Johnson ([redacted] Donner), as well as questions from live show...

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT pending from Hi Nay. You could get free stuff if you guess what it could be! Transcript below. - The Night Post is a Southern Gothic-inspired full-cast audio drama about the conscripted couriers of a strange land where the supernatural is commonplace, where the mystic and the mundane are not so easily separated. - Nicholas rides along with Milo for his evaluation, but their delivery to a possessive house is anything but routine....